Dr. Eraldo Occhetta is the past Director of the Electrophysiology and Cardiostimulation section of the Cardiology Department of the University Hospital and a contract professor of the East Piedmont University, Novara (Italy). He is an active member of: the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA); the Associazione Italiana Aritmologia e Cardiostimolazione (AIAC) (for 8 years member of its National Board, as Coordinator of the Regional AIAC Presidents); the Società Italiana di Cardiologia (SIC) (Piedmont Regional Past President). Since 30 years he works in the arrhythmology field, exploring new features of physiological cardiac pacing and ICD: rate responsive pacing, hemodynamic sensors, closed loop stimulation in vasovagal syncope prevention, alternative site of pacing (direct hisian and parahisian pacing), antibrady and antitachy pacing dedicated algorithms, arrhythmias ablation.