by Mark | Aug 28, 2019 | Cardiac Electrophysiology, Cardiology, General Public, Science
I am excited to announce that work from our laboratory was recently published in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, as an Editor’s Choice Article. In this work, we show for the first time that the native electrical signal in the heart can be...
by Mark | Dec 13, 2015 | Cardiac Electrophysiology, Cardiology, General Public
What is AVNRT? Rapid beating of the heart can cause the sensation of palpitations, which are often described as fluttering, pounding, and beating sensations in the chest. Sometimes these palpitations are rapid enough to affect other parts of the body, and people with...
by Mark | Sep 9, 2015 | Cardiac Electrophysiology, Cardiology, General Public, Personal
I am very happy to announce that I will be starting as an Assistant Professor of Cardiology (Medicine) at the University of Illinois at Chicago this fall. I will be practicing clinical electrophysiology and will also be starting a scientific lab that focuses on...
by Mark | Sep 8, 2015 | Cardiac Electrophysiology, Cardiology, General Public
What is atrial tachycardia? Atrial tachycardia (AT) is a disorder of fast heart rhythm that begins in the upper chambers of the heart, the left and right atria (1). AT can start from one area, or focus, in either atrium and is called focal AT. AT can also...
by Mark | Aug 29, 2015 | Cardiac Electrophysiology, Cardiology, General Public
What is Atrial Fibrillation? Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained arrhythmia in the human heart (1). In the United States today, over 5.6 million patients have been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation and this number is growing; by the year 2030 it...
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