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Introduction

The CREATE (Cardiac Rhythm/Electrophysiology And Targeted Education) initiative was launched in 2006 by arrhythmia specialists practising in Europe and the USA. Its objective is to enhance arrhythmia management and patient quality of life by reinforcing education and training and encouraging the exchange of knowledge, experience, and best practices between arrhythmia specialists working in different countries worldwide. Its activities are coordinated by an international scientific committee.

One of the main activities of the CREATE program is the organization of an interactive Annual Advisory Meeting at which panels of international experts are invited to debate controversial contemporary issues in the field of cardiac rhythm disturbances and patient care. The topics for debate are selected by the CREATE Scientific Committee.

The topics chosen for the First CREATE Annual Advisory Meeting held in Paris on October 10, 2006 were the following:

  • The QT interval as it relates to the safety of non-cardiac drugs;
  • CRT-D use in heart failure: too little or too much?
  • Newer antiarrhythmic agents for maintaining sinus rhythm in atrial fibrillation: simplicity or complexity?
  • Ablation vs. drug use for atrial fibrillation.
Over 60 arrhythmia specialists attended this meeting, representing a total of 25 countries in Europe, Asia, and North and South America.

The following four articles summarize the background to each advisory board and the main issues debated. The conclusions of these articles reflect the current consensus position of an international panel of expert electrophysiologists responsible for the everyday care of patients suffering from various rhythm disorders.

Conflict of interest: none declared.

The CREATE Scientific Committee

Etienne Aliot

Hôpital Brabois
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nancy
Vandoeuvre lès Nancy
France

Alan John Camm

St George's Hospital Medical School
London
UK

Stefan H. Hohnloser

JW Goethe University
Frankfurt am Main
Germany

Peter R. Kowey

Main Line Health Heart Center
Lankenau Hospital
Wynnewood
PA
USA

Eric N. Prystowsky

St Vincent Hospital and Health Center Program
Indianapolis
IN
USA

Jeremy Ruskin

Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
MA
USA

Bramah Singh

VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Los Angeles
CA
USA


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