APDIC is a Voluntary Association for the benefit of recipients of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices. To carry out its mission, APDIC:

• Delivers information and education to the patients, to enhance the possibility to play an active role in the therapeutic process (patient empowerment);

• Disseminates information about the many aspects of CIED therapy, to overcome the prejudices and the barriers still existing in everyday life;

• Promotes research, to enhance the understanding of the true requirements of CIEDs recipients and the development of new technologies with a high individual and social value.