title: Innovation in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.
abstract: The 11th International Dead Sea Symposium on Cardiac Arrhythmias and Device Therapy - the 20th Anniversary of the meeting - was held in Jerusalem, Israel on the 26-29 February 2012. The global meeting was conducted with the goal of providing a venue for a multidisciplinary approach to exchange knowledge in all areas related to arrhythmia care. In addition to presentations of original research and keynote lectures, special educational sessions were offered that included hands-on anatomy training and interesting case presentations. A series of innovations sessions included presentations by start-up companies and inventors, leveraging the venue's entrepreneurial environment.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55902, USA. pfriedman@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eldar
authors.forename: I Eli
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Ovsyshcher
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000639:trends; D002309:Cardiology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans