Here is a list with links for all of the late-breaking studies presented at the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) 2022 Heart Rhythm conference April 28 to May 1 in San Francisco:
HRS Late-Breaking Clinical Trials 1: Updates and Registries
• Effect Of Intensive Versus Standard Blood Pressure Treatment On Incident Left-Ventricular Conduction Disease. Presented by Gregory Marcus.
• Clinical And Economic Impact Of An Organized Treatment Pathway On Atrial Fibrillation Patient From The Emergency Room To Electrophysiology Service (ER2EP Study). Presented by Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy.
• Clinical Outcomes Of Conduction System Pacing Compared To Biventricular Pacing In Patients Requiring Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. Presented by Jiangang Zou.
• Early Rhythm Control In Patients With Atrial Fibrillation According To CHA2DS2-VASc Score And Age. Subgroup analysis of the EAST-AFNET 4 trial. Presented by Andreas Rillig.
HRS Late Breaking Clinical Trials 2: Clinical Innovations
• Feasibility and Safety of Catheter-Based Cardioneural Ablation: Results From the Multicenter US CNA Registry. Presented by Roderick Tung.
• Etripamil Nasal Spray Is Effective And Safe For Conversion Of Repeated Spontaneous Episodes Of Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia During Long-term Follow-up: Results From The Node-302 Study. Presented by James Ip.
• Sex Hormones And Repolarization Dynamics During The Menstrual Cycle In Women With Congenital And Drug-Induced Long QT Syndrome. Presented by Ilan Goldenberg.
• Rescue Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing For Coronary Sinus Lead Failure Or Non-response To BIV-CRT: Results From International LBBAP Collaborative Study Group. Presented by Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman.
HRS Late Breaking Clinical Trials 3: Randomized Clinical Trials
• Subcutaneous Versus Transvenous Defibrillators: The Atlas Trial. Presented by Healey, Jeffrey.
• Left Bundle Branch Pacing Versus Biventricular Pacing In Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial. Presented by Jiangang Zou.
• Epicardial Ablation In Brugada Syndrome To Prevent Sudden Death: Results From A Randomized Clinical Trial. Presented by Giuseppe Ciconte.
• App-based Mental Training To Reduce Atrial Fibrillation Related Symptoms – The MENTAL AF Randomized Controlled Trial. Presented by Julia A. Lurz.
HRS Late Breaking Clinical Trials Session 4: Late Breaking Science
• High Power Versus Standard Power Radiofrequency Ablation For Pulmonary Vein Isolation: The Short-AF Study. Presented by Adam Lee.
• In-hospital Outcomes For Next-generation Watchman FLX Compared With Watchman Generation 2.5. Presented by James V. Freeman.
• Cardiac AAV:PKP2 Gene Therapy Reduces Ventricular Arrhythmias, Reverses Adverse Right Ventricular Remodeling, Improves Heart Function, and Extends Survival in a Pkp2-deficient Mouse Model of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy. Presented by Zhihong Jane Yang.
• Artificial Intelligence To Identify Left Ventricular Dysfunction From An Apple Watch ECG: A Prospective, Decentralized International Pragmatic Study by Mayo Clinic. Presented by Zachi Itzhak Attia.
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