Electrophysiology and Arrhythmias Research

 

Investigator-Initiated Research 

Principal Investigator Study Title Funding Agencies
Edward Gerstenfeld, MD Premature Ventricular Contraction Ablation Registry Internal Funding
Edward Gerstenfeld, MD Acute electrical and mechanical effects of premature atrial contractions (PACs) from different atrial locations Internal Funding
Randall Lee, MD Alarms in Intensive Care Units NIH Natl Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, GE Precision Healthcare, LLC
Randall Lee, MD Functional Improvement of Cell Therapies on Post Myocardial Infarct Internal Funding
Randall Lee, MD Restarting anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation after intracranial hemorrhage Internal Funding
Randall Lee, MD Subxyphoid hybrid epicardial/endocardial atrial fibrillation ablation and LAA ligation Internal Funding
Gregory Marcus, MD  Serologic Markers of Inflammation and Fibrosis in Atrial Fibrillation NIH Natl Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, American Heart Assn. (National Office), Joseph Drown Foundation
Gregory Marcus, MD  Assessment of the degree of preexcitation necessary for accuarate ECG localization of accessory pathways Internal Funding
Gregory Marcus, MD  Investigating the Effects of Ethanol on Atrial Size and Function General Electric Company
Gregory Marcus, MD  The HOLIDAY (HOw ALcohol InDuces Atrial TachYarrhythmias) Study NIH Natl Inst Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism, Joseph Drown Foundation
Gregory Marcus, MD  The HOLIDAY (How Alcohol Induces Atrial Tachyarrhythmias) Monitors Study NIH Natl Inst Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism, Joseph Drown Foundation, The, UC Tobacco-Related Disease Research Pgm, NIH Natl Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, iRhythm Technologies, Inc, iRhythm Technologies, Inc
Gregory Marcus, MD  Trends in atrial lead sensing and their relationship to the development of atrial arrhythmia Internal Funding
Gregory Marcus, MD  Tobacco Exposure During Development and Atrial Fibrillation Risk During Adulthood UC Tobacco-Related Disease Research Pgm, NIH Natl Heart, Lung & Blood Institute
Gregory Marcus, MD  Coffee and Real-time Atrial and Ventricular Ectopy - The CRAVE Study Internal Funding
Gregory Marcus, MD  Determining the Relationship Between Atrial Fibrillation and Physical Activity Using Fitbit Data from a World-Wide Cohort Internal Funding
Gregory Marcus, MD  Arrhythmias Associated with Northern California Wildfires Internal Funding
Josh Moss, MD  Asssesing Conduction System Abnormalities in Patients after Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation Internal Funding
Josh Moss, MD  Optimization of surface electrocardiogram recording quality in patients with left ventricular assist devices Internal Funding
Jeffrey Olgin, MD Markers of Inflammation and Fibrosis In Serum and Tissue Internal Funding
Jeffrey Olgin, MD Health eHeart Biomarkers of Early Atrial Transformation in Atrial Fibrillation Internal Funding
Jeffrey Olgin, MD NW REACT Watch Complications NorthWestern University
Melvin Scheinman, MD  Genetics of Cardiac Arrhythmias Internal Funding
Melvin Scheinman, MD Nodo-fasicular (NF) Tract Etiology Study Internal Funding
Melvin Scheinman, MD CGAP Biospecimen Bank for Inherited Arrhythmias and Cardiomyopathies Internal Funding
Melvin Scheinman, MD Exercise response of the right heart in healthy adult relatives of patients with ARVC Internal Funding
Melvin Scheinman, MD An in-depth analysis of the relationship between electrophysiological study (EPS) results and surface electrocardiograms (ECGs) Internal Funding
Melvin Scheinman, MD Diagnoses of Concealed node-Ventricular pathways Internal Funding
Zian Tseng, MD Sudden Cardiac Death and ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction—Influence of genetic polymorphisms on Cardiac Arrhythmias NIH Center for Scientific Review, NIH Natl Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, NIH Miscellaneous Other, PHS Centers for Disease Control, NIH Natl Inst Allergy & Infectious Dis.
Zian Tseng, MD Out-of-Hospital Sudden Cardiac Death—Records Review NIH Miscellaneous Other, Natl Fdn for the CDC & Prevention, Inc., NIH Miscellaneous Other, Natl Fdn for the CDC & Prevention, Inc.
Zian Tseng, MD  Post-mortem induction of pluripotent stem cells from human skin in adult sudden cardiac death victims NIH Miscellaneous Other
Zian Tseng, MD  Characteristics and indications of HIV-positive patients who require cardiac pacemaker therapy Internal Funding

Clinical Trials 

Principal Investigator Study Title Funding Agencies
Thomas Dewland, MD aMAZE Trial Continued Access Protocol (CAP): Left Atrial Appendage Ligation with the LARIAT Suture Delivery System as Adjunctive Therapy to Pulmonary Vein Isolation (PVI) for Persistent or Longstanding Persistent Atrial Fibrillation SentreHeart
Ed Gerstenfeld, MD A Prospective Randomized Pivotal Trial of the FARAPULSE Pulsed Field Ablation System Compared with Standard of Care Ablation in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation  
Ed Gerstenfeld, MD Genetic characterization of dilated cardiomyopathy in patients with and without cancer Internal
Ed Gerstenfeld, MD / Henry Hsia, MD An International VT Ablation Center Collaborative Group (IVTCC): Multicenter Ventricular Tachycardia Catheter Ablation Registry Internal
Jeffrey Olgin, MD Health eHeart Biomarkers of Early Atrial Transformation in Atrial Fibrillation Internal