FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ann-Marie White
Heart Rhythm Society
(202) 464-3476
awhite@hrsonline.org

Lucy McDonald: (202) 306-3456
Heart Rhythm 2008 Press Room: (415) 978-3520 (number effective May 14-17, 2008)

SAN FRANCISCO, May 15, 2008 — Late-Breaking Clinical Trials will be revealed at Heart Rhythm 2008, the Heart Rhythm Society’s 29th Annual Scientific Sessions, at 10:30 a.m. PST on Thursday May 15, 2008 in Room 104. The six Late-Breaking Clinical Trials are:

• Effects of Dronedarone on Cardiovascular Outcomes in High-Risk Patients with Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter — Results of the ATHENA Trial
  Stefan H. Hohnloser, MD, FHRS, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany 
• A Randomized Comparison of Targeted Versus Usual Left Ventricular Lead Placement. The INCREMENTAL Study  
  Derek V. Exner, MD, MPH, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Calgary, AB, Canada
• AntiArrhythmics After Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation (5A Study)  
  Jean-Francois Roux, MD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
• Biventricular vs Right Ventricular Antitachycardia Pacing in the Termination of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia in Patients Receiving Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: The ADVANCE CRT-D Trial  
  Maurizio Gasparini, MD, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Milan, Italy
• Effect of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy on Incidence of Spontaneous Ventricular Arrhythmias in Mild Heart Failure: Results from the REVERSE Trial  
  Michael R. Gold, MD, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
• Pacemaker Remote Follow-up Evaluation and Review: Results of the PREFER Trial
  Bruce L. Wilkoff, MD, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

A press briefing featuring several of these Late-Breaking Clinical Trials was held at 9:45 a.m. PST on Thursday, May 15, 2008, at the Scientific Session’s press briefing room at the Moscone Center.

About Heart Rhythm2008
Heart Rhythm 2008 takes place May 14-17 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco. The meeting is the most comprehensive educational event on heart rhythm disorders, offering 250 educational opportunities in multiple formats. The world’s most renowned scientists and physicians will present a wide range of heart rhythm topics including advances in statins, cardiac resynchronization therapy, catheter ablation, cardiac pacing and heart failure and the latest technology, including state-of-the-art pacemakers and defibrillators.