Marmar Vaseghi, MD, PhD
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Marmar Vaseghi, MD, PhD

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Dr. Vaseghi is a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist at University of California, Los Angeles, as well as the Director of Clinical and Translational Research at the UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center. Dr. Vaseghi specializes in heart rhythm disorders and catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, and other supraventricular arrhythmias as well as implantation of pacemakers and defibrillators. She is the principle investigator and co-investigator on several National Institute of Health studies evaluating the role of autonomic nervous system in heart rhythm disorders, such as sudden death. Her research interest include development of novel neuromodulatory therapies as well as catheter ablation techniques to treat arrhythmias. She is a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society and American College of Cardiology and winner of the NIH New Innovator Award.

Additional information about her laboratory and research can be found at vaseghilab.dgsom.ucla.edu

Languages

English, Persian (Farsi)

Education

Medical Board Certifications

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2011
Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2009

Fellowships

Electrophysiology, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, 2011
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, UCLA School of Medicine: Cardiology, 2011
Cardiovascular Disease, UCLA School of Medicine: Cardiology, 2010

Residency

Internal Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine: Internal Medicine, 2005

Internship

Internal Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine: Internal Medicine, 2003

Degrees

PhD, UCLA Health, 2016
MA, UCLA, 2011
MD, Stanford University School of Medicine, 2002

Recognitions

Related Clinical Trials

Locations

Hospital Affiliations

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center

Research

Interests

  • Catheter ablation of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias
  • Autonomic nervous system and cardiac arrhythmias
  • Development of novel neuromodulatory and catheter ablation techniques to treat arrhythmias.

Additional information about her laboratory and research can be found at vaseghilab.dgsom.ucla.edu

Publications

  1. Vaseghi M, Cesario DA, Ji S, Shannon KM, Wiener I, Fonarow GC, Yeatman LA, Valderrabano M, Shivkumar K. Beyond coronary sinus angiography: the value of coronary arteriography and identification of the pericardiophrenic vein during left ventricular lead placement. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2005;28:185-190.
  2. Vaseghi M, Cesario D, Shannon KM, Shivkumar K.  Incessant tachycardia following catheter ablation of an accessory pathway: what is the mechanism? Heart Rhythm 2005;2: 441-2.
  3. Vaseghi M, Cesario D, Swerdlow CD, Shivkumar K. Counterclockwise atrial flutter in dextrocardia. Heart Rhythm 2005;2:673-4.
  4. Vaseghi M, Cesario DA, Valderrabano M, Boyle NG, Ratib O, Finn JP, Wiener I, Shivkumar K. Impedance monitoring during catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm 2005; 2:914-20.
  5. Cesario DA, Vaseghi M, Boyle NG, Fishbein MC, Valderrabano M, Narasimhan C, Wiener I, Shivkumar K. Value of high-density endocardial and epicardial mapping for catheter ablation of hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia. Heart Rhythm 2006;3:1-10.
  6. Vaseghi M, Cesario DA, Mahajan A, Wiener I, Boyle NG, Fishbein MC, Horowitz BN, Shivkumar K. Catheter ablation of right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia: value of defining coronary anatomy. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2006;17:632-7.
  7. Horowitz BN, Vaseghi M, Mahajan A, Cesario DA, Buch E, Valderrabano M, Boyle NG, Ellenbogen KA, Shivkumar K. Percutaneous intrapericardial echocardiography during catheter ablation: a feasibility study. Heart Rhythm 2006;3:1275-82.
  8. Buch E, Vaseghi M, Cesario DA, Shivkumar K. A novel method for preventing phrenic nerve injury during catheter ablation. Heart Rhythm 2007;4:95-8.
  9. Lellouche N, De Diego C, Cesario DA, Vaseghi M, Horowitz BN, Mahajan A, Wiener I, Boyle NG, Fonarow GC, Shivkumar K. Usefulness of pre-implantation B-type natriuretic peptide level for predicting response to cardiac resynchronization therapy. Am J Cardiol 2007;99:242-6.
  10. Vaseghi M, Shannon KM, Wetzel GT, Shivkumar K. Reentry around the heart. Heart Rhythm 2007;4:236-8.
  11. Bidart C, Vaseghi M, Cesario DA, Mahajan A, Fujimura O, Boyle NG, Shivkumar K. Radiofrequency current delivery via transseptal needle to facilitate septal puncture. Heart Rhythm 2007;4:1573-6.
  12. Buch E, Lellouche N, De Diego C, Vaseghi M, Cesario DA, Fujimura O, Wiener I, Child JS, Boyle NG, Shivkumar K. Left ventricular apical wall motion abnormality is associated with lack of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. Heart Rhythm 2007;4:1300–5.
  13. Lellouche N, De Diego C, Vaseghi M, Buch E, Cesario DA, Mahajan A, Wiener I, Fonarow GC, Boyle NG, Shivkumar K. Cardiac resynchronization therapy response is associated with shorter duration of atrial fibrillation. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2007;30:1363-8.
  14. Vaseghi M, Lee J, Currier J. Acute myocardial infarction secondary to left main coronary artery compression by pulmonary artery aneurysm in pulmonary arterial hypertension. J Invasive Cardiol 2007;19:375-7.
  15. Vaseghi M, Shivkumar K. The role of the autonomic nervous system in sudden cardiac death. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2008;50:404 – 419.
  16. Vaseghi M, Boyle NG, Kedia R, Patel J, Cesario DA, Wiener I, Kobashigawa J, Shivkumar K. Supraventricular tachycardia after orthotopic cardiac transplantation. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;51:2241–9.
  17. Vaseghi M, Shivkumar K. The role of the autonomic nervous system in sudden cardiac death. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2008;50:404–419.
  18. Vaseghi M, Lellouche N, Ritter H, Fonarow GC, Patel JK, Moriguchi J, Fishbein MC, Kobashigawa JA, Shivkumar K. Mode and mechanism of death following orthotopic heart transplantation. Heart Rhythm 2009;6:503-9.
  19. Bourke T, Vaseghi M, Michowitz Y, Sankhla V, Shah M, Swapna N, Boyle NG Mahajan A, Narasimhan C, Lokhandwala Y, Shivkumar K. Neuraxial modulation for refractory ventricular arrhythmias: value of thoracic epidural anesthesia and surgical left cardiac sympathetic denervation. Circulation 2010;121:2255-62
  20. Nakahara S, Tung R, Ramirez RJ, Michowitz Y, Vaseghi M, Buch E, Gima J, Wiener I, Mahajan A, Boyle NG, Shivkumar K. Nakahara S, Tung R, Ramirez RJ, Michowitz Y, Vaseghi M, Buch E, Gima J, Wiener I, Mahajan A, Boyle NG, Shivkumar K. Characterization of the arrhythmogenic substrate in ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathy implications for catheter ablation of hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia. J Am Coll Cardiol 2010;55:2355-65.
  21. Vaseghi M, Shivkumar K. Catheter ablation of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2010;3:219-21.
  22. Vaseghi M, Lee MS, Currier J, Tobis J, Shapiro S, Aboulhosn J. Percutaneous intervention of left main coronary artery compression by pulmonary artery aneurysm. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2010;76:352-6.
  23. Michowitz Y, Nakahara S, Bourke T, Buch E, Vaseghi M, DE Diego C, Wiener I, Mahajan A, Shivkumar K. Electrophysiological Differences between the Epicardium and the Endocardium of the Left Atrium. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2011;34:37-46.
  24. Nakahara S*, Vaseghi M*, Ramirez R, Fonseca C, Lai C, Finn P, Mahajan A, Boyle N, Shivkumar K. Characterization of Myocardial Scar. Heart Rhythm 2011;8:1060-1067.
  25. Mathuria N, Vaseghi M, Buch E, Shivkumar K. Successful ablation of an epicardial ventricular tachycardia using a surgical ablation tool. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2011;4:e84-6.
  26. Vaseghi M, Ackerman MJ, Mandapati R. Restricting sports for athletes with heart disease: are we saving lives, avoiding lawsuits, or just promoting obesity and sedentary living? Pediatr Cardiol 2012;33:407-416.
  27. Vaseghi M, Lux R, Mahajan A, Shivkumar K. Sympathetic stimulation increases dispersion of repolarization in humans with myocardial infarction. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2012;302:H1838-46
  28. Vaseghi M, Zhou W, Shi J, Ajijola OA, Hadaya J, Shivkumar K, Mahajan A. Sympathetic innervation of the anterior left ventricular wall by the right and left stellate ganglia. Heart Rhythm 2012;9:1303-9.
  29. Vaseghi M, Fujimura O, Shivkumar K. Narrow QRS complex tachycardia: what is the mechanism? Heart Rhythm 2013;10:1402-4.
  30. Ajijola OA, Vaseghi M, Mahajan A, Shivkumar K. Bilateral cardiac sympathetic denervation: why, who, and when? Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2012;10:947-9.
  31. Vaseghi M, Ackerman MJ, Mandapati R. Restricting sports for athletes with heart disease: are we saving lives, avoiding lawsuits, or just promoting obesity and sedentary living?  Pediatr Cardiol 2012;33:407-416.
  32. Vaseghi M, Shivkumar K. Neuraxial modulation of ventricular arrhythmias: a new hope. Heart Rhythm 2012;9:1888-9.
  33. Ajijola OA, Vaseghi M, Zhou W, Yamakawa K, Benharash P, Hadaya J, Lux RL, Mahajan A, Shivkumar K. Functional differences between junctional and extrajunctional adrenergic receptor activation in mammalian ventricle. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2013;304:H579-88.
  34. Tung R, Michowitz Y, Yu R, Mathuria N, Vaseghi M, Buch E, Bradfield J, Fujimura O, Gima J, Discepolo W, Mandapati R, Shivkumar K. Epicardial ablation of ventricular tachycardia: an institutional experience of safety and efficacy. Heart Rhythm 2013;10:490-8.
  35. Zhou W, Yamakawa K, Benharash P, Ajijola OA, Ennis D, Hadaya J, Vaseghi M, Shivkumar K, Mahajan A. Effect of stellate ganglia stimulation on global and regional left ventricular function as assessed by speckle tracking echocardiography. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2013;304:H840-7.
  36. Vaseghi M, Macias C, Tung R, Shivkumar K. Percutaneous interventricular septal access in a patient with aortic and mitral mechanical valves: a novel technique for catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia. Heart Rhythm 2013;10:1069-73.
  37. Yagishita D, Ajijola OA, Vaseghi M, Nsair A, Zhou W, Yamakawa K, Tung R, Mahajan A, Shivkumar K. Electrical homogenization of ventricular scar by application of collagenase: a novel strategy for arrhythmia therapy. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2013;16:776-83.
  38. Vaseghi M, Yamakawa K, Sinha A, So E, Zhou W, Ajijola OA, Lux RL, Laks MM, Shivkumar K, Mahajan A. Modulation of regional dispersion of repolarization and T-peak to T-end interval by the right and left stellate ganglia. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2013; 305:H1020-30.
  39. Tung R, Mathuria NS, Nagel R, Mandapati R, Buch EF, Bradfield JS, Vaseghi M, Boyle NG, Shivkumar K. Impact of local ablation on interconnected channels within the ventricular scar: mechanistic implications for substrate modification. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2013; 6:1131-8.
  40. Rashid S, Rapacchi S, Vaseghi M, Tung R, Shivkumar K, Finn J, Hu P. Improved late gadolinium enhancement MR Imaging for Patients with implanted cardiac devices. Radiology 2014;270:269-74.
  41. Vaseghi M, Gima J, Kanaan C, Ajijola OA, Marmureanu A, Mahajan A, Shivkumar K. Cardiac sympathetic denervation in patients with refractory ventricular tachycardia or electrical storm: intermediate and long term follow up. Heart Rhythm 2014;11:360-6. 
  42. Canan T, Vaseghi M, Girsky MJ, Yang EH. A complex rhythm treated simply: fascicular ventricular tachycardia. Am J Med 2014;127:601-04.
  43. Yamakawa K, So E, Rajendran P, Hoang J, Makkar N, Mahajan A, Shivkumar K, Vaseghi M. Electrophysiological effects of right and left vagal nerve stimulation on the ventricular myocardium. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2014;307:H722-31.
  44. Hamon D, Taleski J, Vaseghi M, Shivkumar K, Boyle NG. Arrhythmias in the heart transplant patient.  Arrythm Electrophysiol Rev 2014;3:149-155.
  45. Yagishita D, Chui RW, Yamakawa K, Rajendran PS, Ajijola OA, Nakamura K, So EL, Mahajan A, Shivkumar K, Vaseghi M. Sympathetic nerve stimulation, not circulating norepinephrine, modulated T-peak to T-end interval by increasing global dispersion of repolarization. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2015;9:174-185.
  46. Yu R, Ma S, Tung R, Stevens S, Macias C, Bradfield J, Buch E, Vaseghi M, Fujimura O, Gornbein J, Mandapati R, Shivkumar K, Boyle NG. Catheter ablation of scar-based ventricular tachycardia: relationship of procedure duration to outcomes and hospital mortality. Heart Rhythm 2015;12;86-94.
  47. Mao J, Moriarty J, Mandapati R, Shivkumar K, Vaseghi M. Catheter ablation of accessory pathways near the coronary sinus, value of defining coronary arterial anatomy. Heart Rhythm 2015;12:508-14
  48. Ajijola OA, Yagishita D, Reddy NK, Yamakawa K, Vaseghi M, Downs AM, Hoover DB, Ardell JL, Shivkumar K. Remodeling of stellate ganglion neurons after spatially targeted myocardial infarction: neuropeptide and morphologic changes. Heart Rhythm 2015;12:1027-35.
  49. Ajijola OA, Howard-Quiano K, Scovotti J, Vaseghi M, Lee C, Mahajan A, Shivkumar K. Augmentation of cardiac sympathetic tone by percutaneous low-level stellate ganglion stimulation in humans: a feasibility study. Physiol Rep 2015; 3:e12328.
  50. Huang WA, Shivkumar K, Vaseghi M. Device-based autonomic modulation in arrhythmia patients: the role of vagal nerves stimulation. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med 2015; 17:379.
  51. Bradfield JS, Vaseghi M, Shivkumar K. Renal denervation for refractory ventricular arrhythmias. Trends Cardiovasc Med 2014;24:206-13.
  52. Irie T, Yu R, Bradfield JS, Vaseghi M, Buch EF, Ajijola O, Macias C, Fujimura O, Mandapati R, Boyle NG, Shivkumar K, Tung R. Relationship between sinus rhythm late activation zones and critical sites of scar-related ventricular tachycardia: systematic analysis of isochronal late activation mapping. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2015; 8:390-9.
  53. Vaseghi M*, Tung R*, Frankel DS, Vergara P, Di Biase L, Nagashima K, Yu R, Vangala S, Tseng CH, Choi EK, Khurshid S, Patel M, Mathuria N, Nakahara S, Tzou WS, Sauer WH, Vakil K, Tedrow U, Burkhardt JD, Tholakanahalli VN, Saliaris A, Dickfeld T, Weiss JP, Bunch TJ, Reddy M, Kanmanthareddy A, Callans DJ, Lakkireddy D, Natale A, Marchlinski F, Stevenson WG, Della Bella P, Shivkumar K. Freedom from recurrent ventricular tachycardia after catheter ablation is associated with improved survival in patients with structural heart disease: An International VT Ablation Center Collaborative Group study. Heart Rhythm 2015;12:1997-2007
  54. Watanabe A, Seki A, Fishbein MC, Shivkumar K, Vaseghi M. Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: electroarchitecture of the substrate. Heart Rhythm Case Reports, 2016;2:47-51.
  55. Yamakawa K, Rajendran PS, Takamiya T, Yagishita D, So EL, Mahajan A, Shivkumar K, Vaseghi M. Vagal nerve stimulation activates vagal afferent fibers that reduce cardiac efferent parasympathetic effects. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2015;309:H1579-90.
  56. Rajendran PS, Nakamura K, Ajijola OA, Vaseghi M, Amour JA, Ardell JL, Shivkumar K. Myocardial infarction induces structural and functional remodeling of the intrinsic cardiac nervous system. J Physiol 2016;594:321-41.
  57. Yamakawa K, Howard-Quijano K, Zhou W, Rajendran PS, Yagishita D, Vaseghi M, Ajijola OA, Armour JA, Shivkumar K, Ardell JL, Mahajan A. Central vs. peripheral neuraxial sympathetic control of porcine ventricular electrophysiology. Am J Physiol Heart and Circ Physiol 2016;310:R414-21.
  58. Khakpour H, Vaseghi M. Electrocardiographic Tpeak to Tend interval: The short and long of it. Heart Rhythm 2016;13:925-6.
  59. Vakil KP, Roukoz H, Tung R, Levy WC, Ananad IS, Shivkumar K, Rector TS, Vaseghi M, Tholakanahalli V. Mortality prediction using a modified Seattle Heart Failure Model may improve patient selection for ventricular tachycardia ablation. Am Heart J 2015;170:1099-104.
  60. Huang WA, Shivkumar K, Vaseghi M. Device-based autonomic modulation in arrhythmia patients: the role of vagal nerves stimulation. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med 2015; 17:379.
  61. Saenz LC, Corrales FM, Bautista W, Traina M, Meymandi S, Rodriguez DA, Tellez LJ, Vaseghi M, Garcia F, Shivkumar K, Bradfield JS. Cardiac sympathetic denervation for intractable ventricular arrhythmias in Chaga’s disease. Heart Rhythm 2016;13:138-94.
  62. Hamon D, Sadron M, Bradfield JS, Chaachoui N, Tung R, Elayi C, Vaseghi M, Dhanja TS, Boyle NG, Maury P, Shivkumar K, Lellouche N. A new combined parameter to predict premature ventricular complexes induced cardiomyopathy: impact and recognition of epicardial origin. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2016;6:709-17.
  63. Shivkumar K, Ajijola OA, Anand I, Armour JA, Chen PS, Esler M, De Ferrari GM, Fishbein MC, Goldberger JJ, Harper RM, Joyner MJ, Khalsa SS, Kumar R, Lane R, Mahajan A, Po S, Schwartz PJ, Somers VK, Valderrabano M, Vaseghi M, Zipes DP. Clinical neurocardiology defining the value of neuroscience-based cardiovascular therapeutics. J Physiol 2016; 594:3911-54.
  64. Hoffman J, Vaseghi M. Editorial Commentary: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and sudden cardiac death: Cause and effect or simply an association? Trends Cardiovasc Med 2016; 26:614-5.
  65. Tung R, Kim S, Yagishita D, Vaseghi M, Ennis DB, Ouadah S, Ajijola OA, Bradfield JS, Mahapatra S, Finn P, Shivkumar K. Scar voltage threshold determination using ex vivo magnetic resonance imaging integration in a porcine infarct model: Influence of interelectrode distances and three-dimensional spatial effects of scar. Heart Rhythm 2016; 13:1993-2002
  66. Frankel DS, Tung R, Santangeli P, Tzou WS, Vaseghi M, Di Biase L, Nagashima K, Tedrow U, Bunch TJ, Tholakanahalli VN, Dendi R, Reddy M, Lakkireddy D, Dickfeld T, Weiss JP, Mathuria N, Vergara P, Patel M, Nakahara S, Vakil K, Sauer WH, Callans DJ, Natale A, Stevenson WG, Della Bella P, Shivkumar K, Marchlinski FE. Sex and catheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia: An International Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation Center Collaborative Group Study. JAMA Cardiol 2016;1:938-44.
  67. Tzou WS, Tung R, Frankel DS, Vaseghi M, Bunch TJ, Di Biase L, Tholakanahalli VN, Lakkireddy D, Dickfeld T, Saliaris A, Weiss JP, Mathuria N, Tedrow U, Afzal MR, Vergara P, Nagashima K, Patel M, Nakahara S, Vakil K, Burkhardt JD, Tseng CH, Natale A, Shivkumar K, Callans DJ, Stevenson WG, Della Bella P, Marchlinski FE, Sauer WH. Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation in Severe Heart Failure: An International Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation Center Collaboration Analysis. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2017;10:doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.116.00449
  68. Santangeli P, Frankel DS, Tung R, Vaseghi M, Sauer WH, Tzou WS, Mathuria N, Nakahara S, Dickfeldt TM, Lakkireddy D, Bunch TJ, Di Biase L, Natale A, Tholakanahalli V, Tedrow UB, Kumar S, Stevenson WG, Della Bella P, Shivkumar K, Marchlinski FE, Callans DJ. International VT Ablation Center Collaborative Group. Early Mortality After Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients With Structural Heart Disease. J Am Coll Cardiol 2017;69:2105-2115
  69. Guerra F, Bonelli P, Flor M, Cipoletta L, Carbucicchio C, Izquierdo M, Kozluk E, Vaseghi M, Shivkumar K, Patani F, Cupido C, Pala S, Luiz-Granell R, Ferrero A, Tondo C, Capucci A. Circannual Pattern and TEMPerature-Related Incidence of Electrical STorm: The TEMPEST Study. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2017;10: doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.116.004634.
  70. Tzou WS, Tung R, Frankel DS, Di Biase L, Santangeli P, Vaseghi M, Bunch TJ, Weiss JP, Tholakanahalli VN, Lakkireddy D, Vunnam R, Dickfeld T, Mathuria N, Tedrow U, Vergara P, Vakil K, Nakahara S, Burkhardt JD, Stevenson WG, Callans DJ, Della Bella P, Natale A, Shivkumar K, Marchlinski FE, Sauer WH. Outcomes after repeat ablation of ventricular tachycardia in structural heart disease: An analysis from the International VT Ablation Center Collaborative Group. Heart Rhythm 2017;14:991-997.
  71. Hamon D, Rajendran PS, Chui RW, Ajijola OA, Irie T, Talebi R, Salavatian S, Vaseghi M, Bradfield JS, Armour JA, Ardell JL, Shivkumar K. Premature Ventricular Contraction Coupling Interval Variability Destabilizes Cardiac Neuronal and Electrophysiological Control: Insights From Simultaneous Cardioneural Mapping. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2017;10:doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.116.004937.
  72. Hanna P, Rajendran PS, Ajijola OA, Vaseghi M, Armour JA, Ardell JA, Shivkumar K. Cardiac neuroanatomy - Imaging nerves to define functional control. Auton Neurosci 2017; 207:48-58.
  73. Santangeli Pi, Frankel DS, Tung R, Vaseghi M, Sauer WH, Tzou WS, Mathuria N, Nakahara S, Dickfeldt TM, Lakkireddy D, Bunch TJ, Di Biase L, Natale A, Tholakanahalli V, Tedrow UB, Kumar S, Stevenson WG, Della Bella P, Shivkumar K, Marchlinkski FE, Callans DJ. Early mortality after catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in patients with structural heart disease. J Am Coll Cardiol 2017;69:2105-2115.
  74. Vaseghi M, Barwad P, Corrales Malavassi FJ, Tandri H, Mathuria N, Shah R, Sorg JM, Gima J, Mandal K, Saenz Morales LC, Lokhandwala Y, Shivkumar K. Cardiac sympathetic denervation for refractory ventricular arrhythmias. J Am Coll Cardiology 2017;69:3070-3080
  75. Khakpour H, Vaseghi M. Risk stratification and sudden cardiac death: is it time to include autonomic variables? Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2017; doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING. 117.006819.
  76. Vaseghi M, Salavatian SS, Rajendran PS, Yagishita P, Woodward WR, Hamon D, Yamakawa K, Irie T, Habecker BA, Shivkumar K. Parasympathetic dysfunction and anti-arrhythmic effect of vagal nerve stimulation following myocardial infarction. JCI Insight 2017;2 (16): e86715. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.86715.
  77. Irie T*, Yamakawa K*, Hamon D, Nakamura K, Shivkumar K, Vaseghi M. Cardiac sympathetic innervation via the middle cervical ganglia and anti-arrhythmic mechanism of bilateral stellectomy. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2017;312:H392-H405.
  78. Vergara P, Tung R, Vaseghi M, Brombin C, Frankel D, Di Biase L, Nagashima K, Tedrow U, Tzou WS, Sauer WH, Mathuria N, Nakahara S, Vakil K, Tholakanahalli V, Bunch TJ, Weiss JP, Dickfeld T, Vunnam R, Lakireddy D, Burkhardt JD, Correra A, Santangeli P, Callans D, Natale A, Marchlinski F, Stevenson WG, Shivkumar K, Della Bella P. Successful ventricular tachycardia ablation in patients with electrical storm reduces recurrences and improves survival. Heart Rhythm 2018;15;48-55.
  79. Huang WA, Boyle NG, Vaseghi M. Cardiac innervation and the autonomic nervous system in sudden cardiac death. Card Electrophysiol Clin 2017;9:665-679.
  80. Do DH, Bradfield J, Ajijola OA, Vaseghi M, Le J, Rahman S, Mahajan A, Nogami A, Boyle NG, Shivkumar K. Thoracic epidural anesthesia can be effective for short-term management of ventricular tachycardia storm. J Am Heart Assoc 2017; doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.007080
  81. Li A, Hayase J, Do D, Buch E, Vaseghi M, Ajijola OA, Macias C, Krokhaleva A, Khakpour H, Boyle NG, Benharash P, Biniwale R, Shivkumar K, Bradfield JS. Hybrid surgical vs. percutaneous access epicardial ventricular tachycardia ablation. Heart Rhythm 2018;15:512-19.
  82. Krokhaleva Y, Vaseghi M. How to evaluate for and manage inflammatory and infiltrative cardiomyopathies that require ventricular tachycardia ablation. Curr Cardiovasc Risk Rep 2017; 11:1-13.
  83. Chadda KR, Ajijola OA, Vaseghi M, Shivkumar K, Huang CL, Jeevaratnam K. Ageing, the autonomic nervous system, and arrhythmias: from brain to heart. Ageing Res Rev 2018;48: 40-50.
  84. Vakil K, Garcia S. Tung R, Vaseghi M, Tedrow U, Della Bella P, Frankel DS, Vergara P, Di Biase L, Nagashima K, Nakahara S, Tzou WS, Burkhardt JD, Dickfeld T, Weiss JP, Bunch J, Callans D, Lakkireddy D, Natale A, Sauer WH, Stevenson WG, Marchlinski F, Shivkumar K, Tholakanahalli VN. Ventricular tachycardia ablation in the elderly: An International Ventricular Tachycardia Collaborative Group analysis. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2017; doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.117.005332.
  85. Hoang J, Vaseghi M. A novel mechanism for regulation of cardiac Ca2+ current by estradiol:cAMPing out at the basal epicardium. Heart Rhythm 2018; 15:750-751.
  86. Bradfield JS, Ajijola OA, Vaseghi M, Shivkumar K. Mechanisms and management of refractory ventricular arrhythmias in the age of autonomic modulation. Heart Rhythm 2018; 15:1252-1260
  87. Yamaguchi N, Yamakawa K, Rajendran PS, Takamiya T, Vaseghi M. Anti-arrhythmic effects of vagal nerve stimulation after cardiac sympathetic denervation in the setting of chronic myocardial infarction. Heart Rhythm 2018, Heart Rhythm. 2018; 15:1214-1222
  88.  Turagam MK, Vuddanda V, Atkins D, Santangeli P, Frankel DS, Tung R, Vaseghi M, Sauer WH, Tzou W, Mathuria N, Nakahara S, Dickfeld TM, Bunch TJ, Weiss P, Di Biase L, Tholakanahalli V, Vakil K, Tedrow UB, Stevenson WG, Della Bella P, Shivkumar K, Marchlinski FE, Callans DJ, Natale A, Reddy M, Lakkireddy D. Hemodynamic support in ventricular tachycardia ablation: An international VT ablation center collaborative group study. JACC Clin Electrophysiol 2017; 3:1534-43.
  89. Hoang JD, Vaseghi M. No sympathy for the hypoxic: the role of fetal oxygenation in autonomic dysfunction. J Physiol 2018; doi: 10.1113/JP276227, epub.
  90. Kung GL, Vaseghi M, Gahm JK, Shevtsov J, Garfinkel A, Shivkumar K, Ennis DB. Microstructural infarct border zone remodeling in the post-infarct swine heart measured by diffusion tensor MRI. Front Physiol 2018; 9:826; doi: 10.3389/fphys.
  91. Huang WA, Dunipace MS, Sorg JM, Vaseghi M. Liver disease as a predictor of new-onset atrial fibrillation. J Am Heart Assoc 2018, 7(15): e008703, doi: 10.1161/JAHA.
  92. Bradfield JS, Ajijola OA, Vaseghi M, Shivkumar K. Mechanisms and management of refractory ventricular arrhythmias in the age of autonomic modulation. Heart Rhythm 2018; 15:1252-1260
  93. Vaseghi M, Hu TY, Tung R, Vergara P, Frankel DS, Di Biase L, Tedrow UB, Gornbein JA, Yu R, Mathuria N, Nakahara S, Tzou WS, Sauer WH, Burkhardt DJ, Tholakanalli VN, Dickfeld TM, Weiss JP, Bunch TJ, Reddy M, Callans DJ, Lakkireddy DR, Natale A, Marchlinski FE, Stevenson WG, Della Bella P, Shivkumar K. Outcomes of catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia based on etiology of nonischemic heart disease: An international ventricular tachycardia ablation center collaborative study.  JACC Clin Electrophysiol 2018, 4:1141-1150.
  94.  Vergara P, Tzou WS, Tung R, Brombin C, Nonis A, Vaseghi M, Frankel DS, DiBiase L, Tedrow U, Mathuria N, Nakahara S, Tholakanahalli V, Bunch TJ, Weiss JP, Dickfeld T, Lakireddy D, Burkhardt JD, Santangeli P, Callans D, Natale A, Marchlinski F, Stevenson WG, Shivkumar K, Sauer WH, Della Bella P. Predictive score for identifying survival and recurrence risk profiles in patients undergoing ventricular tachycardia ablation. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2018, 11: e006730. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.118.006730.
  95. Krokhaleva Y, Vaseghi M. Update on prevention and treatment of sudden cardiac arrest. Trends in Cardiovasc Med 2019; 29:394-400.
  96. Salavatian S. Yamaguchi N, Hoang J, Lin N, Patel S, Ardell JL, Armour JAA, Vaseghi M. Premature ventricular contractions activate vagal cardiac afferent neurons and alter autonomic tone: potential implication for premature ventricular contraction-induced cardiomyopathy. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2019, 317:H607-H616.
  97. Volgman AS, Bairey Merz CN, Benjamin EJ, Curtis AB, Fang MC, Lindley KJ, Pepine CJ, Vaseghi M, Waldo AL, Wenger NK, Russo AM. Sex and Race/Ethnicity Differences in Atrial Fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol 2019;74:2812-15.
  98. Bradfield JS, Hayase J Liu K, Moriarty J, Kee ST, Do D, Ajijola OA, Vaseghi M, Gima J, Sorg J, Cote S, Pavez G, Buch E, Khakpour H, Krokhaleva Y, Macias C, Fujimura O, Boyle NG, Shivkumar K. Renal denervation as adjunctive therapy to cardiac sympathetic denervation for ablation of refractory ventricular tachycardia. Heart Rhythm 2020; 17:220-227.
  99. Dusi V, Sorg. JM, Gornbein JM, Gima, Yanagawa J, Lee JM, Vecerek N, Vaseghi M, Bradfield JS, Ferrari GM, Shivkumar K, Ajijola OA. Prognostic impact of atrial rhythm and dimension in patients with structural heart disease undergoing cardiac sympathetic denervation for ventricular arrhythmias. Heart Rhythm 2020;17:714-20.
  100. Hoang JD, Salavatian S, Yamaguchi N, Swid MA, Hamon D, Vaseghi M. Cardiac Sympathetic Activation Circumvents High Dose Beta Blocker Therapy in Part Through Neuropeptide-Y Release.  JCI Insight 2020;5:e135519.
  101. Khakpour H, Vaseghi M. Looking beyond storm: forecast remain gloomy for clustered ventricular arrhythmias. JACC Clin Electrophysiol 2020;6:338-40.
  102. Chan SA, Vaseghi M, Kluge N, Shivkumar K, Ardell JL, Smith C. Fast in vivo detection of myocardial norepinephrine levels in the beating porcine heart. Am J Phys Heart Circ Physiol 2020;318:H1091-99.
  103. Nielsen JC, Lin YJ, de Oliveira Figueiredo MJ, Sepehri Shamloo A, Alfie A, Boveda S, Dagres N, Di Toro D, Eckhardt LL, Ellenbogen K, Hardy C, Ikeda T, Jaswal A, Kaufman E, Krahn A, Kusano K, Kutyifa V, Lim HS, Lip GYH, Nava-Townsend S, Pak HN, Rodríguez Diez G, Sauer W, Saxena A, Svendsen JH, Vanegas D, Vaseghi M, Wilde A, Bunch TJ; ESC Scientific Document Group, Buxton AE, Calvimontes G, Chao TF, Eckardt L, Estner H, Gillis AM, Isa R, Kautzner J, Maury P, Moss JD, Nam GB, Olshansky B, Pava Molano LF, Pimentel M, Prabhu M, Tzou WS, Sommer P, Swampillai J, Vidal A, Deneke T, Hindricks G, Leclercq C. European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)/Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS)/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society (LAHRS) expert consensus on risk assessment in cardiac arrhythmias: use the right tool for the right outcome, in the right population. Europace 2020;22:1147-48 (simultaneous publication in Heart Rhythm)
  104. Wu P, Vaseghi M. The autonomic nervous system and ventricular arrhythmias in myocardial infarction and heart failure. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2020;43:172-180.
  105. Hayase J, Dusi V, Do D, Ajijola OA, Vaseghi M, Lee JM, Yanagawa J, Hoftman N, Revels S, Buch EF, Khakpour H, Fujimura O, Krokhaleva Y, Macias C, Sorg J, Gima J, Pavez G, Boyle NG, Shivkumar K, Bradfield JS. Recurrent ventricular tachycardia after cardiac sympathetic denervation: Prolonged cycle length with improved hemodynamic tolerance and ablation outcomes. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2020; 31:2382-92.
  106. Nguyen HL, Vaseghi M. Ventricular tachycardia in dilated cardiomyopathy: is it time for genetic testing in all patients? JACC Clin Electrophysiol 2020;6:1115-1117.
  107. Chin R, Hayase J, Hu P, Cao M, Deng J, Ajijola O, Do D, Vaseghi M, Buch E, Khakpour H, Fujimura O, Krokhaleva Y, Macias C, Sorg J, Gima J, Pavez G, Boyle NG, Steinberg M, Shivkumar K, Bradfield JS. Non-invasive stereotactic body radiation therapy for refractory ventricular arrhythmias: an institutional experience. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2020. doi: 10.1007/s10840-020-00849-0. Epub ahead of print. 
  108. Nguyen HL, Vaseghi M. Sympathetic denervation for treatment of ventricular arrhythmias. J Atr Fibrillation 2020; 13:2404.
  109. Volgman AS, Benjuamin EJ, Curtis AB, Fang MC, Lindley KJ, Nacarelli GV, Pepine CJ, Quesada O, Vaseghi M, Waldo AL, Wenger NK, Russo AM: Amerian college of cardiology committee on Cardiovascular Disease in Women. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2020. doi: 10.1111/jce.14838. Epub ahead print.
  110. Aguilar M, Tedrow UB, Tzou WS, Tung R, Frankel DS, Santangeli P, Vaseghi M, Bunch TJ, Di Biase L, Tholakanahalli VN, Lakkireddy D, Dickfeld T, Weiss JP, Mathuria N, Vergara P, Nakahara S, Bradfield JS, Burkhardt JD, Stevenson WG, Callans DJ, Della Bella P, Natale A, Shivkumar K, Marchlinski FE, Sauer WH. Catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in patients with prior cardiac surgery: an analysis from International VT Ablation Center Collaborative Group.  J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2021;32:409-16.
  111. Devarajan A, Vaseghi M. Hydroxychloroquine can potentially interfere with immune function in COVID-19 patients: Mecahnisms and insights. Redox Biol 2021;38:1010810. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2020.101810.
  112. Elliott IA, DeJesus M, Dobaria V, Vaseghi M, Ajijola OA, Shivkumar K, Hoftman NN, Benharash P, Lee JM, Yanagawa J. Minimally invasive bilateral stellate ganglionectomy for refractory ventricular tachycardia. Ann Thorac Surg 2020;29:S0003-4975(20)31902-0. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.09.030. Epub ahead of print.
  113. Dusi V, Gornbein J, Do DH, Sorg JM, Khakpour H, Krokhaleva Y, Ajijola OA, Macias C, Bradfield JS, Buch E, Fujimura OA, Boyle NG, Yanagawa J, Lee JM, Shivkumar K, Vaseghi M. Arrhythmic risk profile and outcomes of patients undergoing cardiac sympathetic denervation for recurrent monomorphic ventricular tachycardia after ablation. J Am Heart Assoc 2021;10:e018371. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.120.018371
  114. Nguyen HL, Vaseghi M. Confessions of a stressed heart: the brain-heart relationship is complicated. Trend Cardiovasc Med 2021;doi:10.1016/j.tcm.2021.03.001
  115. Chin R, Hayase J, Hu P, Cao M, Deng J, Ajijola O, Do D, Vaseghi M, Buch E, Khakpour H, Fujimura O, Krokhaleva Y, Macias C, Sorg J, Gima J, Pavez G, Boyle NG, Steinberg M, Shivkumar K, Bradfield JS. Non-invasive stereotactic body radiation therapy for refractory ventricular arrhythmias: an institutional experience. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2021; 61(3):535-543. 
  116. Tamirisia KP, Elkayam U, Briller JE, Mason PK, Pillarisetti K, Merchant FM, Patel H. Lakkireddy DR, Russo AM, Volgman AS, Vaseghi M. Arrhythmias in pregnancy. JACC Clin Electrophysiol 2022;8:120-135. doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2021.10.004
  117. Salavatian S, Hoang JD, Yamaguchi N, Lokhandwala ZA, Swid MA, Armour JA, Ardell JL, Vaseghi M. Myocardial infarction reduces cardiac nociceptive neurotransmission through the vagal ganglia. JCI Insight 2022; 7:e155747. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.155747.
  118. Hoang JD, Yamakawa K, Rajendran P, Chan CA, Yagishita D, Nakamura K, Lux RL, Vaseghi, M. Pro-arrhythmic Effects of Sympathetic Activation Are Mitigated by Vagal Nerve Stimulation in Infarcted Hearts. JACC Clin Electrophysiol 2022; 8:513-525.
  119. Sridharan A, Vaseghi M. Uni vs. bi: what to do when they don’t see eye to eye. Heart Rhythm 2022; doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.01.025, online ahead of print.

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Recognitions

  • Super Doctors® Southern California, 2024 - 2026
  • Hear Rhythm Journal Notable Publications of the Year Award, 2018
  • NIH New Innovator Award, 2015
  • Joan and Douglas P Zipes Publication of the Year Award from Heart Rhythm Society, 2015
  • Tibor Fabian Research Award, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 2009
  • ibor Fabian Research Award, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 2008

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Overall rating: 5.0
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93 total ratings | 61 reviews
5.0
Very nice Dr. is wonderful and explains everything
5.0
Dr. Vaseghi is great. Very thorough and caring.
5.0
The staff is courteous and kind they were on time with my appointment. The doctor saw me relatively quickly, and I didn���t have to wait too long.
5.0
Excellent
5.0
The session went very well with Dr. VASEGHI. All things considered, my heart���s in great shape. My exercise as well as Pickle Ball and Improv are very positive activities for me and she wants me to continue in those activities. Also, she thought volunteer work would be a plus for me. We discussed my medication, which is very helpful and me making a certain decision regarding my medication. It was a very positive session.
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