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Degrees and Awards:
MB,
CHB, MD. University of Birmingham, England (1987, 1994); MRCP (Royal College
of Physicians of London, 1990).
1998 Samuel Levine
Young Investigator Award Finalist, American Heart Association; 1998 North
American Society for Pacing and Electrophysiology Young Investigator Award
Finalist; 1998 Travel Award, American College of Cardiology; 1994 Laboratory
of Neuro Imaging Scholar, UCLA School of Medicine; 1990 Ratcliffe Prize
Recipient, Top Student in Masters Software Engineering Class; 1982 Brockhouse
Award for Top Entrant to University of Birmingham, England.
Research Interests:
- Using phase reversal
in T-wave alternans to indicate the propensity for VT and VF.
- Using optical imaging
to study heterogenous repolarization at zones bordering dilated myocardium.
- Mechanisms underlying
the transition from atrial flutter to fibrillation.
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Selected Publications:
- A. Narayan SM,
Cain ME, Smith, JM. Atrial Fibrillation. Lancet 1997; 350: 943-950.
- B. Narayan SM,
Smith JM. Spectral Analysis Of Periodic Fluctuations In Electrocardiographic
Repolarization. IEEE Transactions in Biomedical Engineering 1999b; 46(2):
203-212
- C. Narayan SM,
Smith JM Differing Rate Dependence And Temporal Distribution Of Repolarization
Alternans Between Patients With And Without Ventricular Tachycardia.
Journal Cardiovascular Electrophysiology 1999a; 10(1): 61-71
- D. Narayan SM,
Lindsay BD, Smith JM. Demonstrating the Pro-Arrhythmic Preconditioning
of a Single Premature Stimulus Using the Magnitude, Phase and Temporal
Distribution of Repolarization Alternans. Circulation 1999; 100: 1887-1893
- E. Narayan SM,
Smith JM. Exploiting the Rate Hysteresis of Repolarization Alternans
to Improve Risk Stratification for Ventricular Tachycardia. J Am Coll
Cardiology 2000; 35(5): 1485-1492
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