Arrhythmology: issues, achievements, prospects

Abstract

Arrhythmology as an independent field of medicine was formed in the late 1980s. Since then considerable progress has been made: implantation and minimally invasive techniques have made a transformation in the treatment of dangerous arrhythmias. We have talked to Vitaly Andreyevich Sulimov, MD, professor, head of subdepartment of intermediate internal medicine No. 1 of general medicine department, director of Intermediate internal medicine and interventional cardiology clinic named after V.N. Vinogradov, director of heart rhythm disorders section of the Russian Society of Cardiology (RSC).