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December 2015 Br J Cardiol 2015;22:146 Meeting report
Heart Rhythm Congress 2015
The 10th Heart Rhythm Congress was held October 4th–7th 2015 at the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Birmingham. This year’s event hosted a wide range of topics including electrophysiology, device management, syncope, inheritable arrhythmias and the basic sciences. Dr Kim Rajappan (Oxford University Hospitals) took on the role of Programme Director for the first time this year. The meeting was a resounding success according to Drs Afzal Sohaib and Kevin Leong, who report on its highlights. This report is carried in full online. ...
December 2015 Br J Cardiol 2015;22:145 Meeting report
‘Lipids in the community’ – HEART UK 29th annual conference
‘Lipids in the community’ was the general theme of this year’s HEART UK conference, attended by 200–250 participants, covering primary and secondary care, patients and industry. The event was held at the University of Hertfordshire from 16th–18th September 2015. General Practice Nurse Jaqui Walker reports some of its highlights. ...
December 2015 Br J Cardiol 2015;22:133
Book review
The EHRA book of pacemaker, ICD, and CRT troubleshooting...
December 2015 Br J Cardiol 2015;22:154
Book review
ESC textbook of cardiovascular imaging, 2nd edition...
October 2015 Br J Cardiol 2015;22:(4) Online First
Focus on pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension moves into new era The launch of new pulmonary hypertension (PH) guidelines was covered in several sessions at the recent European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress, held recently in London....
October 2015 Br J Cardiol 2015;22:138–142 Meeting report
News from the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2015
A record-breaking meeting of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) was held in London this year with over 37,000 delegates from all over the world attending. There were 28 clinical presentations at Hot Line sessions, 18 clinical trial updates, 20 registry studies, five new ESC guidelines published, and 4,533 abstracts presented during the five-day meeting from 29th August–2nd September 2015. We present its highlights....
August 2015 Br J Cardiol 2015;22:88
London welcomes the 2015 ESC Congress
The British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) is the host Society for the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress in 2015, which is being held for the first time in 63 years in London, at the ExCel Convention Centre. The ESC Congress is the largest cardiology meeting in the world with over 30,000 delegates attending from all corners of the globe....
August 2015 Br J Cardiol 2015;22:89–90
New European Society of Cardiology recommendations published
Uninterrupted VKAs in ablation and device implantation The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has recommended uninterrupted anticoagulation with vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) during ablation and device implantation in a position paper presented at the European Heart Rhythm Association Europace – Cardiostim 2015 meeting held recently in Milan, Italy. ...
August 2015 Br J Cardiol 2015;22:89–90
NICE quality standard on AF
The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new quality standard on the treatment and management of atrial fibrillation (AF) in adults....
