Recent scientific documents from the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA).

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The Scientific Documents Committee of European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) is responsible for the planning, initiation, reviewing, and publishing of scientific statements addressing areas of interest to EHRA members and the wider cardiology profession. The goal of the committee work is to provide sound advice, based on scientific data and generated by experts in the field, in emerging areas relevant to the management of arrhythmias in Europe. A growing number of documents is/will be generated as joint statements with other European Society of Cardiology (ESC) associations or working groups, or with other arrhythmia societies: a long-standing cooperation with Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) has been generating many joint scientific documents per year, and also with Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS). This editorial is a brief summary of the recently published and also ongoing EHRA scientific documents. ### New devices in heart failure: an EHRA report Several new devices for the treatment of heart failure (HF) patients have been introduced and are increasingly used in clinical practice or are under clinical evaluation in either observational and/or randomized clinical trials. These devices include cardiac contractility modulation, spinal cord stimulation, carotid sinus nerve stimulation, cervical vagal stimulation, intracardiac atrioventricular nodal vagal stimulation, and implantable haemodynamic monitoring devices. This document is a detailed review of such new devices used in HF treatment.1 ### Practical ways to reduce radiation dose for patients and staff during device implantations and electrophysiological procedures Despite the advent of non-fluoroscopic technology, fluoroscopy remains the cornerstone of imaging in most interventional electrophysiological procedures, from diagnostic studies over ablation interventions to device implantation. Moreover, many patients receive additional X-ray imaging, such as cardiac computed tomography and others. This position paper offers some very practical …