EHRA Cardio Talk
EHRA Cardio Talk is a podcast series by the European Society of Cardiology, featuring key opinion leaders in electrophysiology and cardiac pacing. It covers topics such as EHRA papers, interviews with legends, and educational content. The podcast is part of a family of ESC podcasts including ESC Cardio Talk, HFA Cardio Talk, and ESC TV Today.
Episodes
Clinical consensus statement on vascular access and closure management for electrophysiological interventions in 2025
With Tom De Potter, Cardiovascular Research Center Aalst, Aalst - Belgium, Stefan Simovic, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac - Serbia and Micaela Ebert, Heart Center - University Hospital Dresden, Dresden - Germany. In this podcast, we explore the latest clinical consensus statement on vascular access and closure management for electrophysiological interventions, hi
OPTION, CHAMPION-AF and Beyond: The future of LAAO
With Devi Nair, St. Bernards Medical Centre - Jonesboro, USA, Stefan Simovic, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac - Serbia and Jacopo Imberti, Modena Polyclinic Modena University Hospital, Modena - Italy. This podcast will tackle the evolving role of left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) in atrial fibrillation management, from current indications to its potential fut
Re-do AF procedures
With Antonio Frontera, IRCCS Ca' Grande Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan - Italy, Stefan Simovic, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac - Serbia and Jacopo Francesco Imberti, University of Modena, Modena - Italy. In this episode, cardiac electrophysiologist Antonio Frontera shares expert insights on managing atrial fibrillation recurrences after pulmonary vein isolation, strategies fo
Patient engagement
With Inga Drossart, ESC Patient Forum, Berlin - Germany, Stefan Simovic, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac - Serbia and Vera Maslova, University Medical Center of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel - Germany. In this podcast, we will talk about patient engagement at two levels: as active partners in their own care and as patient advocates in the healthcare system.
Atrial Fibrillation burden
With Wolfram Doehner, Charite University Hospital, Berlin - Germany, Stefan Simovic, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac - Serbia and Jacopo Francesco Imberti, Modena Polyclinic Modena University Hospital, Modena - Italy. This podcast episode will tackle AF burden, clinical implications and association of AF burden with clinical outcomes.
Bipolar ablation
With Piotr Futyma, St. Joseph's Heart Rhythm Center, Rzeszow - Poland, Stefan Simovic, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac - Serbia and Anthony Li, St George's University of London, London - UK. In this episode of EHRA Cardio Talk, we welcome Piotr Futyma, a leading expert in bipolar ablation and an active member of the EHRA Scientific Initiatives Committee. Together
Arrhythmias in pregnancy
With Kristina Haugaa, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo - Norway, Stefan Simovic, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac - Serbia and Augusto Meretta, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden - The Netherlands. During this podcast, Kristina Haugaa, Augusto Meretta and Stefan Simovic will explore how to diagnose and manage arrhythmias safely during pregnancy,
My favourite studies in 2025
With Andrea Sarkozy, University Hospital (UZ) Brussels, Brussels - Belgium and Stefan Simovic, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac - Serbia. During this podcast Andrea Sarkozy and Stefan Simovic will discuss the most impactful studies in electrophysiology published in 2025, highlighting key findings, clinical implications, and how they may influence future practice.
Sustainability in electrophysiology
With Carsten W Israel, Bethel-Clinic, Bielefeld - Germany, and Stefan Simovic, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac - Serbia. During this podcast, Carsten Israel and Stefan Simovic will discuss how electrophysiology can adopt sustainable practices while maintaining high-quality patient care.
EHRA antiarrhythmic drugs document
With Stefan Simovic, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac - Serbia, Augusto Meretta, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden - The Netherlands, and Jose Luis Merino, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid - Spain. During this podcast, Jose Luis Merino, Stefan Simovic and Augusto Meretta will discuss key insights and innovations behind the 2025 EHRA practical compendium on
2025 ESC-EHRA Atlas on Heart Rhythm Disorders
With Stefan Simovic, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac - Serbia, Vera Maslova, University Medical Center of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel - Germany, Daniel Scherr Medical University of Graz, Austria, and Michal Farkowski, Ministry of Interior and Administration National Medical Institute, Warsaw, Poland. During this podcast Daniel Scherr, Michal Farkowski, Stefan Simovi
State of the art of artificial intelligence in clinical electrophysiology - scientific statement
With Emma Svennberg, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm - Sweden, Sabine Ernst, Royal Brompton Hospital, London - UK, Stefan Simovic, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac - Serbia and Dominik Linz, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC), Maastricht - The Netherlands. During this podcast, Emma Svennberg, Sabine Ernst, Stefan Simovic and Dominik Linz will tackle EHRA–
Conduction system pacing indications
With Stefan Simovic, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac - Serbia, Jacopo Francesco Imberti, Modena Polyclinic Modena University Hospital, Modena - Italy, Haran Burri, Cardiology Department, University Hospital of Geneva - Switzerland and Michael Glikson, Jesselson Integrated Heart Center of Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem - Israel. In this podcast, Haran Burri
SCD prevention in HFrEF population
With David Duncker, Hannover Heart Rhythm Center, Hannover - Germany, Marco Metra, University of Brescia, Brescia - Italy, Micaela Ebert, Heart Center, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden - Germany, and Stefan Simovic, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac - Serbia During this podcast Marco Metra, David Duncker, Stefan Simovic & Mica Ebert will discuss sudden cardiac
Management of patients with transvalvular leads undergoing percutaneous tricuspid valve interventions
With Jean-Claude Deharo, Hospital La Timone Adults, Marseille - France, Professor Fabien Praz, Inselspital Bern - Switzerland, Stefan Simovic, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac - Serbia and Vera Maslova, University Medical Center of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel - Germany. This episode will tackle the EHRA Consensus document on management of patients with transvalvular l
EHRA 2025 Highlights
With Stefan Simovic, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac - Serbia, Stelios Tzeis, Mitera Hospital, Athens - Greece, and Natasja de Groot, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam - The Netherlands, and Dominik Linz, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC), Maastricht - The Netherlands. During this podcast Stefan Simovic, Natasja de Groot, Stylianos Tzeis and
From subclinical to clinical AF: unmasking AHREs
With Stefan Simovic, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac - Serbia, and Gregory Y.H. Lip, University of Liverpool, Liverpool - UK. This episode will tackle the current status and management of subclinical atrial fibrillation and atrial high rate episodes.
Non-transvenous ICDs
With Lucas Boersma, St.Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein - The Netherlands, and Stefan Simovic, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac - Serbia. Join us for an exciting episode on non-transvenous ICDs, exploring their advantages and future potential.
EHRA Updated Core Curriculum
With Doctor Stefan Simovic, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac - Serbia, Serge Trines, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden - The Netherlands and Philip Moore, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London - UK This episode focuses on the EHRA Updated Core Curriculum.
My favourite studies in 2024
With Arian Sultan, St. Georg Heart Center Asklepios Clinic Hamburg - Germany, Stefan Simovic, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac - Serbia and David Duncker, Hannover Heart Rhythm Center, Hannover - Germany. This episode is a 2024 overview of Arian Sultan's favourite studies.
Best evidence in EP
With David Duncker, Hannover Heart Rhythm Center, Hannover - Germany, Stefan Simovic, Clinical Center Kragujevac & Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac - Serbia, and John Mandrola, Baptist Health, Louisville - USA. This episode strives for the best evidence together with John Mandrola.
Gender Differences in EP
With David Duncker, Hannover Heart Rhythm Center, Hannover - Germany, and Janet Han, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare and University of California Los Angeles - United States of America. This podcast will tackle gender differences in cardiac arrhythmias and in EP careers.
Vision of the new EHRA President
With David Duncker, Hannover Heart Rhythm Centre, Hannover - Germany, and Helmut Pürerfellner, Ordensklinikum Linz Elisabethinen, Linz - Austria In this episode, the incoming EHRA President, Helmut Pürerfellner, tells us how his EHRA journey started and shares his vision for the next couple of years.
Guideline-directed medical therapy for heart failure in patients with implantable devices
With David Duncker, Hannover Heart Rhythm Center, Hannover - Germany, and Giuseppe Boriani, Modena Polyclinic Modena University Hospital, Modena - Italy. This episode will tackle GDMT in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices: Heart failure medication optimization, ICD indications, remote monitoring.
Cardioneuroablation
With David Duncker, Hannover Heart Rhythm Center, Hannover - Germany, and Tolga Aksu, Yeditepe University Hospital, Istanbul - Turkey. David Duncker and Tolga Aksu discuss Cardioneuroablation and especially the upcoming EHRA/HRS/LAHRS/APHRS document on this topic, that will be published this year.
Pulsed Field Ablation
With Serge Boveda, (Guest), Clinic Pasteur, Toulouse - France & David Duncker,(Host) Hannover Heart Rhythm Centre, Hannover - Germany
Electrical storm
With Radoslaw Lenarczyk (Guest), Medical University of Silesia, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases (SCHD), Zabrze - Poland & David Duncker (Host), Hannover Heart Rhythm Centre, Hannover - Germany
EHRA-HRS-APHRS-LAHRS Expert Consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of AF
With Stylianos Tzeis (Guest), Cardiology Department and Electrophysiology & Cardiac Pacing Section in Mitera Hospital, Hygeia Group in Athens - Greece and David Duncker (Host), Hannover Heart Rhythm Centre, Hannover - Germany.
Prevalence of cardiac arrhythmias in the general population and how to tackle them
With José Luis Merino (Guest), La Paz University Hospital, Madrid - Spain, Elena Arbelo (Guest), University Hospital of Barcelona - Spain & David Duncker (Host), Hannover Heart Rhythm Centre, Hannover - Germany.
Sudden Cardiac Death
With Eloi Marijon (Guest), European Hospital Georges Pompidou, Paris - France, David Duncker (Host), Hannover Heart Rhythm Centre, Hannover - Germany & Rodrigue Garcia (Host), University Hospital of Poitiers - France.
AF ablation as first line therapy
With Jason Andrade (Guest), Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver - Canada and David Duncker (Host), Hannover Heart Rhythm Centre, Hannover - Germany.
My favourite studies 2023
With Julian Chun, Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien, Frankfurt - Germany and David Duncker, Hannover Medical School, Hannover - Germany.
Arrhythmic mitral valve prolapse
With David Duncker, Hannover Medical School, Hannover - Germany & Avi Sabbag, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan - Israel.
Digital education
With David Duncker (Host), Hannover Medical School, Hannover - Germany & Dominik Linz (Host), Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC), Maastricht - The Netherlands & Michael Lloyd (Guest) - Emory University in Atlanta - USA & Prashanthan Sanders (Guest) - Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders at the University of Adelaide and the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide - Australia.
EHRA Education
With David Duncker (Host), Hannover Heart Rhythm Center - Germany, Marta de Riva Silva (Guest) (the Netherlands) and Helmut Pürerfellener (Austria) (Guest). This episode discusses the education in EP, in particular the new EHRA educational pathway.
EHRA Clinical Consensus Statement on CSP
With David Duncker (Host), Hannover Heart Rhythm Center - Germany and Haran Burri (Guest), Cardiology Department of the University Hospital of Geneva - Switzerland. This episode discusses the EHRA Clinical Consensus Statement on Conduction System Pacing CSP) implantation with lead author Haran Burri.
Early days of electrophysiology
With David Duncker (host), Hannover Heart Rhythm Center - Germany and Helmut Klein, former Head of the Division of Cardiology, Angiology and Pulmonary Care at Magdeburg - Germany and an adjunct Professor at the Univ. of Rochester, USA. This podcast provides insights into the early days of electrophysiology with Prof. Helmut Klein and Prof. David Duncker.
Future of Digital Health
With David Duncker (host), Hannover Heart Rhythm Center - Germany and Sanjiv Narayan (guest), Stanford University in Stanford - United States of America. This episode tackles Digital medicine in EP with Prof Sanjiv Narayan and Prof David Duncker. They discuss digital devices, artificial intelligence and future perspectives in digital medicine in EP.
New technologies for AF ablation
With David Duncker (host), Hannover Heart Rhythm Center - Germany and Tom De Potter (guest), OLV Hospital Aalst, Aalst - Belgium. This podcast will tackle new technologies for AF ablation: high power, ultra-low cryo and pulsed-field ablation.
EHRA 2023 congress
With David Duncker (Host), Hannover Heart Rhythm Center -Germany & Andrea Sarkozy (Guest), University Hospital of Antwerp, Belgium & Serge Boveda (Guest), Clinique Pasteur in Toulouse - France. This podcast will tackle the EHRA 2023 congress: the two scientific program committee chairs will discuss new congress content and some personal congress memories.
EP Europace journal
With David Duncker (host), Hannover Heart Rhythm Center - Germany and Angelo Auricchio (guest), Cardiocentro Ticino in Lugano - Switzerland. This episode tackles the Europace journal with the new Editor in Chief Prof Angelo Auricchio discussing the new concept, some insights and personal anecdotes with Prof David Duncker
Genetic testing for cardiac diseases
With David Duncker (Host), Hannover Heart Rhythm Center, Germany, Rodrigue Garcia (Host), University hospital of Poitiers - France, Arthur Wilde (Guest), Heart Centre Division, Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam - The Netherlands & Elijah Behr (Guest), St George's University of London - United Kingdom. This podcast discusses the evolution and current indication of genetic testing for cardiac diseas
Brugada syndrome by Pedro Brugada
With David Duncker (Host), Hannover Heart Rhythm Center - Germany, Rodrigue Garcia (Host), University hospital of Poitiers - France & Pedro Brugada (Guest), University Of Brussels, Brussels - Belgium. In this episode, Prof David Duncker and Dr Rodrigue Garcia speak with Prof Pedro Brugada. They will talk about 30 years of Brugada syndrome - about the beginning, changing approaches and the future.
My favorite studies 2022
With David Duncker (host), Hannover Heart Rhythm Center - Germany & Philipp Sommer (guest), clinic for electrophysiology, Heart and Diabetes center in Bad Oeynhausen - Germany This podcast will tackle Philipp Sommer's favorite studies 2022: 1) Gasperetti et al.: Programmed Ventricular Stimulation as an Additional Primary Prevention Risk Stratification Tool in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardi
Evidence for Physiological pacing
With David Duncker (Host), Hannover Heart Rhythm Center - Germany, Rodrigue Garcia (Host), University hospital of Poitiers and Kevin Vernooy (Guest), Maastricht University - The Netherlands. David Duncker and Rodrigue Garcia host Prof Kevin Vernooy to talk about physiological pacing.
Antiarrhythmic drug therapy
With Federico Guerra (Host), Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona - Italy, Rodrigue Garcia (Host), University hospital of Poitiers & John Camm (Host), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland This podcast tackles antiarrhythmic drugs in the setting of atrial fibrillation ablation management
2022 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death
With David Duncker (Host), Hannover Heart Rhythm Center, Germany, Rodrigue Garcia (Host), University hospital of Poitiers, Jacob Tfelt-Hansen (Guest), Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark and Department of Forensic Genetics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark & Katja Zeppenfeld (Guest) Leiden University Medical Centre, Netherlands. This podcast
The future to EHRA
With David Duncker (Host), Hannover Heart Rhythm Center - Germany, Christophe Leclercq (Guest), C.H.U. Pontchaillou, Rennes, France & Jose Luis Merino (Host), Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain This podcast hosts the president and president-elect of EHRA and tackles current benefits and future directions of the association.
Gaps in knowledge in EP
With David Duncker (host), Hannover Heart Rhythm Center, Germany & Gerhard Hindricks (guest), University of Leipzig, Heartcenter, Germany. This podcast tackles gaps in knowledge in EP and how we need to address them in the future.
EP fellowships
David Duncker (Host), Hannover Heart Rhythm Center, Hannover - Germany and Katarzyna Malaczynska-Rajpold (Guest), Royal Brompton Hospital, London - United Kingdom - UK. This podcast tackles tips and tricks to complete your EP fellowship
Integrated care in arrhythmia patients
With David Duncker (host), Hannover Heart Rhythm Center, Hannover – Germany, Dominik Linz (host), MUMC Maastricht Heart en Vaat Centrum - Netherlands and Jeroen Hendricks (guest), Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University - Sweden, and the Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders, University of Adelaide - Australia. This podcast will tackle and discuss the role of integrated care fo
Early AF management
With David Duncker (host), Hannover Heart Rhythm Center, Hannover - Germany and Paulus Kirchhof, (host), University Heart & Vascular Center Hamburg, Hamburg - Germany. This podcast tackles insights into structured AF management and the evidence for performing it early.
The EHRA experience
With Dominik Linz (Host), MUMC Maastricht Hart en Vaat Centrum - The Netherlands, Rodrigue Garcia (Host), University hospital of Poitiers - France & Isabelle Van Gelder (Guest), University Medical Center Groningen - The Netherlands, Tom De Potter (Guest), OLV Hospital Aalst - Belgium
The EHRA consensus on Device implantation
With David Duncker, (Host), Hannover Heart Rhythm Center, Hannover - Germany and Haran Burri, (Guest), University Hospital of Geneva - Switzerland. This podcast tackles the EHRA 2021 consensus document on device implantation techniques, discusses its content and provides some background information provided by the document chair and first author.
My favourite studies in 2021
With David Duncker (Host), Hannover Medical School, Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover, Germany, Dominik Linz (Host), Maastricht University Medical Centre and Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, The Netherlands and Dhiraj Gupta, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, United Kingdom
Esophageal complications related to AF ablation
With David Duncker (Host), Hannover Medical School, Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover, Germany and Thomas Deneke, (Guest), Clinic for Interventional Electrophysiology, Heart Center RHÖN-KLINIKUM Campus, Bad Neustadt, Germany Link: https://ag-ep.de/austausch/ This podcast will tackle 'Esophageal lesions in AF ablation' and more particularly: what's the problem ? risk factors diagnostic work-up ho
AF Screening
With David Duncker (Host) , Hannover Medical School, Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover - Germany and Emma Svennberg, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm - Sweden This podcast will tackle 'Screening for AF' and more particularly: why should we screen? screening modes? whom to screen? how to screen? new technologies for screening?
NOAC practical guide
With David Duncker (Host) , Hannover heart rhythm centre, Hannover medical school, Hannover - Germany & Jan Steffel (Invitee), University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Link to practical guide This podcast will tackle 'Screening for AF' and more particularly: why should we screen? screening modes? whom to screen? how to screen? new technologies for screening?
