Paul J. Wang, MD

Clinical Focus

• Cardiac Electrophysiology
• Cardiology (Heart)
• Cardiovascular Medicine
• Atrial Fibrillation
• Cardiac Arrhythmias

Professional Education

Postdoctoral Advisees

Anurag Gupta , Shirley Park , Marco Perez

Industry Relationships

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Current Research Interests

Dr. Wang's research centers on the development of innovative approaches to the treatment of arrhythmias, including more effective catheter ablation techniques, more reliable implantable devices, and less invasive treatments. Dr. Wang's clinical research interests include atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, syncope, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Dr. Wang has active collaborations with Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering Departments at Stanford. Some of the goals of his research program are: 1) to create a more effective methods of catheter ablation, 2) to create implantable pacemakers and leads that are more reliable, 3) to create a combined surgical-catheter approach to ablation, 4) to create noninvasive methods of ablation, 5) to make defibrillation painless.

Clinical Trials

• A Clinical Study of the Arctic Front Cryoablation Balloon for the Treatment of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation No longer recruiting
• MADIT-CRT: Automatic Defibrillator Implantation With Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy No longer recruiting

Publications

• Statin use and ventricular arrhythmias during clinical treadmill testing. Dewey FE, Perez M, Hadley D, Freeman JV, Wang P, Ashley EA, Myers J, Froelicher VF. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2009; 20 (2): 193-9
• Visualizing ablation gaps in vitro using a deflectable fiber optic endocardial visualization catheter. Irani AR, Lin B, Eversull C, Hsia HH, Zei PC, Wang PJ, Al-Ahmad A. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2009; 25 (2): 107-10
• A covariance-based algorithm: a novel technique for rhythm discrimination in ICDs. Kamousi B, Lin B, Al-Ahmad A, Hsia H, Zei P, Natale A, Moss A, Daubert J, Zareba W, Wang P. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2008: 2008 5478-81
• Pacemaker alternans terminated by telemetry wand: what is the mechanism? Chun HJ, Cook K, Wang PJ, Al-Ahmad A. Heart Rhythm. 2008; 5 (7): 1080-2
• Optimal Programming of ICDs for Prevention of Appropriate and Inappropriate Shocks. Lo R, Al-Ahmad A, Hsia H, Zei PC, Wang PJ. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med. 2008; 10 (5): 408-16