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EHRA Surveys and the EHRA Scientific Initiatives Committee

The EHRA Scientific Initiatives Committee (SIC) undertakes research through short EP surveys with the aim of providing a picture of daily EP practice in Europe and insight into how consistently arrhythmia treatment is applied across ESC member countries. Particular focus is placed on the implementation of current arrhythmia-related ESC Guidelines.

The SIC conducts several types of surveys including centre-based (addressing the EHRA Scientific Research Network), physician-based and patient-based, together with new initiatives, such as systematic reviews and meta-analysis.

The EHRA 2024-2026 Scientific Initiatives Committee Members are:

Prof. Julian Chun (Chair), Dr. Laura Perrotta (co-Chair), Dr. Gabor Duray, Prof. Piotr Futyma, Prof. Christian Heeger, Dr. Jarkko Karvonen, Dr. Lina Marcantoni, Assoc. Prof. Michal Mazurek, Prof. Andreas Metzner, Dr. Mark Mills, Dr. Martina Nesti, Dr. Diego Penela, Dr. Martin Ruwald, Assoc. Prof. Arian Sultan, Dr. Konstantinos Vlachos, Dr. Maura Zylla.

Join the EHRA Scientific Initiatives Research Network and participate in the surveys

The results of these surveys enable us to gather some valuable and essential information, thanks to participating centres who regularly complete the surveys and entrust us with their data.

The results of each survey are published in the EP Europace journal.

Moreover, the best two centres who replied to the last surveys will be offered co-authorship of an article published in the EP Europace journal.

If you are not yet a member and would like to be part of this initiative, join by clicking on the link below.

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2024-2026 Strategy

The EHRA Scientific Initiative Committee (SIC) calls for your ideas and your scientific international cooperation.

The committee invites you to propose your ideas for surveys and meta-analyses to help close the gap(s) of evidence in the field of electrophysiology or pacing, with emphasis on:

Arrhythmia management/patient care
Implementation of technological innovations
Arrhythmias and heart failure

If you would like to submit a proposal which could fit into the above mentioned areas, the SIC committee would be delighted to consider and review it.

In addition, the methodology of this clinical research will now call upon three stages: inventory, identification and correction of potential deficiencies, mid-term re-evaluation.

EHRA Physician & Centre Based Surveys

Recent surveys cover topics such as wearable defibrillators, vascular access, ventricular fibrillation, lifestyle in atrial fibrillation, bipolar ablation, and genetic testing. Results and publications are available to read.

EHRA Patient Surveys

These patient and general population surveys are anonymous online questionnaires designed to gather insights from patients and the wider public.

Systematic review/meta-analysis

Mexiletine review: Mexiletine reduced ICD therapies in patients with structural heart disease when ablation wasn’t an option, but had notable side effects. Cryoballoon ablation review: Single-freeze cryoballoon ablation was as effective as double-freeze and caused fewer complications.

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Scope

The EHRA SIC invites you to submit your research proposal (survey, systematic review/meta-analysis, etc.) and get the opportunity to carry out your research together with the committee.

Please note EHRA will provide expertise on accepted submissions, however no funds can be made available.

The two research proposal forms can be downloaded according to the research you wish to submit.