Heart Rhythm
| Heart Rhythm | |
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| Discipline | Cardiology |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Douglas P. Zipes |
| Publication details | |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Publication history | 2004-present |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Impact factor (2012) | 5.045 |
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| ISSN |
1547-5271 (print) 1556-3871 (web) |
| LCCN | 2003212594 |
| OCLC number | 53439711 |
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Heart Rhythm is a peer-reviewed medical journal that covers the study and management of cardiac arrhythmia. It is the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society and the Cardiac Electrophysiology Society. Its major focus is research and therapy of heart rhythm disorders, including mechanisms and electrophysiology, clinical and experimental, genetics, ablation, devices, drugs, and surgery. Other sections include contemporary and historical reviews, unique case reports, viewpoints, cell to bedside, hands on, featured arrhythmias, images with videos viewable on the internet, pacing/icd problems, creative concepts, humanism in medicine, EP news, editorial commentaries, basic/clinical implications, historical vignettes, current controversies, and ten questions for allied professionals.
History
The first issue of Heart Rhythm was published in May 2004. Peng-Sheng Chen is the current editor in chief, effective January 2014. Heart Rhythm is published by Elsevier.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Academic OneFile, CINAHL, Current Contents, EMBASE, Excerpta Medica, InfoTrac Custom, MEDLINE, Science Citation Index, and Scopus.