Mapping/Ablation

Bradley Knight, MD, and Satish Raj, MD, MS, discuss the new expert consensus statement on the management of remote device clinics. Their discussion took place at Heart Rhythm 2023 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Dramatic cuts to physician reimbursement for EP procedures were finalized by CMS in the last 2 years. The impact of the cuts to physician reimbursement for ablation procedures will be devastating. What can hospitals do to help?

Results from the PULSED AF pivotal study were presented during the late-breaking clinical trials at the 2023 American College of Cardiology’s annual scientific session together with the World Congress of Cardiology.

For medicine, and for cardiac electrophysiology, the use of artificial intelligence in platforms such as ChatGPT will be a powerful tool for computer programming, dissemination of information, patient education, and research.

Sentara College of Health Sciences is a small college within the Sentara Healthcare system. The EP program here was created in Spring 2011.

Future studies are needed to determine if a patient’s modified AF burden, which captures rhythm and rate control, correlates better than AF burden with AF-related symptoms, QOL, hospitalizations, and other clinically relevant end points.