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Mechanistic interpretations of sustained ventricular fibrillation: The role of mapping methodology, model and time

Johanna B Tonko, Vineesh Kappadan, Ahmed El-Medany

Ventricular fibrillation (VF) is characterized by rapid (>300 beats a per minute), irregular electrical activation with variable electrocardiographic waveforms that prevents coordinated myocardial contraction, resulting in immediate loss of cardiac output.1 It most commonly occurs in the context of coronary artery disease.2,3 Resuscitation efforts are critically time-dependent: with each minute of untreated VF, the survival rate declines […]

Heart International. 2026;20(1):5-19

Arrhythmia

David Albert: Why is the Heart Rhythm Congress so important?

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Published Online: Oct 12th 2022

As the Heart Rhythm Congress 2022 has just finished, Dr David Albert (AliveCor, Mountain View, CA, USA) shares why the conference is so important in bringing together physicians, nurses, patients, patients advocates and all those interested in the care and diagnosis of arrhythmia patients.

Disclosures: David Albert is an employee and major stock shareholder of AliveCor.

Support: Interview and filming supported by Touch Medical Media Ltd. Interview conducted by Sophie Nickelson.

Filmed in coverage of the Heart Rhythm Congress 2022

Flecainide to prevent atrial arrhythmia in the AFLOAT study

Gilles Montalescot

touchCARDIO coverage of data presented at ESC 2024 touchCARDIO spoke with Professor Gilles Montalescot, Professor of Cardiology, Sorbonne University, Paris, France and Chairman of the ACTION study group to get the results from the AFLOAT randomised study, presented at ESC 2024. AFLOAT aimed to evaluate whether flecainide could prevent atrial arrhythmia after patent foramen ovale (PFO) […]

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