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Heart failure patients who used an interactive telehealth system with motivational support tools at home spent less time in hospital and felt their quality of life had significantly improved over 12 months evaluation period, according to the final results of the CARME (CAtalan Remote Management Evaluation) study.

The ExoSeal™ Vascular Closure Device, which incorporates a number of new advances in technology and simplicity of design has been launched by the Cordis Corporation during EuroPCR, in Paris recently.

What is being done to reduce catheter ablation procedure times? How do patients feel about multiple procedures to maintain sinus rhythm? These were among the questions addressed at the 9th Atrial Fibrillation Symposium, Berlin 2010, sponsored by the AFib Alliance . The program has become one of the foremost of its kind in Europe. This report features presentations from many world leaders in cardiac rhythm management.

The scientific faculty, Drs Karl-Heinz Kuck, Carlo Pappone and Michel Haïssaguerre opened the meeting with a provocative sequence of presentations with the goal of answering a series of questions starting with ‘What are we doing about…?’

The Heart Rhythm Society Convention is the largest cardiac electrophysiology meeting in the world attracting thousands of participants and experts from around the globe.

This report, by Dr Benedict M Glover (Senior Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellow) summarises the key elements of the convention focusing on late breaking trials, live cases and important developments.