Heart Rhythm 2025 On Demand - Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices (CIEDs)

A curated bundle of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device (CIED) sessions presented at Heart Rhythm 2025. The education is presented in various learning formats, including Case-Based, Case-Based: Complicated Case, Tutorial, Core Curriculum, Abstracts, and more.

Sessions in this bundle include the following, recorded at Heart Rhythm 2025:

A Session on Physiologic Pacing and CRT (Joint Session)
(Recorded Case) From the Case Files: Difficult CIED Cases
Enhancing Pacemaker and ICD Alert Management: Practical Benefits and Cost-effectiveness vs. Limitations of Intelligent Remote Systems
Achieving Cardiac Resynchronization Through Conduction System Pacing: The Sky is the Limit?
Going Leadless: A Case-based Approach to Leadless Pacing in Challenging Cases
This Used to Be Easy: Choosing the Right Device for the Right Patient
ICD's in Athletes the Journey Continues
Tips and Tricks for Optimizing CIED Programming
The Case That Keeps Me Up At Night
(Recorded Case) Lead Extraction: A Case-Based Approach
Device Use in the Developing World
Global Device Use - Cautionary Tales, Case Studies and Success Stories
How to Approach Conduction System Pacing
Exploring Lead Management and Extraction: Entrapped, Abandoned or Fragmented Leads, Vegetation Debulking, and Tricuspid Valve Interventions
Advances in ICD Technology: Extravascular ICDs, Subcutaneous ICDs, Shock Efficiency
Leadless Pacing: Technology and Outcomes
CRT and Conduction System Pacing: Clinical Scenarios
CRT and Conduction System Pacing: Clinical Studies
Biventricular Pacing
Strategic Decision-Making in Lead Extraction: Tackling Unique and Complex Scenarios
Novel CIED Technologies and Novel CIED Issues: How to Do Contemporary CIED Troubleshooting
Atrial Resynchronization - The Next Frontier in Physiologic Pacing
To be or not to be! Transvenous ICD's vs. Extravascular ICD's
New Developments in the Field of Conduction System Pacing featuring a Tribute to Dr. Victor Parsonnet, Founder of NASPE (now HRS)
New Frontiers in CIEDs: Leveraging Hemodynamic Data in Managing ICD Therapies and Heart Failure

Learning objectives specific to the session are listed at the individual session within Heart Rhythm 2025 On Demand - Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices.

This activity is designed for all professionals who participate in the care and management of heart rhythm disorders.

Accreditation Statement
The Heart Rhythm Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Physicians AMA Designation Statement
The Heart Rhythm Society designates this internet enduring activity for a maximum of 21.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Statement
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Successful completion of this ACE activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 21.75 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of ACE credits claimed for the activity. It is the ACE activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada MOC Recognition Statement
Through an agreement between the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, medical practitioners participating in the Royal College MOC Program may record completion of accredited activities registered under the ACCME’s “ACE in Support of MOC” program in Section 3 of the Royal College’s MOC Program.

Other Credit Available
A Credit Certificate (for physicians) or Certificate of Participation (for non-physicians) will be provided to individuals seeking credit from the following organizations which accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Note that participants are advised to contact their certifying body for specific information regarding credit submissions:
· American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) (for elective credit)
· American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB)
· American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)
· American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
· American Osteopathic Association (AOA) (for Category 2 credit)
· Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (Canada)
· European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology (EBAC)
· European CME Credits (ECMEC)
· German Chambers of Physicians
· National Society of Genetic Counselors (for Category 2 credit)
· Oman Medical Specialty Board
· Qatar Council for Healthcare Practitioners
· Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)

ACE Disclosure Policy

The Heart Rhythm Society is committed to the provision of Accredited Continuing Education (formerly known as Continuing Medical Education (CME)) that is balanced, objective, and evidence based. HRS adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) which require that those individuals in a position to control the content of an educational activity (including, but not limited to, planners, faculty, authors, committee members, content reviewers, editors, and staff) disclose all financial relationships with an ACCME-defined ineligible company* within the 24 months prior to the disclosure.

Any individual who refuses to disclose financial relationships is disqualified from participating in HRS ACE-certified activities. Owners and employees of ACCME-defined ineligible companies may have no role in the planning or implementation of ACE activities without a special written exemption from the HRS Chief Learning Officer that will be granted only in specific circumstances that meet ACCME requirements.

*An ineligible company is one whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Examples of such organizations include:

Advertising, marketing, or communication firms whose clients are ineligible companies
Bio-medical startups that have begun a governmental regulatory approval process
Compounding pharmacies that manufacture proprietary compounds
Device manufacturers or distributors
Diagnostic labs that sell proprietary products
Growers, distributors, manufacturers or sellers of medical foods and dietary supplements
Manufacturers of health-related wearable products
Pharmaceutical companies or distributors
Pharmacy benefit managers
Reagent manufacturers or sellers

All relevant financial relationships are reviewed and mitigated. Individual disclosures will be shown at the session level.
A comprehensive list of all disclosures can also be found here.

The Heart Rhythm Society is committed to the provision of Accredited Continuing Education (formerly known as Continuing Medical Education (CME)) that is balanced, objective, and evidence based. HRS adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) which require that those individuals in a position to control the content of an educational activity (including, but not limited to, planners, faculty, authors, committee members, content reviewers, editors, and staff) disclose all financial relationships with an ACCME-defined ineligible company within the 24 months prior to the disclosure.

The Heart Rhythm Society takes steps to assure its learners and the public that the content of certified activities is accurate and reliable. The following principles are applied to the process of validating CME content. The content is peer-reviewed to ensure the following:

Fair Balance - that content is balanced among various options available for treatment and not biased toward a particular product or manufacturer.

Patient Treatment Recommendations - that patient treatment recommendations contained in the content are evidence-based, are appropriate for the target audience, and that the patient treatment recommendations contribute to overall improvement in patient care.

Scientific Validity - those scientific studies cited in the activity conform to standards accepted by the scientific community.

Learning Objectives - that the educational content supports the learning objectives of the activity, and that the objectives stated for performance-in-practice are actionable and measurable.
Omissions - that no seminal studies, data, or best evidence are missing.

ACE Certificates will be awarded and available to download and print following the completion of the course and the course evaluation. Should you have any questions regarding your ACE certificate, please contact CME@HRSonline.org