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  • Markl M, Lee DC, Ng J, Carr M, Carr J, Goldberger JJ. Left Atrial 4-Dimensional Flow Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Stasis and Velocity Mapping in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. Invest Radiol. 2016;51:147-1542.
  • Markl M, Lee DC, Furiasse N, Carr M, Foucar C, Ng J, Carr J, Goldberger JJ. Left Atrial and Left Atrial Appendage 4D Blood Flow Dynamics in Atrial Fibrillation. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016;9:e0049843.
  • Lee DC, Markl M, Ng J, Carr M, Benefield B, Carr JC, Goldberger JJ. Three-dimensional left atrial blood flow characteristics in patients with atrial fibrillation assessed by 4D flow CMR. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016;17:1259-12684.
  • Goldberger JJ, Arora R, Green D, Greenland P, Lee DC, Lloyd-Jones DM, Markl M, Ng J, Shah SJ. Evaluating the Atrial Myopathy Underlying Atrial Fibrillation: Identifying the Arrhythmogenic and Thrombogenic Substrate. Circulation. 2015;132:278-291
  • Alonso A, Roetker NS, Soliman EZ, Chen LY, Greenland P, Heckbert SR. Prediction of Atrial Fibrillation in a Racially Diverse Cohort: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 Feb 23;5(2). pii: e003077. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.115.003077.
  • Yano Y, Greenland P, Lloyd-Jones DM, Daoud EG, Koehler JL, Ziegler PD. Simulation of Daily Snapshot Rhythm Monitoring to Identify Atrial Fibrillation in Continuously Monitored Patients with Stroke Risk Factors. PLoS One. 2016 Feb 16;11(2):e0148914. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148914. eCollection 2016.
  • Chahal H, Heckbert SR, Barr RG, Bluemke DA, Jain A, Habibi M, Alonso A, Kronmal R, Jacobs DR Jr, Lima JA, Watson KE, Liu K, Smith LJ, Greenland P. Ability of Reduced Lung Function to Predict Development of Atrial Fibrillation in Persons Aged 45 to 84 Years (from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis-Lung Study). Am J Cardiol. 2015 Jun 15;115(12):1700-4. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.03.01
  • Hong K, Collins J, Lee DC, Wilcox JE, Markl M, Carr J, Kim D. Optimized AIR and investigational MOLLI cardiac T1 mapping pulse sequences produce similar intra-scan repeatability in patients at 3T. NMR in biomedicine. 2016;29(10):1454-63. PMID: 27593977.
  • McGann C, Akoum N, Patel A, Kholmovski E, Revelo P, Damal K, Wilson B, Cates J, Harrison A, Ranjan R, Burgon NS, Greene T, Kim D, Dibella EV, Parker D, Macleod RS, Marrouche NF. Atrial fibrillation ablation outcome is predicted by left atrial remodeling on MRI. Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology. 2014; 7(1):23-30. PMID:24363354.
  • Koopmann M, Hong K, Kholmovski EG, Huang EC, Hu N, Ying J, Levenson R, Vijayakumar S, Dosdall DJ, Ranjan R, Kim D. Post-contrast myocardial T(1) and ECV disagree in a longitudinal canine study. NMR in biomedicine. 2014; 27(8):988-95. PMID: 24865566
  • Fitts M, Breton E, Kholmovski EG, Dosdall DJ, Vijayakumar S, Hong KP, Ranjan R, Marrouche NF, Axel L, Kim D. Arrhythmia insensitive rapid cardiac T1 mapping pulse sequence. Magnetic resonance in medicine. 2013; 70(5):1274-82. PMID: 23280998
  • Haji-Valizadeh H, Rahsepar AA, Collins JD, Bassett E, Isakova T, Block T, Adluru G, DiBella EVR, Lee DC, Carr J, Kim D. COMBINE Study Group. Validation of highly–accelerated real-time cardiac cine MRI with radial k-space sampling and compressed sensing in patients at 1.5T and 3T. Magnetic resonance in medicine. 2018; 79(5):2745-51. PMID:28921631
  • Bassett EC, Kholmovski EG, Wilson BD, DiBella EV, Dosdall DJ, Ranjan R, McGann CJ, Kim D. Evaluation of highly accelerated real-time cardiac cine MRI in tachycardia. NMR in biomedicine. 2014; 27(2):175-82. PMID: 24259281
  • Passman R, Beshai J, Pavri B, Kimmel S.  Predicting post-coronary bypass atrial arrhythmias from the preoperative electrocardiogram.  Am Heart J; 142(5):806-810, 2001
  • Passman R, Weinberg K, Freher M, Denes P, Schaechter A, Goldberger J, Kadish A. Accuracy of Mode Switch Algorithms for the Detection of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology Vol 15(7): 773-777,  2004
  • Amar D, Shi W, Hogue C, Zhang H, Passman R, Thomas B, Bach P, Damiano R, Thaler H. Clinical prediction rule for atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting. Journal of the American College of Cardiology:  44(6): 1248-1253 , 2004
  • Passman R, Gingold D, Amar D, Lloyd-Jones D, Bennett C,  Zhang H, Rusch V.  Prediction Rule for Atrial Fibrillation Following Major Non-Cardiac Thoracic Surgery.   Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 79 (5): 1698-1703, 2005
  • Passman R, Subacius H, Ruo B, Schaechter A, Howard A, Sears S, Kadish A. Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators and Quality of Life: Results from the Defibrillators in Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Treatment Evaluation (DEFINITE) Study. Archives of Internal Medicine 2007;167(20):2226-2232.
  • Berry J, Prineas R, van Horn L, Passman R, Larson J, Goldberger J, Snetselaar L, Tinker L, Liu K, Lloyd-Jones D.  Dietary fish intake and incident atrial fibrillation:  Findings from the Women’s Health Initiative. American Journal of Cardiology 2010; 105:844-848.
  • Sinha A, Diener H, Morillo C, Sanna T, Bernstein R, Di Lazzaro V, Passman R, Beckers F, Brachmann J. Cryptogenic stroke and underlying atrial fibrillation (crystal af): Design and rationale. Am Heart J. 2010;160:36-41 e31
  • Stone N, Bonow R, Passman R, Rigolin V. Effect of Amiodarone-Induced Hyperthyroidism on Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction After Septal Myectomy for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. American Journal of Cardiology 106 (11) 1670-1672, 2010
  • Murdock D, Passman R. Comparison of Effectiveness and Safety of Ranolazine Verses Amiodarone for Preventing Atrial Fibrillation Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting American Journal of Cardiology 2011; 108(5):673-6
  • Passman R, Bennett C, Purpura J, Kapur R, Johnson L, Raisch D, West D, Edwards B, Belknap S, Liebling D, Fisher M, Samaras A, Jones L, Tulas K, McKoy.  Amiodarone-Associated Optic Neuropathy: A Critical Review. American Journal of Medicine 2012; 125,447-453
  • Lee R, McCarthy P, Passman R, Kruse J, Malaisrie S, McGee E, Lapin B, Jacobson J, Goldberger J, Knight B. Surgical Treatment for Isolated Atrial Fibrillation: Minimally Invasive vs Classic Cut and Sew Maze.   Innovations 2011 Nov;6(6):373-7.
  • Arora R, Passman R, Goldberger J, Koduri H. Contribution of Fibrosis and the Autonomic Nervous System to Atrial Fibrillation Electrograms in Heart Failure. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2012 Aug 1;5(4):640-9
  • Lee R, Jivan A, Kruse J, McGee E, Malaisrie S, Bernstein R, Lapin B, Passman R, Knight B, McCarthy P. Late Neurological Events after Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation: Late but Relevant. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Jan; 95(1):126-31
  • Sauer A, Kaplan R, Xue J, Dorsey P, Hayes M, Shah S, Passman R., Electrocardiographic markers of repolarization heterogeneity during dofetilide or sotalol initiation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Am J Cardiol. 2014 Jun 15;113(12):2030-5
  • Lin J, Shen S, Bhave P, Knight B, Bohn, M, Giedrimas E, Patel T, Chicos A, Goldberger J, Ilkhanoff L , Kim S, Lin A, Passman R. Post-procedural Dabigatran Versus Interrupted Warfarin Therapy Following Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation. Journal of Atrial Fibrillation. 2014;6(5):10-14
  • Yadlapati A, Groh C, Passman R. Safety of short-term use of dabigatran or rivaroxaban for direct-current cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter. Am J Cardiol. 2014 Apr 15;113(8):1362-3.
  • Steinberg B, Hellkamp A, Lokhnygina Y, Halperin J, Breithardt G, Passman R, Hankey G, Patel M, Becker R, Singer D, Hacke W, Berkowitz S, Nessel C, Mahaffey K, Fox K, Califf R, Piccini J on behalf of the ROCKET AF Steering Committee and Investigators. Use and Outcomes of Antiarrhythmic Therapy in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Receiving Oral Anticoagulation: Results from the ROCKET AF Trial. Heart Rhythm 2014;11:925-32
  • Sanna T, Diener H, Passman R, Lazzaro V, Bernstein R, Morillo C, Rymer M, Thijs V, Rogers T, Beckers F, Lindborg K, Brachman J. on behalf of CRYSTAL AF investigators. Cryptogenic Stroke and Underlying Atrial Fibrillation (CRYSTAL AF). New England Journal of Medicine 2014;370:2478-2486
  • Ng J, Arora R, Passman R, Knight B, Goldberger J. Electrogram Morphology Recurrence Patterns during Atrial Fibrillation. Heart Rhythm. 2014 Nov;11(11):2027-34.
  • Rubenstein J, Jacobson J, Goldberger J, Passman R, Kadish A and Kim M. Cardiac Troponin Assessment Following Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Implications for Chest Pain Evaluation. Int J Clin Cardiol 2014, 1:2
  • Agusala K, Oesterle A, Kulkarni C, Caprio T, Subacius H, Passman R. Risk Prediction for Adverse Events During Initiation of Sotalol and Dofetilide for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2015 Apr;38(4):490-8
  • Wasserlauf J, Pelchovitz D, Rhyner J, Verma N, Bohn M, Zhi L, Arora R, Chicos A, Goldberger J, Kim S, Lin A, Knight B, Passman R. Cryoballoon versus Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Paroxysmal Atria Fibrillation; Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2015 Apr;38(4):483-9
  • Bernstein R, Di Lazzaro V,  Rymer M,   Passman R,  Brachmann J, Morillo C, Sanna T,   Thijs V,  Rogers T, Liu S, Ziegler P, Diener H. . Infarct Topography and Detection of Atrial Fibrillation in Cryptogenic Stroke: Results from CRYSTAL AF. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2015;40(1-2):91-6.
  • Choe C, Passman R, Brachmann J, Morillo C, Sanna T, Bernstein R, DiLazzaro, Diener H, Rymer M, Beckers F, Koehler J, Ziegler P on behalf of the Crystal AF Investigators: A Comparison of Atrial Fibrillation Monitoring Strategies after Cryptogenic Stroke: Results from the CRYSTAL AF Trial. Am J Cardiol. 2015 Sep 15;116(6):889-93
  • Kalani R, Bernstein R, Passman R, Curran Y, Ruff I, Prabhakaran S. Low Yield of Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry after Cryptogenic Stroke in Patients with Extensive Cardiac Imaging. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2015 Sep;24(9):2069-73
  • Thijs V, Brachmann J, Morillo C, Passman R, Sanna T, Bernstein R, Diener H, Di Lazzaro V, Rymer M, Hogge L, Rogers T, Ziegler P, and Assar M. Predictors for Atrial Fibrillation Detection after Cryptogenic Stroke: Results from CRYSTAL AF. Neurology 2016;86:1–9
  • Shah S, Kruse J, Andrei A, Li Z, Malaisrie S, Knight B, Passman R, McCarthy P. Gender difference in outcomes following surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Feb;151(2):391-8
  • Yadlapti A, Groh C, Malaisrie C, Meyers S, Passman R. Efficacy and Safety of Novel Oral Anticoagulants in Patients with Bioprosthetic Valves. Clin Res Cardiol. 2016 Mar;105(3):268-72
  • Passman R, Leong-Sit P, Andrei A, Huskin A, Tomson T,  Bernstein R, Ellis E, Waks J,  Zimetbaum P. Targeted Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation Guided by Continuous Rhythm Assessment with an Insertable Cardiac Monitor: The Rhythm Evaluation for Anticoagulation with Continuous Monitoring (REACT.COM) Pilot Study. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2016 Mar;27(3):264-70
  • Verma N, Knight B, Passman R, Manifest Left Atrial Appendage Delay on a 12-Lead EKG after AF Ablation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2016 Apr;27(4):492-3
  • Brachmann J, Morillo C, Sanna T, Di Lazzaro V, Diener H, Bernstein R, Rymer M, Ziegler P, Liu S, Passman R. Uncovering Atrial Fibrillation Beyond Short-Term Monitoring in Cryptogenic Stroke Patients: Three-Year Results From the Cryptogenic Stroke and Underlying Atrial Fibrillation Trial. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2016 Jan;9(1):
  • Mittal S, Rogers J, Sarkar S, Koehler J, Warman E, Tomson T, Passman R. Real-World Performance of an Enhanced Atrial Fibrillation Detection Algorithm in the Reveal LINQ Insertable Cardiac Monitor . Heart Rhythm. Heart Rhythm. 2016 Aug;13(8):1624-30
  • Kunamalla A, Ng J, Parini V, Yoo S, McGee K, Tomson T, Gordon D, Thorp E, Lomasney J, Zhang Q, Shah S, Browne S, Knight B, Passman R, Goldberger J, Aistrup G, Arora R. Constitutive Expression of a Dominant Negative TGF-β Type II Receptor in the Posterior Left Atrium Leads to Beneficial Remodeling of Atrial Fibrillation Substrate  Circ Res. 2016 2016 Jun 24;119(1):69-82
  • Steinhaus D, Zimetbaum P, Passman R, Leong-Sit P, Reynolds M.  Cost Effectiveness of Implantable Cardiac Monitor-Guided Intermittent Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation: An Analysis of the REACT.COM Pilot Study. JCE 2016
  • Wasserlauf J, Knight B, Li Z, Andrei C, Arora R, Chicos A, Goldberger J, Kim S, Lin A, Verma N, Bohn M, Passman R. Moderate Sedation Reduces Lab Time Compared to General Anesthesia During Cryoballoon Ablation for AF Without Compromising Safety or Long-term Efficacy. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2016 Dec;39(12):1359-1365
  • Churyla A, Iddriss A, Malaisrie C, Lee P, , Kruse J, Passman R. McCarthy P. Biatrial or Left Atrial Lesion Set for Ablation During Mitral Surgery: Risks and Benefits. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Jun;103(6):1858-1865
  • Kaplan R, Dandamudi S, Bohn M, Verma N, Tomson T, Arora R, Chicos A, Goldberger J, Kim S, Knight B, Lin A, Passman R. MD. Reconnection Rate and Long-Term Outcome with Adenosine Provocation During Cryoballoon Ablation for Pulmonary Vein Isolation. J of AFib February 2017 9(5)
  • Passman R, Rogers J, Sarkar S, Reiland J, Reiseld E, Koehler J, Mittal S. Development and validation of a dual sensing scheme to improve accuracy of bradycardia and pause detection in an insertable cardiac monitor. Heart Rhythm. 2017 Jul;14(7):1016-1023
  • Kaplan R, Ziegler P, Glotzer T, Passman R. Atrial Fibrillation Variability on Long-Term Monitoring of Implantable Cardiac Rhythm Management Devices. Clinical Cardiology Clin Cardiol, 2017. 40(11): p. 1044-1048
  • Verma, N*1; Ziegler, P2; Liu S2; Passman R1 Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation among Patients with an Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source: Insights from Insertable Cardiac Monitors. Int J Stroke Accepted for publication 2018.
  • Su W, Aryana A, Passman R, Singh G, Hokanson R, Kowalski M, Andrade J, Wang P, Cryoballoon Best Practices II: Practical Guide to Procedural Monitoring and Dosing During Atrial Fibrillation Ablation From the Perspective of Experienced Users. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2018.04.021 Heart Rhythm 2018
  • Waks J, Passman R, Matos J, Reynolds M, Thosani A, Mela T, Pederson D, Glotzer T, and others. Intermittent Anticoagulation Guided by Continuous Atrial Fibrillation Burden Monitoring Using Dual Chamber Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators–Results from the Tailored Anticoagulation for Non-Continuous Atrial Fibrillation (TACTIC-AF) Pilot Study. Heart Rhythm Published online: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2018.06.027 July 5, 2018
  • Passman R, Kadish A.  Rate Control versus Rhythm Control: Choose Your Poison.  American Heart Journal, 149;957-9, 2005
  • Jacobson J, Passman R. Atrial Fibrillation Induction with Isoproterenol: Teaching an Old Drug New Tricks. J Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 2008; 19(5): 471-472.
  • Bernstein R, Passman R. Stroke Prevention in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation. Current Neurology and Neuroscience 10:34–39, 2010
  • Giardina E, Passman R.   Clinical Uses of Amiodarone  Rose, BD (Ed), UpToDate, Wellesley, MA, 2010-2018
  • Giardina E, Passman R.   Clinical Uses of Dronedarone.  Rose, BD (Ed), UpToDate, Wellesley, MA, 2011-2018
  • Passman R.   Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation.  Rose, BD (Ed), UpToDate, Wellesley, MA, 2011-2018
  • Prassad V, Kaplan R, Passman R. New Frontiers for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation. Cerebrovascular Disease 2012;33:199-208
  • Prashant B, Passman R. Age as a Risk factor for Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Journal of Atrial Fibrillation. 2012; 2 (9)
  • Passman R. Strict Rate Control for Permanent Atrial Fibrillation: A Race (II) Worth Running? Journal of the American College of Cardiology 61(7):749-751, 2013
  • Patel T, Passman R. Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke: The Evolving Role of Rhythm Control. Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine 2013, Volume 15, Issue 3, pp 299-312
  • Krieger D, Passman R. Cryptogenic Stroke: What, When, and How to Treat for Secondary Prevention. Medscape / theheart.org CME
  • Zimetbaum P, Ellis E, Waks J, Passman R.  The Importance of Atrial Fibrillation Burden and the Origin of Device Tailored Anticoagulation. Pacing and Cardiac Electrophysiology: 2013;36(11):1319-1324
  • Tomson T, Greenland P, Passman R .The Impact of Early Detection of Atrial Fibrillation on Stroke Outcomes. Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics.  Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 125-132, March 2014
  • Passman R. My Approach to Detecting Atrial Fibrillation. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine 2014; 24: 215
  • Zimetbaum P, Waks J, Ellis E, Glotzer T, Passman R. Role of Atrial Fibrillation Burden in Assessing Thromboembolic Risk.  Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2014;7:1223-1229.
  • Bernstein R, Passman R. A New Appraisal of Atrial Fibrillation Burden and Stroke   Prevention. Stroke 2016 Feb;47(2):570-6
  • Ringwala S, Tomson T, Passman R. Cardiac Monitoring for Atrial Fibrillation in Cryptogenic Stroke. Cardiol Clin. 2016 May;34(2):287-97
  • Albers G, Bernstein R, Brachmann J, Camm J, Easton J, Fromm P, Goto S, Granger C, Hohnloser S, Hylek E, Jaffer A, Krieger D, Passman R, Pines J, Reed S, Rothwell P, Kowey P.On Behalf of the Stroke Focus Group: Heart Rhythm Monitoring Strategies for Cryptogenic Stroke: 2015 Diagnostics and Monitoring Stroke Focus Group Report. J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 Mar 15;5(3):e002944
  • Passman R. Sex, Symptoms, and Atrial Fibrillation. JAMA Cardiology. JAMA Cardiol. 2016;1(3):292-293
  • Passman R. Time in Therapeutic Range in Warfarin-Treated Patients: Is Very Good Good Enough? JAMA. 2016 Aug 23-30;316(8):872-3
  • Tomson T, Passman R. Current and Emerging Uses of Insertable Cardiac Monitors: Evaluation of Syncope and Monitoring for Atrial Fibrillation. Cardiol Rev, 2017. 25(1): p. 22-29.
  • Yaghi S, Bernstein R, Passman R, Okin P, Furie K. Cryptogenic Stroke: Research and Practice. Circ Research. Circ Res, 2017. 120(3): p. 527-540.
  • Wasserlauf J, Passman R.When is Device-Detected Atrial Fibrillation Actionable? Card Electrophysiol Clin, 2018. 10(1): p. 75-85.
  • Passman R. Is A Little Atrial Fibrillation Still Too Much. Heart Rhythm, 2018. 15(6): p. 812-813.
  • Passman R, Piccini J. ECG Screening For Atrial Fibrillation: We Can Do Better. JAMA 2018