| Heart Rhythm | |
| Cover: | Heart_Rhythm_Cover_2020.jpg |
| Editor: | Sami Viskin |
| Discipline: | Cardiology |
| Abbreviation: | Heart Rhythm |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Frequency: | Monthly |
| History: | 2004-present |
| Impact: | 5.5 |
| Impact-Year: | 2022 |
| Website: | https://www.heartrhythmjournal.com/ |
| Link1: | http://www.heartrhythmjournal.com/current |
| Link1-Name: | Online access |
| Link2: | http://www.heartrhythmjournal.com/issues |
| Link2-Name: | Online archive |
| Oclc: | 53439711 |
| Lccn: | 2003212594 |
| Issn: | 1547-5271 |
| Eissn: | 1556-3871 |
Heart Rhythm is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by Elsevier that covers the study and management of cardiac arrhythmia. It is the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society, the Cardiac Electrophysiology Society, and the Pediatric & Congenital 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 reviews, unique case reports, viewpoints, Hands On, images, creative concepts, and editorial commentaries. New sections in 2024 include Iconic Figures and Top Stories.
The first issue of Heart Rhythm was published in May 2004 with Douglas Zipes, MD, FHRS, as the founding editor in chief.[1] The Editor-in-Chief from 2014-2023 was Peng-Sheng Chen, MD, FHRS. The Editor-in-Chief since January 2024 is Sami Viskin, MD.
The companion journals to Heart Rhythm are HeartRhythm Case Reports, which was founded in 2015[2] and Heart Rhythm O2, which launched in April 2020.[3]
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Academic OneFile, CINAHL, Current Contents, EMBASE, Excerpta Medica, InfoTrac Custom, MEDLINE, Science Citation Index, and Scopus.