Current state of arrhythmia care in Latin America: A statement from the Latin American Heart Rhythm Society
Although atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia problem, Chagas disease is highly prevalent in several countries of Latin America. Although there are significant variations concerning the practice of EP (including differences in policies and access to technology, drugs, and devices), overall there is limited access to implantable cardiac defibrillators, complex ablation procedures, resources (including 3-dimensional mapping systems, intracardiac echocardiography, and remote monitoring), trained physicians, and centers of excellence; thus, access to adequate health care is limited.
Authors
- Heliodoro Rodriguez
- Márcio Jansen de Oliveira Figueiredo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3477-4667)
- Daniel Aguerre Banina
- Luis Quiñiñir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9345-9678)
- Alejandro Cuesta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1315-5581)
- Chamia Benchetrit
- Jorge Marín
- Eliany Mejia-Lopez
- Ulises Rojel
- Fátima Dumas Cintra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3361-7061)
- Martha Reyes
- Richard Soto-Becerra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3447-061X)
- Francisco J. Cueto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7457-9583)
- Néstor López-Cabanillas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5653-1255)
- José Luís Llorente (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7713-5526)
- Eduardo Saad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8879-9077)
- Ruben Ramirez Zegarra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7706-3016)
- Federico Malavassi
- Elibet Chávez-González (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2246-2137)
- Luigi Di Biase
- Cristiano Pisani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3457-1605)
- Gerardo Rodríguez-Diez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8132-0724)
- Aurelio Luna Maldonado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7760-7415)
- Armando Pérez-Silva
- Juan Cruz López Diez
- Juan C. Díaz
- Eric Karabut
- Fernando A Vidal-Bett
- Jorge Arbaiza
- Luis Aguinaga-Arrascue
- Remberto Torres-Molina
Institutions
- Heart Rhythm Society (US)
- American Society of Nephrology (US)
- Italian Society of Physiotherapy (IT)
- The Arrhythmia Institute (US)
- Asociación Mexicana de Psicología y Desarrollo Comunitario (MX)
- San Diego Cardiac Center (US)
- Electrophysiology Research Foundation (US)
- Academia Nacional de Medicina Venezuela (VE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Heart Rhythm O2
- Published
- 2024-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hroo.2024.11.010
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.80