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. 2023 Apr 15;25(4):1201-1207.
doi: 10.1093/europace/euad070.

EHRA: a 20-year journey of success

David Duncker  1 , Christophe Leclercq  2 , Helmut Pürerfellner  3 , Victor Waldmann  4 , Stefan Simovic  5 , Anthony Li  6 , Priya Bhardwaj  7 , Svya Palayan  8 , Vanessa Meyen  8 , Lauren Tapp  8 , José L Merino  9
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EHRA: a 20-year journey of success

David Duncker et al. Europace. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: D.D. received lecture honorary, travel grants, and/or a fellowship grant from Abbott, Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Biotronik, Boehringer Ingelheim, Boston. Scientific, Bristol Myers Squibb, Medtronic, Microport, Pfizer, Zoll. D.D. is an Associate Editor of EP Europace and was not involved in the peer review process or publication decision. C.L.: none. H.P. received honoraria, travel grants, and consultation fees from Abbott, Bayer, Biosense Webster, Biotronik, Boehringer Ingelheim, Boston Scientific, Bristol Myers Squibb, Daiichi-Sankyo, Medtronic, Pfizer, Zoll. V.W. received consultant and lecture fees from Abbott, Medtronic, Biosense Webster, and Withings. S.S. received lecture honorary, travel grants, and/or fellowship grants from Abbot, Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Medtronic, Novartis. A.L. received a moderate research grant from Abbott, and received speaker fees from Baylis Medical. Received travel grants from Biosense Webster. P.B. none. S.P., V.M., and L.T. are employees of the European Society of Cardiology. J.L.M. received speaker fees and honoraria for lectures and scientific advice from Biotronik, Medtronic, Microport, Milestone Pharmaceutical, Sanofi, and Zoll.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
EHRA key dates.
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Figure 2
Founding members of EHRA Panos Vardas, Hugo Ector, Lukas Kappenberger (left to right).
Figure 3
Figure 3
The 15 EHRA committees.
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Figure 4
First EHRA certification diploma for accreditation in interventional cardiac electrophysiology from 2005.
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Figure 5
EP Europace Journal impact factor growth over the past 20 years.
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Figure 6
EHRA member growth over the past 20 years.
Figure 7
Figure 7
Map with marked EHRA congress locations over the past 20 years.
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