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📢 Calling all #YoungEPs! Show your skills and insights - submit your interesting ECG or intracardiac tracings for the #EHRA2026 Congress in Paris 🇫🇷. A great chance to actively contribute to the scientific programme! 👉 escardio.org/Congresses-Eve… #EP #Cardiology #EHRA #EHRAYoungEP

🌍 #EHRAtopicweek on Sustainability in Electrophysiology! Our new episode of Keep the Rhythm – the #EHRA_ESC Podcast explores how greener practices can make a real difference in EP labs worldwide. 🎙 Join host @simovicst and guest @IsraelCarsten as they discuss: 🌍 The ethics of reusing catheters and CIEDs 🌍 Reducing waste without compromising safety 🌍 Global disparities in access to life-saving devices 🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/43yhUAL

Gene therapy in #cardiac & vascular diseases Must-read #CardiovascularResearch Review examining approaches to treat genetic & common #cardiovascular diseases with novel #gene-based therapeutics ow.ly/YNAn50X9zEy @CVR_TomaszGuzik @glenpyle @DrMikeDrozd @Sarah_KBrown #CVD

Presented at #ESCCongress: In patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction who were receiving guideline-directed medical therapy, digitoxin lowered the risk of death or hospitalization for heart failure as compared with placebo. Full DIGIT-HF phase 4 trial results: nej.md/3HQHLfj @escardio

Presented at #ESCCongress: In patients with cardiovascular disease and an implantable cardioverter–defibrillator, increasing potassium levels to the high-normal range reduced the risk of arrhythmia events, hospitalizations, and death. Full POTCAST trial results: nej.md/4oQtHTN @escardio

The EHRA Antiarrhythmic Drug Compendium is now published in full A practical, comprehensive resource for the safe and effective use of AADs in daily practice.

Titin-related familial dilated cardiomyopathy: factors associated with disease onset. Read more in EHJ. doi.org/10.1093/eurhea… @ESCardio @ESC_Journals #TTN-DCM

Atrial cardiomyopathy: From healthy atria to atrial failure. A clinical consensus statement of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC - Weerts - European Journal of Heart Failure - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

📌 Malignant forms of #BrugadaSyndrome 👉 Two #RCTs concordant in showing value of epicardial #ablation #EPeeps #suddendeath #ICD #ECG #CardioTwitter #MedTwitter @MargaridaPujol @shivkumarmd @Dr_Santangeli @DrBerruezo @drjohnm @ManlioMarquez @DrJasonAndrade @DhirajGuptaBHRS

#EHRAtopicweek on SCD in HF Your essential read 📚 the @escardio Guidelines on managing ventricular arrhythmias and preventing SCD 💔⚡ From genetics and imaging to clinical risk stratification and therapeutic strategies—this is your go-to resource for tackling one of cardiology’s biggest challenges 🔬 🔗 bit.ly/3ZmxcGy #EHRAweekendreads

Find HERE the complete list of the Most Read Articles published in #Europace! 📖 academic.oup.com/europace/pages…

On the top of the list of the Most Read #Europace Articles! 👉#EHRA_ESC consensus statement on indications for conduction system pacing 📖academic.oup.com/europace/artic… @GiulioConte @FraSantoroMD @marcovitoloMD @Dominik_Linz @DavideMei93 @AndyZhangMD @LuigiDiBiaseMD @ESC_Journals

#EHRAtopicweek on SCD prevention in HF 💥 SCD still claims far too many lives in HF — despite major therapeutic advances 🔍 Landmark trials like MADIT, SCD-HeFT, and PARADIGM-HF confirm that the SCD burden remains high, especially in HFrEF, but it's not exclusive to reduced EF 📊 A post-hoc propensity score–matched analysis of TOPCAT Americas showed that AF may be an independent risk factor for adverse cardiovascular outcomes in HFpEF 🔗bit.ly/4kl3nOR @escardio @EuropaceEiC

#EHRAtopicweek 💡Transvalvular CIED leads & tricuspid regurgitation – what’s behind it? 🧵Mechanisms include: 1️⃣ Valve perforation or entanglement 2️⃣ Leaflet impingement 3️⃣ RV pacing-induced dysfunction 4️⃣ Lead-related adhesions or post-extraction injury 🔍 Imaging & pacing strategy matter 👉 Find out more here: 🔗bit.ly/3RKtySB #EHRA_ESC @escardio

#EHRAtopicweek 🚨 Planning #TTVI? Consider the lead Transvenous lead extraction can reduce device-valve interference—but at a cost: 🔸 TR risk ↑ (up to 15%) 🔸 Dwell time >10y = ↑ complications 🔸 Careful imaging & team discussion = 🔑 🔧 #TLE is safer than ever—but not risk-free: 🩸 1.7% major comp | 0.5% mortality 🎯 Dwell time >10y, multiple leads = high risk 💡 Still, TLE may be key to successful #TTVI Plan early. Choose wisely. 🔗bit.ly/3RKtySB

⚡️Latest #EUROPACE #Dronedarone provides effective early rhythm control: post-hoc analysis of the ATHENA trial using EAST-AFNET 4 criteria 📑doi.org/10.1093/europa… @GiulioConte9 @Dominik_Linz @FraSantoroMD @AndyZhangMD @DavideMei93 @marcovitoloMD @LuigiDiBiaseMD

#EHRAtopicweek With more patients living longer with CIEDs, transcatheter tricuspid interventions bring new risks. 🔍 Lead jailing can result in: 1⃣Lead failure 2⃣Device-related infections 3⃣Extraction challenges 4⃣Unknown long-term outcomes 📉 In some series, up to 1 in 3 leads may be jailed 🧠 Careful device assessment is essential—especially in pacemaker-dependent patients or those with prior infections 👉 Explore the latest data on lead-device-valve interactions and the need for multidisciplinary planning before TTVI 🔗bit.ly/3RKtySB

#CircatHRS25 subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) is superior to the transvenous ICD (TV-ICD) w/ respect to device-related complications during long-term follow-up & should be considered in all patients w/o an indication of pacing. ahajrnls.org/3YMmecU

Catch the latest on #ESCTVToday! @purerfellner summarises the most important trial data presented during #EHRA2025, including EMBOL-AF, SINGLE SHOT CHAMPION, HeartSync-LBBP, and the EHRA PULSE survey 👉bit.ly/4cL4813 Sign up for reminders so you Never Miss a Beat bit.ly/4eqyaac #CardiologyResearch #ClinicalTrials @EHRAPresident @EmmaSvennberg @HaranBurri

The new #EHRA_ESC Consensus Document on management of patients with right ventricular leads undergoing tricuspid valve interventions — led by Jean-Claude Deharo & @FabienPraz was also published during #EHRA2025! 🙌 This must-read document brings a comprehensive, multidisciplinary roadmap to navigating this increasingly important clinical scenario, covering: ⚖️ Risk/benefit assessment 🫀 Valve-sparing pacing strategies 🛠️ Lead extraction techniques 📋🚧 Procedural planning & technical challenges 🔗bit.ly/3YqzEeq Don't miss this essential guide to optimizing care in a complex and evolving field! #EHRAtopicweek @escardio @EACVIPresident