Arrhythmia

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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Julián Pérez-Villacastín

Tel. +34 913303000 (Ext. 484487)
ADDRESS

Arrhythmia Unit

San Carlos Clinical Hospital
C/ Profesor Martín Lagos s/n.
28040 Madrid

Group information

The Arrhythmia Unit of the Hospital Clínico San Carlos was created in December 2000 and belongs to the Cardiovascular Institute of this hospital. The cardiologists in the group are accredited by the Spanish and European Society of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology and are members of the Spanish and European Societies of Cardiology.

Three of them are members of the Communications Selection Committee for the SEC and ESC Congresses and reviewers of articles for the following scientific journals: RevEspCardiol, Medicina Clínica, Europace, J CardiovascElectrophysiol, HeartRhythm, EurHeart J, JACC.

In addition, Dr. Pérez-Villacastín is a reviewer of the AF ablation guidelines. HeartRhythm Journal.

The scientific activity of the group has been reflected in more than 100 publications in national and international journals and books (first signatories of papers published in Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology), more than 200 publications in the form of abstracts in national, European, and American congresses, more than 200 national and international conferences on cardiological topics and preferably on the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.

On the other hand, the members of the group have participated as researchers in more than 25 multicentre studies and in more than 30 privately funded projects.

There are currently 5 projects of competitive funding under development, 2 of which are from the Health Research Fund (FIS) of the Instituto Carlos III. There are also 3 privately funded self-developed projects. In addition, the group participates in 7 competitive multicentre clinical trials, in 2 of which Dr. Pérez-Villacastín is the national coordinator. The group also contributes to national and international registries for arrhythmia ablation, implantable devices and the EURObservational Research programme of the European Society of Cardiology.

Review

Professional Status

Head of Cardiology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos
Director of the Cardiovascular Institute of the Hospital Clínico San Carlos in Madrid since 2011.
Professor of Health Sciences. Department of Medicine. Complutense University of Madrid
President of the Spanish Society of Cardiology.

Research

More than 240 publications, of which 179 are included in Journal Citation Reports.
More than 620 lectures at national and international conferences.
Researcher in more than 25 multicentre studies, most of them with public funding obtained in competitive calls.
Member of the Spanish Society of Cardiology (SEC), and Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology.
Reviewer of scientific articles in the main scientific journals in the field of Cardiology.
Principal investigator in more than 30 privately funded projects.
Member of the Accreditation Committee of the European Society of Cardiology.

Activity in the field of Health

Member of the National Commission of Cardiology of the National Council of Specialities in Health Sciences. Ministry of Health
Member of the group of experts drafting the standards and recommendations of the Heart Care Units.
Award for Quality in the National Health System

Strategic objectives

At least, 2 randomised studies that provide scientifically relevant new developments in arrhythmology, and that are published in international journals.
Arrhythmological training of at least, 3 cardiologists.
Completion of 5 doctoral theses and publication of results.

Lines of research

Atrial fibrillation
Arrhythmia ablation
Atrial fibrillation ablation
Ablation of difficult accessory pathways
Atrial flutter ablation.
Supraventricular arrhythmia
Treatment and prevention of heart failure through “smart clothing” and telemonitoring
Implantable defibrillators.
Electrical conduction of muscle stem cell implants
Advice on the design of special pacemakers
Dynamics of ventricular fibrillation propagation
Dynamics of atrial fibrillation
Sudden death
Cardiac repolarisation
Interventional cardiology
Ablation with remote navigation system Sterotaxis
Study of syncope
Heart failure
Pacemaker
Ventricular arrhythmia
Electrophysiological properties of the atria and ventricles, and their relationship to fibrillatory mechanisms, in the normal human heart, isolated and perfused with blood
Echocardiographic characterisation of electrical and mechanical arial activity in patients with paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation, as well as predictive value for pharmacological cardioversion
3-Dimensional ventricular modelling based on fibrosis determined by nuclear magnetic resonance and functional incorporation as a guide for virtual clinical tachycardia replication
Predictive value of R-wave in sinus rhythm with its equivalent in spontaneous ventricular fibrillation
In vitro optical mapping study to determine the mechanistic and predictive value of ionic current blockade with atrial selectivity in the termination of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
Translational research on cardiac arrhythmias secondary to canalopathies
Panoramic endocardial mapping as a new tool for the understanding and effective termination of complex activation patterns during atrial fibrillation