History & accomplishments

History

ECAS was founded in 2004 by a group of opinion leaders belonging to 11 European Countries who recognized that the educational, research and logistic needs in the field of cardiac arrhythmia are not appropriately fulfilled in Europe.

There was an essential need in Europe to have an independent society, composed of physicians, scientists and allied professionals throughout Europe and other countries throughout the World whose mission and goals are devoted to the field of cardiac arrhythmias.

Education and support of physicians and information to general public are among the main goals.

Congresses 2011

. Venice Arrhythmia - under the Auspices of ECAS
. ECAS-HRS
. First Indian HRS- ECAS special session
. First Gulf HRS- ECAS session
. ECAS session Venice Arrhythmia

ACHIEVEMENTS 2010

Congresses 2010

. 11^th Croatian Symposium on Arrhythmias and Cardiac Pacing - Overture of the Symposium by Dr. Cappato representing ECAS as President
. ECAS CHINA in ECAS Congress 2010
. ECAS GW Beijing
. ECAS and GW-ICC
. 10th International Dead Sea Symposium (IDSS) - under the Auspices of ECAS
. "La Morte Improvvisa e la Fibrillazione Atriale" - under the Auspices of ECAS
. ECAS-HRS Session
. ECAS-CHRS Joint Session in HRS
. ECAS-EHRA Session proposal during HRS Symposium in Denver
. ECAS 2010 set the session 2010GW-ICC. Agreement GW-ICC&ECAS
. XIV International Symposium on Progress in Clinical Pacing - under the Auspices of ECAS - link with the

Congress official website and ECAS website

. WHRW World Heart Rhythm Week - under the Auspices of ECAS
. Know Your Pulse Campaign - under the Auspices of ECAS

ECAS BOOTH "BOSTON AF SYMPOSIUM" JANUARY 2010 ACHIEVEMENTS 2009

ACHIEVEMENTS 2009

Congresses 2009

."Mediterranean Cardiology Meeting 2009" - under the Auspices of ECAS
."17th Annual Meeting of the Alpe Adria Association of Cardiology" - under the Auspices of ECAS
."Europe AF" - under the Auspices of ECAS
."Venice Arrhythmia 2009" - two ECAS Sessions
."HRC 2009" - under the Auspices of ECAS
. SYMPOSIUM - 2^nd JAPAN HRS-ECAS Special Session (ECAS Congress 2009) - "2009
Update on prevention of sudden cardiac death"
. HRS-ECAS SESSION - (ECAS Congress 2009) - "Arrhythmogenic right ventricular
cardiomyopathy (ARVC)"
. FIRST ECAS - RUSSIA SPECIAL SESSION - (ECAS Congress 2009) - "Management of
Atrial Fibrillation: Current and future directions")
. Third CHINA/ECAS Symposium Special Session - (ECAS Congress 2009) - "2009
Update on prevention of sudden death"

PROJECTS 2009

. AFIB PROSPECTIVE REGISTRY - Dr. R. Cappato, Dr. A. Raviele, Dr. David Shepherd,
Dr. Marcia Yaross, Biosense Webster
. LEAD EXTRACTION SURVEY and Uniform Consent Form - Dr. R. Cappato, Dr.ssa
Maria Grazia Bongiorni
. EUROPEAN LIST OF CENTERS
. RETROSPECTIVE PE BASED SURVEY
. SYNCOPE BOOKLET - Dr. F. Giada, Prof. A. Raviele

ECAS SUPPORTS IN 2009

. Supporting Companies of ECAS 2009
by an educational grant:
Bayer Healthcare, Bayer Schering Pharma, Bard, Sanofi-Aventis, Biosense Webster

. Advertisements of ECAS Congress 2009
in all subsequent issues from November 2008 on the "Russian Journal of Arrhythmology"

. Four page Announcement
and also the abstracts - Clinical Medicine - Springer Executive Editor)

. Advertisement of ECAS Congress 2009
on "Turkish Journal of Arrhythmia, Pacing and Electrophysiology

. Ecas & China Agreement
Cooperation for 2008-2009-2010.

Ecas & China Agreement
Cooperation between ECAS and China from 2008 to 2010.
Exchange of Sessions: Chinese Session during ECAS Congress and ECAS Session during Great Wall Symposium.

Ecas & Russia Agreement
Cooperation between the Russian Society of Arrhythmology to organize Joint Meeting of ECAS and RSA and Sessions in ECAS and Russian Congresses.

ACHIEVEMENTS 2008

Congresses 2008

. "EUROPE AF 2008" - under the Auspices of ECAS.
. 9th Biannual International Symposium "Arrhythmia Lithuania 2008" -
. "Tips and tricks in congenital and structural interventions 2008" - under the Auspices of ECAS
. "9th International Dead Sea Symposium (IDSS)" - under the Auspices of ECAS
. "Heart Rhythm Congress 2008" - under the Auspices of ECAS
. "II Russian Seminar "Modern view on problem of diagnostics and management of arrhythmia in children" - under the Auspices of ECAS
. "Progress in Clinical Pacing 2008"

PROJECTS 2008

. Guidelines translations (U.C.F. - still on-going - we need French translation)
. Common Strategies ECAS/MED
. CRC

ACHIEVEMENTS 2007

Congresses 2007

. "8th Croatian Symposium on Arrhytmias and Cardiac Pacing 2007"
. "Mediterranean Cardiology Meeting 2007"
. "III International Symposium on Interventional Arrhythmology and Educational Course of
   European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS) - Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment of
   Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias"
. "Atrial Fibrillation 2007"
. "Levico Terme - New Frontiers of Sport Arrhythmology"
. "Venice Arrhythmias"
. "Fifth International Symposium on Interventional Electrophysiology in the Management of
Cardiac Arrhythmias"
. "Venice Arrhythmias 2007" International Workshop on Cardiac Arrhythmias

PROJECTS 2007

. Birth of IEEP "Itinerant Electrophysiology Educaltional Program" for European Cardiology Fellows. Aim of this initiative was to offer a 2 - year-full-time educational program in electrophysiology to fellows elected according to selection criteria listed in the Mission Statement.
. Joint Venture with JICE

ACHIEVEMENTS 2006

Congresses 2006

. "ICPES" Symposium
. ECAS joint Session with HRS, EHRA

PROJECTS 2006

. In January 2006 ECAS opened its official website www.ecas-cardiology.org, offering comprehensive information on the Society activities with an user friendly modality of approach.

. In June 2006 ECAS produced its first written Policy Statement. This document represented the joint effort of a group of experts who elaborated the official position of ECAS on the topic of "Device Failure". The document has been published in PACE 2006; 29:653-669. The main purposes of the Policy Statement were: 1) to advocate this delicate topic to the full control of the Medical Community; 2) to provide clear indications on how should physicians react on a case-by-case basis to the multiple re-calls that have been released by the different device companies over the last few years.

. 14th July 2006 - First European Consensus Conference on the Use of "easy-to-implant" large use and low cost medical devices for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death. Chairperson Riccardo Cappato, MD - Massimo Santini, MD. This document reports the efforts of a working group of experts analysing the current development status and the future directions of a new implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) providing an alternative, potentially very effective mode of therapy to protect patients from the risk of sudden death secondary to fast ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation. Physicians involved: Epidemiology: Dr. Gerhard Steinbeck (Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany); Current Technology advantages and Limitations: Dr. Dietrich Andresen (Krankenhaus Am Urban I Innere Abt., Berlin, Germany); New Technologies: Technical, Medtronic and Cameron Health Engineers - Clinical: Riccardo Cappato, MD (Policlinico San Donato, Italy) - Advantages and limitations of new technology Richard Hauer (University Medical Center Utrecht, The Nederlands).

Fundamental requisites according to the opinion of the members of the consensus conference Dr. Wyn Davies (St. Mary's Hospital, London, UK); Applications of the new technology in clinical practice: the point of view of the Anaesthesiologist Dr. Leo Bossaert (University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium), the Cardiologist Pharmacologist Dr. R. Ferrari (Ospedale di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy), the Cardiologist Interventional Dr. Johannes Brachmann (III Med. Klinik Klinikum Coburg, Coburg, Germany), the Expert in heart failure Dr. K. Swedberg. Cost-benefit analysis of new technology: Prof. Massimo Santini (Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Roma, Italy).

Following the publication of the manuscript, and in order to improve its distribution across Europe among colleagues with incomplete access to the English language, the document on "Device Malfunctions" has been translated in 8 languages. To this purpose, the following Colleagues have served ECAS: Dr. Petrac for Croatia, Drs. De Roy, Alsteen and Dormal for Belgium (also assisting for French language), Drs. Dorwarth and Hoffmann for Germany, Drs. Tzeis, Sakellariou and Manolis for Greek, Drs. Ferrero and Cappato for Italy, Dr. Moreira for Portugal, Drs. Ardashev and Shavarov for Russia, Drs Paspour and Gorenek for Turkey, and Dr. Bardyszewski for Poland. The different translations are available on ECAS' official website, www.ecas-heartrhythm.org

. In September 2006 ECAS closed the negotiations and signed a contract of co-partnership with the Publisher (Elsevier) and the Editor-in-Chief (Dr. Sanjeeev Saksena) of the Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology (JICE). Through this partnership, JICE becomes the Official Journal of ECAS. The main missions of ECAS in this project are: 1) to distribute through JICE any written document representing the official position of ECAS in the different items concerning current Electrophysiology; 2) to promote the distribution of research outcomes by young European fellows in the International Literature. Both missions cherished by Dr. Richard Hauer from the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, one of ECAS Vice-Presidents.

ACHIEVEMENTS 2005

Congresses 2005

. "Venice Arrhythmia 2005"

PROJECTS 2005

. ECAS has served as a co-partner in preparation of the "Third International Summer School on Cardiac Arrhythmias" organized in Eskisehir (Turkey) by Prof. Bulent Gorenek on 9-12 September 2005, and has contributed to the preparation of the Joint "HRS/EHRA/ECAS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: "Recommendations for Personnel, Policy, Procedures and Follow-up" published in Heart Rhythm and Europace in 2007.

Previous Annual congresses

ECAS 2011 - April 10/12, 2011

Paris, France - Hôtel Le Méridien

ECAS 2011 program

ECAS 2009 - April 19/21, 2009

Best oral abstracts

ECAS 2008 - April 13/15, 2008
ECAS 2007 - June 3/5, 2007
ECAS 2006 - April 2/4, 2006