Communications

Current status of pediatric electrophysiology in Latin America: a LAHRS survey

Over the last years pediatric electrophysiology evolved as a consolidated sub-specialty of pediatric cardiology. In the United States, Canada, and Europe there is a clear picture of the status of pediatric EP but the situation in Latin America is largely unknown. To give light to this question a descriptive cross-sectional observational study was performed. A […]

Read it right now! Current practice in Transvenous Lead Extraction in Latin-America: Latin-American Heart Rhythm Association Survey.

By Diaz JC, Romero J, Costa R, Cuesta A, Di Biase L, Alviz I, Velasco A, Gabr M, Duque M, Marin JE, Aristizabal J, Velasquez J, Niño CD, Mazzetti H. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2021 Jul 20. doi: 10.1111/jce.15180. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34288220. Access: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jce.15180

Now released! LAHRS in EUROPACE Journal

Read now volume 23 – Issue 7 of EP Europace, which brings an article with a contribution from LAHRS: EHRA expert consensus statement and practical guide on optimal implantation technique for conventional pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), and the Latin American Heart […]

LAHRS takes part in EHRA 2021

The European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) Congress will take place from April 23rd to 25th, as a completely online meeting. LAHRS will hold a Symposium on April 25th on: Pacing manoeuvres to sort out the tachycardia mechanism. #EHRA2021 #EHRA_ESC Check out the scientific programme below: Session N° 912 – Pacing manoeuvers to sort out the […]

HR O2 will waive publication fee for Latin American article

Heart Rhythm O2, the open-access publication of the Heart Rhythm Society, is offering Latin American specialists a fee waiver as an opportunity to publish 1 scientific article in 2021. Authors who wish to have their articles published in HR 02 can submit them to: https://www.hrsonline.org/publications/heart-rhythm-o2. Article will go through the usual reviewing process and the […]

Save the date for ICE 2021

The International Congress on Electrocardiology (ICE 2021) will be held from April 15th to 17th and it will be completely online, while maintaining its standard as an exciting and informative scientific event. The event will be a great opportunity to talk about: 2021 ISHNE/HRS/EHRA/APHRS Expert Collaborative Statement on mHealth in Arrhythmia Management: Digital Medical Tools […]

LAHRS wants to know more about you!

Dear associate, We, from the 2021 board, would like to know a little more about you. Our goal is to understand what your demands are and how LAHRS can offer you new benefits. Take the survey below! Your participation is very important! Click Here!

Tribute to Hein JJ Wellens

In June 2020 during the biggest world pandemia in the last 100 years, Dr Hein Wellens passed away, this was one of the biggest lost for the cardiology community. Dr Wellens was one of the fathers of the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology. During his medical life he had two outstanding characteristics, one as a clinical scientist […]