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News & ANNouNcemeNts
coNtiNued

may 2014

The CBAC was well represented at the 2014 Heart Rhythm 35 Annual Scientific Session in San Francisco, CA.
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Presentations by CBAC members included:

• “New Developments in Intracardiac Mapping and Noninvasive Mapping” by Phillip Cuculich
• “Simultaneous Endocardial and Epicardial Optical Mapping Explores the Conservation of
Arrhythmia Dynamics Through the Transmural Depth in a Sheep Model of Acetylcholine-Induced Atrial
Fibrillation” by graduate student Sarah R. Gutbrod and Igor Efimov among others
• “Transmural APD Gradient Synchronizes Repolarization in the Human Left Ventricle Wall” by research
scientist Bas Boukens, graduate fellow Matthew Sulkin, research fellow Fu Ng, and Igor Efimov
• “The Role of Vagal Stimulation in HF Management” by Douglas Mann
• “Characterization of SEMA3A-Encoded Semaphorin as a Naturally Occurring Kv4.3 Protein Inhibitor
and its Contribution to Brugada Syndrome” by Jeanne Nerbonne, among others
• Timothy W. Smith presented with others, “Performance and Safety of a New Automatic
Antitachycardia Pacing Algorithm Based Upon Electrophysiologic First Principles”
• “Predictors of Myocardial Recovery in Pediatric Tachycardia-Induced Cardiomyopathy” by
Jennifer Silva, among others
• “Cardiac Electrophysiology: present and future – the imprint of Silvio Weidmann” by Yoram Rudy

Poster presentations by CBAC members included:

• “Optical Imaging of Transmembrane and Mitochondrial Potential Unmask Different Spatiotemporal
Responses to Targeted Metabolic Inhibition Versus Low-Flow Ischemia in Explanted Rabbit Hearts” by
graduate fellow Matt Sulkin, student Megan Tetlow, research scientist Bas Boukens,
and Igor Efimov
• “Delayed Activation and Low Expression of CX43 and SCN5A Underlie Fractionated Electrograms in
the Human RVOT” by research scientist Bas Boukens, graduate student Chris Gloschat, graduate
student Austin Cocciolone, and Igor Efimov
• “Dual Surgical Radiofrequency-Cryoablation Combinations Provide Different Lesion Depth and Size
on Beating Human Tissue Preparations” by graduate fellow Matthew Sulkin, Igor Efimov and others
• “Electrophysiological Properties and 3-dimensional Structure of the Human Purkinje
Fiber-Ventricular Muscle Junction” by graduate fellow Katherine Holzem, and Igor Efimov
• “Noninvasive Pre-Procedural Mapping for Differentiating Left Ventricular and Right Ventricular
Outflow Tract Arrhythmias” by Daniel Cooper, Phillip Cuculich, Mitchell Faddis, Yoram Rudy and
graduate students Junjie Zhang, Christopher Andrews
• “ECG Imaging of Electrophysiologic Substrate in Brugada Syndrome Patients” by graduate student
Junjie Zhang, Phillip Cuculich, Jennifer Silva, Daniel Cooper, Mitchell Faddis,Yoram Rudy and
collaborators
• “Pediatric Coronary Sinus Morphology Predicts Supraventricular Tachycardia Substrate” by Jennifer
Silva, George Van Hare and others
June 2014

Pamela Woodard received the BJHF/ICTS Award worth $50,000 for research entitled, “Non-invasive Detection of
Hypoxia in Atherosclerotic Plaque with 64Cu-ATSM PET-MRI.”
July 2014

Steven George arrives as the new Professor and Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington
University in St. Louis.

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