Zian Tseng, MD, MAS

Professor

Cardiology, Cardiology UCSF Health

Zian H. Tseng, M.D., M.A.S., a cardiologist and a cardiac electrophysiologist, joined the faculty in 2004, bringing expertise in risk stratification of patients prone to sudden death and ventricular arrhythmias. Dr. Tseng, a Bay Area native, is an alumnus of the UCSF School of Medicine, where he also completed a year of graduate studies in Biomedical Sciences and a Master's in Advanced Studies in Clinical Research. He completed his clinical training in internal medicine, cardiology, and cardiac electrophysiology at UCSF.

CLINICAL INTERESTS:
1) Treatment of complex supraventricular arrhythmias, including catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and left atrial tachycardias occurring after atrial fibrillation ablation
2) Treatment and catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia, including epicardial mapping and ablation
3) Treatment, risk stratification, and catheter ablation of arrhythmias in adult patients with congenital heart disease
4) Risk stratification and treatment of patients with high risk genetic arrhythmia syndromes
5) Implantation of intracardiac devices for treatment of heart failure (resynchronization) and risk of sudden cardiac death (defibrillators)
6) Application of new device technologies, such as performing percutaneous epicardial left atrial appendage (LAA) ligation

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
1) Principal Investigator for the POstmortem Systematic InvesTigation of Sudden Cardiac Death (POST SCD) Study, a collaboration with Dr. Ellen Moffatt in the San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to more accurately define SCD, arrhythmic death, and its epidemiology and risk factors, funded by the NIH/NHLBI since 2010
2) Principal Investigator for the San Francisco POstmortem Systematic InvesTigation of Sudden Death Young (POST SDY) Study, to more accurately define sudden death in pediatric populations, funded by the CDC since 2015
3) Genetic epidemiology, novel molecular mechanisms, and risk factors for sudden cardiac arrest
4) Principal Investigator for NIH/NHLBI-funded HIV POST SCD Study: SCD and ventricular arrhythmias in the setting of HIV disease
5) Sudden neurologic death
6) Sudden death risk and public/health policy for use of Tasers (electrical conductive devices) by law enforcement agencies

Education
M.A.S. in Clinical Research, 2008 - Graduate Division, Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI), University of California, San Francisco
Clinical Fellowship, 2004 - Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, University of California, San Francisco
Clinical Fellowship, 2002 - Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco
Residency, 2000 - Categorical Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
M.D., 1998 - School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
B.A., 1993 - Biochemistry/Molecular Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Honors and Awards
  • Elected Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2024
  • CTSI Mentor of the Year, University of California, San Francisco, 2021
  • International Commission for Sudden Cardiac Death, The Lancet Journal, 2020-2023
  • Murray Davis Endowed Professor, University of California, San Francisco, 2016
  • CTSI K12 Scholar, University of California, San Francisco, 2005-2010
  • Alumni and Faculty Association Award, top graduating senior, University of California, San Francisco, 1998
  • Alpha Omega Alpha, University of California, San Francisco, 1997
  • Departmental Citation, top graduating senior, University of California, Berkeley, 1993
  • Phi Beta Kappa, junior, University of California, Berkeley, 1992
Websites
Publications

  1. William J, Kistler Mbbd PM, Kalman JM, Scheinman M, Sugumar H, Prabhu S, Ling LH, Vedantham V, Tseng Z, Moss J, Gerstenfeld EP, Voskoboinik A. Aberrancy masquerading as ventricular tachycardia: Importance of invasive electrophysiology study for diagnosis of wide complex tachycardias. Journal of electrocardiology 2024. PMID: 38852223


  2. Durstenfeld MS, Thakkar A, Jeon D, Short R, Ma Y, Tseng ZH, Hsue PY. HIV-Associated Heart Failure: Phenotypes and Clinical Outcomes in a Safety-Net Setting. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2024. PMID: 38766063


  3. Tastet L, Ramakrishna S, Lim LJ, Bibby D, Olgin JE, Connolly AJ, Moffatt E, Tseng ZH, Delling FN. Mechanical Dispersion Discriminates Between Arrhythmic and Nonarrhythmic Sudden Death: From the POST SCD Study. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology 2024. PMID: 38363275


  4. Ciuffo L, Tung M, Dukes JW, Vittinghoff E, Moss JD, Lee RJ, Lee BK, Tseng ZH, Vedantham V, Olgin JE, Scheinman MM, Hsia H, Ramchandani VA, Gerstenfeld EP, Marcus GM. Acute alcohol exposure and electrocardiographic changes: Finding from the HOLIDAY trial. Journal of electrocardiology 2024. PMID: 38295539


  5. Haghighat L, Ramakrishna S, Salazar JW, Feng J, Chiang J, Moffatt E, Tseng ZH. Homelessness and Incidence and Causes of Sudden Death: Data From the POST SCD Study. JAMA internal medicine 2023. PMID: 37870865


  6. Marijon E, Narayanan K, Smith K, Barra S, Basso C, Blom MT, Crotti L, D'Avila A, Deo R, Dumas F, Dzudie A, Farrugia A, Greeley K, Hindricks G, Hua W, Ingles J, Iwami T, Junttila J, Koster RW, Le Polain De Waroux JB, Olasveengen TM, Ong MEH, Papadakis M, Sasson C, Shin SD, Tse HF, Tseng Z, Van Der Werf C, Folke F, Albert CM, Winkel BG. The Lancet Commission to reduce the global burden of sudden cardiac death: a call for multidisciplinary action. Lancet (London, England) 2023. PMID: 37647926


  7. Salazar JW, Minter DJ, Tseng ZH, Santhosh L. Exercises in Clinical Reasoning: Beyond the Surface. Journal of general internal medicine 2023. PMID: 37592120


  8. Tastet L, Ramakrishna S, Lim LJ, Bibby D, Olgin JE, Connolly AJ, Moffatt E, Tseng ZH, Delling FN. Mechanical Dispersion Discriminates between Arrhythmic and Non-Arrhythmic Sudden Death: From the POST SCD Study. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2023. PMID: 37293041


  9. Lee AC, Voskoboinik A, Cheung CC, Yogi S, Tseng ZH, Moss JD, Dewland TA, Lee BK, Lee RJ, Hsia HH, Marcus GM, Vedantham V, Chieng D, Kistler PM, Dillon W, Vittinghoff E, Gerstenfeld EP. A Randomized Trial of High vs Standard Power Radiofrequency Ablation for Pulmonary Vein Isolation: SHORT-AF. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology 2023. PMID: 37495318


  10. Howell SJ, Dukes JW, Vittinghoff E, Tang J, Moss JD, Lee RJ, Lee BK, Tseng ZH, Vedantham V, Olgin JE, Scheinman MM, Hsia H, Gerstenfeld EP, Marcus GM. Premature Atrial Contraction Location and Atrial Fibrillation Inducibility. Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology 2023. PMID: 36688298


  11. Ramakrishna S, Salazar JW, Olgin JE, Moffatt E, Tseng ZH. Heart�Failure Burden by Autopsy, Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy, and ICD Utilization Among Sudden Deaths. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology 2022. PMID: 36752450


  12. Dewland TA, Gerstenfeld EP, Moss JD, Lee AC, Vedantham V, Lee RJ, Tseng ZH, Hsia HH, Lee BK, Wall GC, Chang KR, Yang MH, Marcus GM. Randomized Comparison of a�Radiofrequency Wire Versus a�Radiofrequency Needle System for�Transseptal Puncture. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology 2022. PMID: 36752451


  13. Higuchi S, Ito H, Gerstenfeld EP, Lee AC, Lee BK, Marcus GM, Hsia HH, Moss JD, Lee RJ, Dewland TA, Vedantham V, Tseng ZH, Patel AR, Tanel RE, Badhwar N, Pellegrini CN, Kawamura M, Shoda M, Hwang C, Refaat MM, Scheinman MM. The Value of Programmed Ventricular Extrastimuli From the Right Ventricular�Basal Septum During Supraventricular Tachycardia. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology 2022. PMID: 36858688


  14. Curran L, Nah G, Marcus GM, Tseng Z, Crawford MH, Parikh NI. Clinical Correlates and Outcomes of Methamphetamine-Associated Cardiovascular Diseases in Hospitalized Patients in California. Journal of the American Heart Association 2022. PMID: 35912709


  15. Cheung CC, Tseng ZH. Factors Affecting Yield of Genetic Testing of Sudden Deaths in Young Individuals. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35195662


  16. Sardana M, Nah G, Hsue PY, Vittinghoff E, Dewland TA, Tseng ZH, Marcus GM. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 34774284


  17. Tseng ZH, Hsue PY, Moffatt E. Sudden Cardiac Death and Myocardial Fibrosis in Persons with HIV. Reply. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 34614341


  18. Freiberg MS, Duncan MS, Alcorn C, Chang CH, Kundu S, Mumpuni A, Smith EK, Loch S, Bedigian A, Vittinghoff E, So-Armah K, Hsue PY, Justice AC, Tseng ZH. HIV Infection and the Risk of World Health Organization-Defined Sudden Cardiac Death. Journal of the American Heart Association 2021. PMID: 34493058


  19. Tseng ZH, Ricceri S, Salazar JW. Reply: Sudden Death: Thinking Beyond the Heart. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2021. PMID: 34474743


  20. Li Y, Wei J, Guo W, Sun B, Estillore JP, Wang R, Yoruk A, Roston TM, Sanatani S, Wilde AAM, Gollob MH, Roberts JD, Tseng ZH, Jensen HK, Chen SRW. Human RyR2 (Ryanodine Receptor 2) Loss-of-Function Mutations: Clinical Phenotypes and In Vitro Characterization. Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology 2021. PMID: 34546788


  21. Marcus GM, Vittinghoff E, Whitman IR, Joyce S, Yang V, Nah G, Gerstenfeld EP, Moss JD, Lee RJ, Lee BK, Tseng ZH, Vedantham V, Olgin JE, Scheinman MM, Hsia H, Gladstone R, Fan S, Lee E, Fang C, Ogomori K, Fatch R, Hahn JA. Acute Consumption of Alcohol and Discrete Atrial Fibrillation Events. Annals of internal medicine 2021. PMID: 34461028


  22. Siegel ER, Tseng ZH. Fishing for an Association With Sudden Cardiac Death. JAMA internal medicine 2021. PMID: 34152375


  23. Cheung CC, Kim E, Tseng ZH, Gerstenfeld EP, Anderson RH, Sanchez-Quintana D, Sternick EB, Hsia HH. Atrial Tachycardia Ablation at the Pulmonic Valve in a Patient With Congenitally Corrected Transposition of Great Arteries. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology 2021. PMID: 34330669


  24. Tseng ZH, Moffatt E, Kim A, Vittinghoff E, Ursell P, Connolly A, Olgin JE, Wong JK, Hsue PY. Sudden Cardiac Death and Myocardial Fibrosis, Determined by Autopsy, in Persons with HIV. The New England journal of medicine 2021. PMID: 34133860


  25. Im SI, Voskoboinik A, Lee A, Higuchi S, Moss JD, Hsia H, Tseng ZH, Lee R, Marcus GM, Vedantham V, Scheinman M, Lee B, Park KM, Gerstenfeld EP. Predictors of Long-term Success after Catheter Ablation of Premature Ventricular Complexes. Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology 2021. PMID: 34041816


  26. Lee A, Salazar JW, Tseng ZH. Cardiac arrhythmia spot light: Detection of ventricular fibrillation-Not all ICDs are created equal. Journal of arrhythmia 2021. PMID: 34386143


  27. Ricceri S, Salazar JW, Vu AA, Vittinghoff E, Moffatt E, Tseng ZH. Factors Predisposing to Survival After Resuscitation for Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2021. PMID: 33985679


  28. Siegel ER, Salazar JW, Tseng ZH. Second-Degree Atrioventricular Block-Reply. JAMA internal medicine 2021. PMID: 33555309


  29. Tseng ZH, Ramakrishna S, Salazar JW, Vittinghoff E, Olgin JE, Moffatt E. Sex and Racial Differences in Autopsy-Defined Causes of Presumed Sudden Cardiac Death. Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology 2021. PMID: 33835824


  30. Sanchez JM, Jolly SE, Dewland TA, Tseng ZH, Nah G, Vittinghoff E, Marcus GM. Incident Strokes Among American Indian Individuals With Atrial Fibrillation. Journal of the American Heart Association 2021. PMID: 33653124


  31. Delling FN, Aung S, Vittinghoff E, Dave S, Lim LJ, Olgin JE, Connolly A, Moffatt E, Tseng ZH. Antemortem and Post-Mortem Characteristics of Lethal Mitral Valve Prolapse Among All Countywide Sudden Deaths. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology 2021. PMID: 33640349


  32. Salazar JW, Ramakrishna S, Tseng ZH. Presumed Sudden Cardiac Deaths in the PARADIGM-HF Trial. JACC. Heart failure 2021. PMID: 33509379


  33. Marcus GM, Dukes JW, Vittinghoff E, Nah G, Badhwar N, Moss JD, Lee RJ, Lee BK, Tseng ZH, Walters TE, Vedantham V, Gladstone R, Fan S, Lee E, Fang C, Ogomori K, Hue T, Olgin JE, Scheinman MM, Hsia H, Ramchandani VA, Gerstenfeld EP. A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Intravenous Alcohol to Assess Changes in Atrial Electrophysiology. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology 2021. PMID: 33516710


  34. Rodriguez RM, Tseng ZH, Montoy JCC, Repplinger D, Moffatt E, Addo N, Wang RC. NAloxone CARdiac Arrest Decision Instruments (NACARDI) for Targeted Antidotal Therapy in Occult Opioid Overdose Precipitated Cardiac Arrest. Resuscitation 2020. PMID: 33359417


  35. Oesterle A, Lee AC, Voskoboinik A, Moss JD, Vedantham V, Walters TE, Lee BK, Tseng ZH, Gerstenfeld EP, Scheinman MM. Electrophysiologic approach to diagnosis and ablation of patients with permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia associated with complex anatomy and/or physiology. Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology 2020. PMID: 33107135


  36. Siegel ER, Salazar JW, Tseng ZH. The Weak LINQ-Continuous Rhythm Monitoring During Sudden Death. JAMA internal medicine 2020. PMID: 32833001


  37. Rodriguez RM, Montoy JCC, Repplinger D, Dave S, Moffatt E, Tseng ZH. Occult Overdose Masquerading as Sudden Cardiac Death: From the POstmortem Systematic InvesTigation of Sudden Cardiac Death Study. Annals of internal medicine 2020. PMID: 32777183


  38. Salazar JW, Tseng ZH. Preserving Access to the Invaluable Clinical Autopsy. JAMA internal medicine 2020. PMID: 32597972


  39. DesJardin JT, Healy MJ, Nah G, Vittinghoff E, Agarwal A, Marcus GM, Velez JMG, Tseng ZH, Parikh NI. Placental Abruption as a Risk Factor for Heart Failure. The American journal of cardiology 2020. PMID: 32718545


  40. Marano PJ, Lim LJ, Sanchez JM, Alvi R, Nah G, Badhwar N, Gerstenfeld EP, Tseng ZH, Marcus GM, Delling FN. Long-term outcomes of ablation for ventricular arrhythmias in mitral valve prolapse. Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing 2020. PMID: 32506159


  41. Simpson TF, Salazar JW, Vittinghoff E, Probert J, Iwahashi A, Olgin JE, Ursell P, Hart A, Moffatt E, Tseng ZH. Association of QT-Prolonging Medications With Risk of Autopsy-Defined Causes of Sudden Death. JAMA internal medicine 2020. PMID: 32119028


  42. Voskoboinik A, Hadjis A, Alhede C, Im SI, Park H, Moss J, Marcus GM, Hsia H, Lee B, Tseng Z, Lee R, Scheinman M, Vedantham V, Vittinghoff E, Park KM, Gerstenfeld EP. Predictors of Adverse Outcome in Patients with Frequent Premature Ventricular Complexes: the ABC-VT Risk Score. Heart rhythm 2020. PMID: 32109563


  44. Sanchez JM, Jolly SE, Dewland TA, Tseng ZH, Nah G, Vittinghoff E, Marcus GM. Incident Atrial Fibrillation Among American Indians in California. Circulation 2019. PMID: 31630530


  45. Sardana M, Hsue PY, Tseng ZH, Vittinghoff E, Nah G, Dewland TA, Marcus GM. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Incident Atrial Fibrillation. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2019. PMID: 31514955


  46. Agarwal A, Dudley CW, Nah G, Hayward R, Tseng ZH. Clinical Outcomes During Admissions for Heart Failure Among Adults With Congenital Heart Disease. Journal of the American Heart Association 2019. PMID: 31423885


  47. Tseng ZH. Presumed Sudden Cardiac Deaths Among Persons With HIV and Heart Failure. JACC. Heart failure 2019. PMID: 31401095


  48. Tseng ZH, Salazar JW, Olgin JE, Ursell PC, Kim AS, Bedigian A, Probert J, Hart AP, Moffatt E, Vittinghoff E. Refining the World Health Organization Definition. Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology 2019. PMID: 31248279


  49. Arnaout R, Nah G, Marcus G, Tseng Z, Foster E, Harris IS, Divanji P, Klein L, Gonzalez J, Parikh N. Pregnancy complications and premature cardiovascular events among 1.6 million California pregnancies. Open heart 2019. PMID: 30997125


  50. Szilágyi J, Walters TE, Marcus GM, Vedantham V, Moss JD, Badhwar N, Lee B, Lee R, Tseng ZH, Gerstenfeld EP. Surface ECG and intracardiac spectral measures predict atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation. Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology 2018. PMID: 30016007


  51. Oesterle A, Tseng ZH. Irregular Narrow Complex Tachycardia in the Setting of Congenital Heart Disease. JAMA internal medicine 2018. PMID: 29913014


  53. Tseng ZH, Olgin JE, Vittinghoff E, Ursell PC, Kim AS, Sporer K, Yeh C, Colburn B, Clark NM, Khan R, Hart AP, Moffatt E. Prospective Countywide Surveillance and Autopsy Characterization of Sudden Cardiac Death: POST SCD Study. Circulation 2018. PMID: 29915095


  54. Devinsky O, Kim A, Friedman D, Bedigian A, Moffatt E, Tseng ZH. Incidence of cardiac fibrosis in SUDEP and control cases. Neurology 2018. PMID: 29858472


  55. Ito H, Badhwar N, Patel AR, Hoffmayer KS, Moss JD, Pellegrini CN, Vedantham V, Tseng ZH, Tanel RE, Hsia HH, Lee RJ, Marcus GM, Gerstenfeld EP, Scheinman MM. Use of Programmed Ventricular Extrastimulus During Supraventricular Tachycardia to Differentiate Atrioventricular Nodal Re-Entrant Tachycardia From Atrioventricular Re-Entrant Tachycardia. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology 2018. PMID: 30025686


  56. Devinsky O, Friedman D, Cheng JY, Moffatt E, Kim A, Tseng ZH. Author response: Underestimation of sudden deaths among patients with seizures and epilepsy. Volume 90 of Issue 11. Neurology 2018. PMID: 29530966


  57. Middleton OL, Atherton DS, Bundock EA, Donner E, Friedman D, Hesdorffer DC, Jarrell HS, McCrillis AM, Mena OJ, Morey M, Thurman DJ, Tian N, Tomson T, Tseng ZH, White S, Wright C, Devinsky O. National Association of Medical Examiners Position Paper: Recommendations for the Investigation and Certification of Deaths in People with Epilepsy. Academic forensic pathology 2018. PMID: 31240030


  58. Middleton O, Atherton D, Bundock E, Donner E, Friedman D, Hesdorffer D, Jarrell H, McCrillis A, Mena OJ, Morey M, Thurman D, Tian N, Tomson T, Tseng Z, White S, Wright C, Devinsky O. National Association of Medical Examiners position paper: Recommendations for the investigation and certification of deaths in people with epilepsy. Volume 59 of Issue 3. 2018. PMID: 29492970


  59. Devinsky O, Friedman D, Cheng JY, Moffatt E, Kim A, Tseng ZH. Underestimation of sudden deaths among patients with seizures and epilepsy. Volume 89 of Issue 9. Neurology 2017. PMID: 28768851


  60. Szilágyi J, Marcus GM, Badhwar N, Lee BK, Lee RJ, Vedantham V, Tseng ZH, Walters T, Scheinman M, Olgin J, Gerstenfeld EP. Atrial fibrillation patients with isolated pulmonary veins: Is sinus rhythm achievable? Volume 28 of Issue 7. 2017. PMID: 28429499


  61. Nascimento FA, Tseng ZH, Palmiere C, Maleszewski JJ, Shiomi T, McCrillis A, Devinsky O. Pulmonary and cardiac pathology in sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). Volume 73. 2017. PMID: 28633090


  62. Hayward RM, Foster E, Tseng ZH. Maternal and Fetal Outcomes of Admission for Delivery in Women With Congenital Heart Disease. Volume 2 of Issue 6. 2017. PMID: 28403428


  64. Nguyen KT, Gladstone RA, Dukes JW, Nazer B, Vittinghoff E, Badhwar N, Vedantham V, Gerstenfeld EP, Lee BK, Lee RJ, Tseng ZH, Olgin JE, Scheinman MM, Marcus GM. The QT Interval as a Noninvasive Marker of Atrial Refractoriness. Volume 39 of Issue 12. 2016. PMID: 27753113


  65. Kim AS, Moffatt E, Ursell PC, Devinsky O, Olgin J, Tseng ZH. Sudden neurologic death masquerading as out-of-hospital sudden cardiac death. Volume 87 of Issue 16. Neurology 2016. PMID: 27638923


  66. Kawamura M, Scheinman MM, Tseng ZH, Lee BK, Marcus GM, Badhwar N. Comparison of remote magnetic navigation ablation and manual ablation of idiopathic ventricular arrhythmia after failed manual ablation. Volume 48 of Issue 1. 2016. PMID: 27314679


  67. Kawamura M, Scheinman MM, Vedantham V, Marcus GM, Tseng ZH, Badhwar N. Clinical and Electrophysiological Characteristics of Incessant Atrioventricular Nodal Re-Entrant Tachycardia. Volume 2 of Issue 5. 2016. PMID: 29759579


  68. Tseng ZH. Risk of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Malfunction With Radiation Therapy: Location, Dose, or Energy? Volume 175 of Issue 10. JAMA internal medicine 2015. PMID: 26280759


  69. Tseng ZH, Hayward RM, Clark NM, Mulvanny CG, Colburn BJ, Ursell PC, Olgin JE, Hart AP, Moffatt E. Sudden Death in Patients With Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices. Volume 175 of Issue 8. JAMA internal medicine 2015. PMID: 26098676


  70. Ito H, Kawamura M, Badhwar N, Vedantham V, Tseng ZH, Lee BK, Lee RJ, Marcus GM, Gerstenfeld EP, Scheinman MM. The Effect of Direct Current Stimulation versus T-Wave Shock on Defibrillation Threshold Testing. Volume 38 of Issue 10. 2015. PMID: 26137999


  71. Bhatt AB, Foster E, Kuehl K, Alpert J, Brabeck S, Crumb S, Davidson WR, Earing MG, Ghoshhajra BB, Karamlou T, Mital S, Ting J, Tseng ZH. Congenital heart disease in the older adult: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Volume 131 of Issue 21. Circulation 2015. PMID: 25896865


  72. Hayward RM, Dewland TA, Moyers B, Vittinghoff E, Tanel RE, Marcus GM, Tseng ZH. Device complications in adult congenital heart disease. Volume 12 of Issue 2. 2014. PMID: 25460176


  73. Hayward RM, Tseng ZH. Arrhythmias in Complex Congenital Heart Disease. Volume 6 of Issue 3. 2014. PMID: 25197326


  74. Refaat MM, Hotait M, Tseng ZH. Utility of the exercise electrocardiogram testing in sudden cardiac death risk stratification. Volume 19 of Issue 4. 2014. PMID: 25040480


  75. Singh DK, Viswanathan MN, Tanel RE, Lee RJ, Lee BK, Marcus GM, Olgin JE, Han F, Vedantham V, Tseng ZH, Pellegrini C, Kawamura M, Gerstenfeld EP, Badhwar N, Scheinman M. His overdrive pacing during supraventricular tachycardia: a novel maneuver for distinguishing atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia from atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia. Volume 11 of Issue 8. 2014. PMID: 24793458


  76. Hoffmayer KS, Dewland TA, Hsia HH, Badhwar N, Hsu JC, Tseng ZH, Marcus GM, Scheinman MM, Gerstenfeld EP. Safety of radiofrequency catheter ablation without coronary angiography in aortic cusp ventricular arrhythmias. Volume 11 of Issue 7. 2014. PMID: 24732373


  77. Kawamura M, Badhwar N, Vedantham V, Tseng ZH, Lee BK, Lee RJ, Marcus GM, Olgin JE, Gerstenfeld EP, Scheinman MM. Coupling interval dispersion and body mass index are independent predictors of idiopathic premature ventricular complex-induced cardiomyopathy. Volume 25 of Issue 7. 2014. PMID: 24612052


  78. Stepanyan G, Badhwar N, Lee RJ, Marcus GM, Lee BK, Tseng ZH, Vedantham V, Olgin J, Scheinman M, Gerstenfeld EP. Safety of new oral anticoagulants for patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation. Volume 40 of Issue 1. 2014. PMID: 24643666


  79. Refaat MM, Aouizerat BE, Pullinger CR, Malloy M, Kane J, Tseng ZH. Association of CASQ2 polymorphisms with sudden cardiac arrest and heart failure in patients with coronary artery disease. Volume 11 of Issue 4. 2014. PMID: 24444446


  80. Moyers BS, Secemsky EA, Vittinghoff E, Wong JK, Havlir DV, Hsue PY, Tseng ZH. Effect of left ventricular dysfunction and viral load on risk of sudden cardiac death in patients with human immunodeficiency virus. Volume 113 of Issue 7. The American journal of cardiology 2014. PMID: 24521717


  81. Hayward RM, Ursell PC, Foster E, Tseng ZH. Sudden death due to nonarrhythmic cause in a patient with L-TGA. Volume 19 of Issue 3. 2013. PMID: 24118753


  82. Hsu JC, Badhwar N, Gerstenfeld EP, Lee RJ, Mandyam MC, Dewland TA, Imburgia KE, Hoffmayer KS, Vedantham V, Lee BK, Tseng ZH, Scheinman MM, Olgin JE, Marcus GM. Randomized trial of conventional transseptal needle versus radiofrequency energy needle puncture for left atrial access (the TRAVERSE-LA study). Volume 2 of Issue 5. 2013. PMID: 24045120


  83. Tseng ZH, Moyers B, Secemsky EA, Havlir DV, Hsue PY. PR Interval and sudden cardiac death in patients with HIV infection. Volume 207 of Issue 1. The Journal of infectious diseases 2012. PMID: 23186784


  84. Sung RK, Kim AM, Tseng ZH, Han F, Inada K, Tedrow UB, Viswanathan MN, Badhwar N, Varosy PD, Tanel R, Olgin JE, Stephenson WG, Scheinman M. Diagnosis and ablation of multiform fascicular tachycardia. Volume 24 of Issue 3. 2012. PMID: 23110306


  85. Tseng ZH, Secemsky EA, Dowdy D, Vittinghoff E, Moyers B, Wong JK, Havlir DV, Hsue PY. Sudden cardiac death in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Volume 59 of Issue 21. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2012. PMID: 22595409


  86. Mandyam MC, Vedantham V, Scheinman MM, Tseng ZH, Badhwar N, Lee BK, Lee RJ, Gerstenfeld EP, Olgin JE, Marcus GM. Alcohol and vagal tone as triggers for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Volume 110 of Issue 3. The American journal of cardiology 2012. PMID: 22521307


  87. Hsu JC, Badhwar N, Lee BK, Vedantham V, Tseng ZH, Marcus GM. Predictors of fluoroscopy time and procedural failure during biventricular device implantation. Volume 110 of Issue 2. The American journal of cardiology 2012. PMID: 22483384


  88. Hong TT, Cogswell R, James CA, Kang G, Pullinger CR, Malloy MJ, Kane JP, Wojciak J, Calkins H, Scheinman MM, Tseng ZH, Ganz P, De Marco T, Judge DP, Shaw RM. Plasma BIN1 correlates with heart failure and predicts arrhythmia in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Volume 9 of Issue 6. 2012. PMID: 22300662


  89. Steinhaus DA, Vittinghoff E, Moffatt E, Hart AP, Ursell P, Tseng ZH. Characteristics of sudden arrhythmic death in a diverse, urban community. Volume 163 of Issue 1. American heart journal 2012. PMID: 22172446


  90. Azadani PN, Tseng ZH, Ermakov S, Marcus GM, Lee BK. Funding source and author affiliation in TASER research are strongly associated with a conclusion of device safety. Volume 162 of Issue 3. American heart journal 2011. PMID: 21884872


  91. Hsu JC, Friday J, Lee BK, Azadani PN, Lee RJ, Badhwar N, Tseng ZH, Olgin JE, Marcus GM. Predictors of axillary vein location for vascular access during pacemaker and defibrillator lead implantation. Volume 34 of Issue 12. 2011. PMID: 21819433


  92. Deo R, Vittinghoff E, Lin F, Tseng ZH, Hulley SB, Shlipak MG. Risk factor and prediction modeling for sudden cardiac death in women with coronary artery disease. Volume 171 of Issue 19. Archives of internal medicine 2011. PMID: 21788534


  93. Aouizerat BE, Vittinghoff E, Musone SL, Pawlikowska L, Kwok PY, Olgin JE, Tseng ZH. GWAS for discovery and replication of genetic loci associated with sudden cardiac arrest in patients with coronary artery disease. Volume 11. 2011. PMID: 21658281


  94. Hoffmayer KS, Yang Y, Joseph S, McCabe JM, Bhave P, Hsu J, Ng RK, Lee BK, Badhwar N, Lee RJ, Tseng ZH, Olgin JE, Narayan SM, Marcus GM, Scheinman MM. Predictors of unusual ECG characteristics in cavotricuspid isthmus-dependent atrial flutter ablation. Volume 34 of Issue 10. 2011. PMID: 21605144


  95. Yang Y, Varma N, Badhwar N, Tanel RE, Sundara S, Lee RJ, Lee BK, Tseng ZH, Marcus GM, Kim AM, Olgin JE, Scheinman MM. Prospective observations in the clinical and electrophysiological characteristics of intra-isthmus reentry. Volume 21 of Issue 10. 2010. PMID: 20455984


  96. Vedantham V, Tseng ZH. Changing QRS Morphology in a Patient with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome. Volume 2 of Issue 2. 2010. PMID: 28770758


  97. Tseng ZH, Scheinman M. Persistent Long R-P Tachycardia. Volume 2 of Issue 2. 2010. PMID: 28770755


  98. Nguyen DT, Lee R, Tseng ZH. Supraventricular Tachycardia After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation. Volume 2 of Issue 2. 2010. PMID: 28770772


  99. Nguyen DT, Tseng ZH, Lee BK, Badhwar N. Ventricular Tachycardia After Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Placement. Volume 2 of Issue 2. 2010. PMID: 28770763


  100. Marcus GM, Smith LM, Ordovas K, Scheinman MM, Kim AM, Badhwar N, Lee RJ, Tseng ZH, Lee BK, Olgin JE. Intracardiac and extracardiac markers of inflammation during atrial fibrillation. Volume 7 of Issue 2. 2009. PMID: 20022819


  101. Hsu JC, Tanel RE, Lee BK, Scheinman MM, Badhwar N, Lee RJ, Tseng ZH, Olgin JE, Marcus GM. Differences in accessory pathway location by sex and race. Volume 7 of Issue 1. 2009. PMID: 19914144


  102. Tseng ZH, Vittinghoff E, Musone SL, Lin F, Whiteman D, Pawlikowska L, Kwok PY, Olgin JE, Aouizerat BE. Association of TGFBR2 polymorphism with risk of sudden cardiac arrest in patients with coronary artery disease. Volume 6 of Issue 12. 2009. PMID: 19959123


  103. Sakhuja R, Smith LM, Tseng ZH, Badhwar N, Lee BK, Lee RJ, Scheinman MM, Olgin JE, Marcus GM. Test characteristics of neck fullness and witnessed neck pulsations in the diagnosis of typical AV nodal reentrant tachycardia. Volume 32 of Issue 8. 2009. PMID: 19479968


  105. Lee BK, Vittinghoff E, Whiteman D, Park M, Lau LL, Tseng ZH. Relation of Taser (electrical stun gun) deployment to increase in in-custody sudden deaths. Volume 103 of Issue 6. The American journal of cardiology 2009. PMID: 19268749


  106. Kim AM, Turakhia M, Lu J, Badhwar N, Lee BK, Lee RJ, Marcus GM, Tseng ZH, Scheinman M, Olgin JE. Impact of remote magnetic catheter navigation on ablation fluoroscopy and procedure time. Volume 31 of Issue 11. 2008. PMID: 18950296


  107. Turakhia M, Prasad M, Olgin J, Badhwar N, Tseng ZH, Lee R, Marcus GM, Lee BK. Rates and severity of perforation from implantable cardioverter-defibrillator leads: a 4-year study. Volume 24 of Issue 1. 2008. PMID: 18855128


  108. Pellegrini CN, Lee K, Olgin JE, Turakhia MP, Tseng ZH, Lee R, Badhwar N, Lee B, Varosy PD. Impact of advanced age on survival in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators. Volume 10 of Issue 11. 2008. PMID: 18818212


  109. McCabe JM, Smith LM, Tseng ZH, Badhwar N, Lee BK, Lee RJ, Scheinman MM, Olgin JE, Marcus GM. Protracted CRP elevation after atrial fibrillation ablation. Volume 31 of Issue 9. 2008. PMID: 18834466


  110. Deo R, Lin F, Vittinghoff E, Tseng ZH, Hulley SB, Shlipak MG. Kidney dysfunction and sudden cardiac death among women with coronary heart disease. Volume 51 of Issue 6. 2008. PMID: 18391103


  111. Tseng ZH, Aouizerat BE, Pawlikowska L, Vittinghoff E, Lin F, Whiteman D, Poon A, Herrington D, Howard TD, Varosy PD, Hulley SB, Malloy M, Kane J, Kwok PY, Olgin JE. Common beta-adrenergic receptor polymorphisms are not associated with risk of sudden cardiac death in patients with coronary artery disease. Volume 5 of Issue 6. 2008. PMID: 18534365


  112. Marcus GM, Smith LM, Whiteman D, Tseng ZH, Badhwar N, Lee BK, Lee RJ, Scheinman MM, Olgin JE. Alcohol intake is significantly associated with atrial flutter in patients under 60 years of age and a shorter right atrial effective refractory period. Volume 31 of Issue 3. 2008. PMID: 18307620


  113. Marcus GM, Smith LM, Vittinghoff E, Tseng ZH, Badhwar N, Lee BK, Lee RJ, Scheinman MM, Olgin JE. A first-degree family history in lone atrial fibrillation patients. Volume 5 of Issue 6. 2008. PMID: 18468961


  114. Marcus GM, Smith LM, Glidden DV, Wilson E, McCabe JM, Whiteman D, Tseng ZH, Badhwar N, Lee BK, Lee RJ, Scheinman MM, Olgin JE. Markers of inflammation before and after curative ablation of atrial flutter. Volume 5 of Issue 2. 2007. PMID: 18242542


  115. Turakhia M, Tseng ZH. Sudden cardiac death: epidemiology, mechanisms, and therapy. Volume 32 of Issue 9. 2007. PMID: 17723906


  116. Turakhia MP, Varosy PD, Lee K, Tseng ZH, Lee R, Badhwar N, Scheinman M, Lee BK, Olgin JE. Impact of renal function on survival in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. Volume 30 of Issue 3. 2007. PMID: 17367357


  117. Viswanathan MN, Tseng ZH, Goldschlager N, Lee BK. Unusual atrial-paced tachycardia after pacemaker implantation: what is the mechanism? Volume 4 of Issue 6. 2007. PMID: 17556209


  118. Marcus GM, Ren X, Tseng ZH, Badhwar N, Lee BK, Lee RJ, Foster E, Olgin JE. Repeat transseptal catheterization after ablation for atrial fibrillation. Volume 18 of Issue 1. 2006. PMID: 17081207


  119. Marcus GM, Yang Y, Varosy PD, Ordovas K, Tseng ZH, Badhwar N, Lee BK, Lee RJ, Scheinman MM, Olgin JE. Regional left atrial voltage in patients with atrial fibrillation. Volume 4 of Issue 2. 2006. PMID: 17275746


  120. Marcus GM, Tseng ZH. Three leads via the coronary sinus. Volume 3 of Issue 8. 2006. PMID: 16876754


  121. Marcus GM, Varosy PD, Scheinman MM, Tseng ZH. Threentry: what is the mechanism? Volume 3 of Issue 6. 2006. PMID: 16731483


  122. O'Connell JW, Schreck C, Moles M, Badwar N, DeMarco T, Olgin J, Lee B, Tseng Z, Kumar U, Botvinick EH. A unique method by which to quantitate synchrony with equilibrium radionuclide angiography. Volume 12 of Issue 4. Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology 2005. PMID: 16084433


  123. Horwich T, Foster E, De Marco T, Tseng Z, Saxon L. Effects of resynchronization therapy on cardiac function in pacemaker patients "upgraded" to biventricular devices. Volume 15 of Issue 11. 2004. PMID: 15574179


  124. Tseng ZH, Yadav AV, Scheinman MM. Catecholamine dependent accessory pathway automaticity. Volume 27 of Issue 7. 2004. PMID: 15271025


  125. Lee KW, Kayser SR, Hongo RH, Tseng ZH, Scheinman MM. Famotidine and long QT syndrome. Volume 93 of Issue 10. The American journal of cardiology 2004. PMID: 15135720


  126. Veal E, Eisenstein M, Tseng ZH, Gill G. A cellular repressor of E1A-stimulated genes that inhibits activation by E2F. Molecular and cellular biology 1998. PMID: 9710587