The Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) is an international non-profit organization that promotes education and advocacy for cardiac arrhythmia professionals and patients. The Society was founded in 1979 and counted 5,100 members from over 70 countries as of January, 2009.^[1] The Official Journal of the Heart Rhythm Society is HeartRhythm, which provides readers basic and clinical scientific developments devoted to arrhythmias, devices, and cardiovascular electrophysiology. The HRS is headquartered in Washington, DC, USA.^[2]

Mission statement [link]

The Society is dedicated "to improve the care of patients by promoting research, education and optimal health care policies and standards." ^[3]

Activities [link]

The Heart Rhythm Society's government advocacy efforts center on operating as an intermediary between regulatory agencies and its members. The society promotes programs to take action regarding legislation, creates and endorses clinical guidelines, and helps its members find funding opportunities from government agencies such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

The Society also provides several educational initiatives including courses held throughout the year, certification and CME programs and an annual conference, called Scientific Sessions.

Presidents [link]

Presidents of the Heart Rhythm Society from conception are listed below. Note that the leadership cycle is five years, with service as President being in the fourth year. This allows the Society to project presidents three years hence. Anne M. Gillis, whose election to the Presidency for the 2012-13 term was revealed at the May 2009 meeting of the Society, will become the second non-American to serve in that capacity. The first was Bernard S. Goldman in 1982. Both Dr. Gillis, Medical Director of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology at the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, and Dr. Goldman are Canadian.^[4]^[5]

J. Warren Harthorne, MD, FHRS, CCDS 1979-1981
Seymour Furman, MD, CCDS 1981-1982
Bernard S. Goldman, MD, FHRS, CCDS 1982-1983
Robert G. Hauser, MD, FHRS, CCDS 1983-1984
Albert L. Waldo, MD, FHRS, CCDS 1984-1985
Jerry C. Griffin, MD, FHRS, CCDS 1985-1986
Paul C. Gillette, MD, FHRS, CCDS 1986-1987
Michael Bilitch, MD 1987
Doris J. W. Escher, MD, FHRS 1988
Melvin M. Scheinman, MD, FHRS 1988-1989
Douglas P. Zipes, MD, FHRS 1989-1990
Victor Parsonnet, MD, FHRS, CCDS 1990-1991
James D. Maloney, MD, FHRS, CCDS 1991-1992
Gerald C. Timmis, MD, FHRS, CCDS 1992-1993
David G. Benditt, MD, FHRS, CCDS 1993-1994
Nora Goldschlager, MD, FHRS 1994-1995
Ralph Lazzara, MD, FHRS 1995-1996
John D. Fisher, MD, FHRS, CCDS 1996-1997
Sanjeev Saksena, MBBS, MD, FHRS 1997-1998
David L. Hayes, MD, FHRS, CCDS 1998-1999
Gerald V. Naccarelli, MD, FHRS 1999-2000
David S. Cannom, MD, FHRS 2000-2001
Eric N. Prystowsky, MD, FHRS 2001-2002
Mark H. Schoenfeld, MD, FHRS, CCDS 2002-2003
Michael E. Cain, MD 2003-2004
Stephen C. Hammill, MD, FHRS 2004-2005
Anne B. Curtis, MD, FHRS, CCDS 2005-2006
Dwight W. Reynolds, MD, FHRS 2006-2007
Bruce D. Lindsay, MD, FHRS, CCDS 2007-2008
N. A. Mark Estes III, MD, FHRS, CCDS 2008-9
Richard L. Page, MD, FHRS 2009-10
Douglas L. Packer, MD, FHRS 2010-11
Bruce L. Wilkoff, MD, FHRS, CCDS 2011-12
Anne M. Gillis, BSc, MD, FRCPC 2012-13^[6]

External links [link]

References [link]

^ "HRS Society About page". https://www.hrsonline.org/About/. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
^ "HeartRhythm Journal". https://www.hrsonline.org/Publications/. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
^ About Heart Rhythm Society
^ "Past presidents of the Heart Rhythm Society". https://www.hrsonline.org/About/Governance/PastPresidents.cfm. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
^ "2008-9 Executive Committee". https://www.hrsonline.org/About/Governance/Executive-Committee.cfm. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
^ "UCalgary Faculty of Medicine professor chosen as president of Heart Rhythm Society". https://medicine.ucalgary.ca/about/anne_gillis. Retrieved 2009-05-25.

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Sinus rhythm

Sinus rhythm refers to any cardiac rhythm where depolarisation of the cardiac muscle begins at the sinus node. It is characterised by the presence of correctly-oriented P waves on the electrocardiogram (ECG). Sinus rhythm is necessary, but not sufficient, for normal electrical activity within the heart.

The term normal sinus rhythm (NSR) is sometimes used to denote a specific type of sinus rhythm where all other measurements on the ECG also fall within designated normal limits, giving rise to the characteristic appearance of the ECG when the electrical conduction system of the heart is functioning normally. However, other sinus rhythms can be entirely normal in particular patient groups and clinical contexts, so the term is sometimes considered a misnomer and its use is sometimes discouraged.

Other types of sinus rhythm include sinus tachycardia, sinus bradycardia and sinus arrhythmia. Sinus rhythm may be present together with other cardiac arrhythmias on the same ECG.

ECG characteristics of normal sinus rhythm

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Society

A society is a group of people involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Societies are characterized by patterns of relationships (social relations) between individuals who share a distinctive culture and institutions; a given society may be described as the sum total of such relationships among its constituent members. In the social sciences, a larger society often evinces stratification or dominance patterns in subgroups.

Insofar as it is collaborative, a society can enable its members to benefit in ways that would not otherwise be possible on an individual basis; both individual and social (common) benefits can thus be distinguished, or in many cases found to overlap.

A society can also consist of like-minded people governed by their own norms and values within a dominant, larger society. This is sometimes referred to as a subculture, a term used extensively within criminology.

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Society (disambiguation)

Society is a grouping of individuals which are united by a network of social relations, traditions and may have distinctive culture and institutions.

Society may also refer to:

used exclusively, within the upper class, see high society (group)

a voluntary association (club, company)

Student society, a student club
Society of apostolic life, a group within the Catholic Church

Student society, a student club

Society of apostolic life, a group within the Catholic Church

"Society", a song by Jerry Hannan, best known for the cover by Eddie Vedder on the Into the Wild soundtrack

"Society" (song), a 1996 song by Pennywise

Society Recordings, an American record label

Society (film), a 1989 Brian Yuzna film

Society (video game), an online computer game by Stardock

Society, a fictional video game in the 2009 film Gamer

Society Islands, a group of islands in French Polynesia

Society (journal), an academic journal

Society (play)

Society was an 1865 comedy drama by Thomas William Robertson regarded as a milestone in Victorian drama because of its realism in sets, costume, acting and dialogue. Unusually for that time, Robertson both wrote and directed the play, and his innovative writing and stage direction inspired George Bernard Shaw and W. S. Gilbert.

Origins

The play originally ran at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Liverpool, under the management of Mr A. Henderson, opening on 8 May 1865. It was recommended to Effie Wilton, the manager of the Prince of Wales's Theatre in London's West End, by H. J. Byron, where it ran from 11 November 1865 to 4 May 1866 Robertson found fame with his new comedy, which included a scene that fictionalized the Fun gang, who frequented the Arundel Club, the Savage Club, and especially Evans's café, where they had a table in competition with the Punch 'Round table'. The play marked the London debut of Squire Bancroft, who went on to marry Effie Wilton in 1867 and become her co-manager.