EHRA Spring Summit Meeting

Welcome address

Angelo Auricchio, MD PhD FESC

President of European Heart Rhythm Association

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EHRA Spring Summit Meeting

This Edition News

Representatives of 54 ESC-countries

Representatives of 2 ESC WGs

Working Group on Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology

Working Group on eCardiology

Large representation of Industry partners

Representatives of selected Affiliated Countries

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EHRA International Partners in Education

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Fellowship Training

Fellowship Training & Joint Publication Activities

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EHRA Scientific Report (1st Edition)

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Evolution in Education

EHRA Courses «EHRA in»

Egypt

Russia

Open Access Webinars

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Membership status

Top 10 Global Countries

Members

+43% +39%

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Support of National WGs to EHRA

• Tiered membership (AIAC)– 10 Euro discount on each

Association subscription fee• 80 Euros instead of 100 Euros

(20% discount)

• National WG promotes EHRA– AIAC– Slovakia

– 1 year subscription for young (<35 yrs old) EP

President of Associazione

Italiana di Aritmologia e

Cardiostimolazione (AIAC)

Prof. M. G. Bongiorni

Chairman of the Slovak

Association of Heart

Arrhythmias

Prof. R. Hatala

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Eastern Countries Initiative

• ICD FOR LIFE– Yearly EHRA Summit meeting

• 2012 Edition: Belgrade (Serbia), October.

• 2013 Edition: by application only

– Awareness Day & Contest• best project award

– Website support

– Toolkit (videos, press materials, etc)• Interviews: Dr. Hovhannesyan (Armenia), Dr. Grigoryan

(Armenia), Dr. Shurdha (Albania), Dr. Chasnoits (Belarus), Dr. Bernat (Croatia), Dr. Etsadashvili (Georgia)

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Detailed countrywise data analysis withEHRA White Book data

• Summary of „changes of significance“ over the years

• Identification of correlations and developments

• Detection of best-case and worst-case country examples

EHRA White Book Collection 2008 - 2011

Project Evolution

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EHRA White Book Evolution

A Report on Device Use and EP Procedures in

ESC 54 – country members

EP Supplement

(Q3 / 2012)

DG SANCO / European Commission

EHRA White Book on the EU Health portal

webpage

Health in Europe: Information and Data

Interface (HEIDI) website: relevant CVD section

World Health Organization (WHO)

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Finalizing the transfer of WB data into HEIDI (Health in Europe: Information and Data Interface) website (CVD section)

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Planned EHRA Documents in 2012

Pathways for training and accreditation for transvenous lead extraction: a EHRA position paper Chairs: JC Deharo, MG Bongiorni

EHRA / HRS Joint document on CRT follow-up Chairs: JC Daubert, L Saxon

Radiation dose reduction during EP procedures Chairs: H Heidbuchel, L Mont

Practical questions with new oral anticoagulant agents Chair: H Heidbuchel

EHRA / AEPC pediatric cardiac arrhythmias consensus document Chair: J Brugada, N Blom

Position paper on new device technologies in heart failure Chair: KH Kuck, A Auricchio

HRS / EHRA Joint document on management of channelopaties Chairs: S. Priori, A Wilde

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EP Europace Journal

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Working Group on eCardiology

Expanded Journal focusWorking Group on Cardiac

Cellular Electrophysiology

Networked with national

subspecialty journals

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Discovering

Practicing

Translating

Transforming

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EHRA Spring Summit Meeting

Thank you for attending !

Angelo Auricchio, MD PhD FESC

President of European Heart Rhythm Association

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More benefits for EHRA Members

Special registration fee for EHRA educational courses

Free registration for the EHRA Webinars (e-learning)

15% discount on EHRA Certification Examination

10% off all cardiology publication from Oxford University Press (OUP)

Reduced fee for the EP Europace Journal

Exclusive access to EHRA Training Fellowship

Exclusive selection of EHRA Educational Content Online

Receiving the EHRA E-newsletter

Voting rights

Automatic ESC membership and benefits

Free ESC Pocket Guidelines at the ESC Congress

Discount prices on the ESC Educational Products

Special subscription prices on ESC Journals (including EHJ)

Receive ESC congress related information

Receive ESC Educational Programme information

A personal European Membership Card (currently for members of some National Cardiac Societies only)

And more …

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