Han Lim

Effect of QT interval prolongation on cardiac arrest following liver transplantation and derivation of a risk index

Anoop N Koshy, Jefferson Ko, Omar Farouque, Shamil D Cooray, Hui-Chen Han, Benjamin Cailes, Paul J Gow, Laurence Weinberg, Adam Testro, Han S Lim, Andrew W Teh

Journal article  |  2020  |  American Journal of Transplantation

Liver transplantation(LT) has a four-fold higher risk of periprocedural cardiac arrest and ventricular arrhythmias(CA/VA) compared..

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.

Jens Cosedis Nielsen, Yenn-Jiang Lin, Marcio Jansen de Oliveira Figueiredo, Alireza Sepehri Shamloo, Alberto Alfie, Serge Boveda, Nikolaos Dagres, Dario Di Toro, Lee L Eckhardt, Kenneth Ellenbogen, Carina Hardy, Takanori Ikeda, Aparna Jaswal, Elizabeth Kaufman, Andrew Krahn, Kengo Kusano, Valentina Kutyifa, Han S Lim, Gregory YH Lip, Santiago Nava-Townsend, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Heart Rhythm

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.

Jens Cosedis Nielsen, Yenn-Jiang Lin, Marcio Jansen de Oliveira Figueiredo, Alireza Sepehri Shamloo, Alberto Alfie, Serge Boveda, Nikolaos Dagres, Dario Di Toro, Lee L Eckhardt, Kenneth Ellenbogen, Carina Hardy, Takanori Ikeda, Aparna Jaswal, Elizabeth Kaufman, Andrew Krahn, Kengo Kusano, Valentina Kutyifa, Han S Lim, Gregory YH Lip, Santiago Nava-Townsend, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  EP Europace

Arrhythmia insensitive rapid cardiac T1 mapping: comparison to modified look locker inversion recovery T1 mapping in mitral valve prolapse patients

Ernest Cheung, Hui-Chen Han, Emma Hornsey, Leonid Churilov, Kyung Pyo Hong, Julie Smith, Daniel Kim, Omar Farouque, Andrew Teh, Han Lim, Ruth P Lim

Journal article  |  2020  |  The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

We compare a saturation recovery arrhythmia insensitive rapid (AIR) T1 mapping technique which is less sensitive to heart rate and..

Characteristic Histopathological Findings and Cardiac Arrest Rhythm in Isolated Mitral Valve Prolapse and Sudden Cardiac Death

Hui-Chen Han, Sarah A Parsons, Andrew W Teh, Prashanthan Sanders, Christopher Neil, Trishe Leong, Anoop N Koshy, Jitendra K Vohra, Jonathan M Kalman, Karen Smith, David O'Donnell, David L Hare, Omar Farouque, Han S Lim

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of the American Heart Association

Background The association between mitral valve prolapse (MVP) and sudden death remains controversial. We aimed to describe histop..

EFFECT OF QT PROLONGATION ON VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS AND CARDIAC ARREST FOLLOWING LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

Jefferson Ko, Anoop Koshy, HM Omar Farouque, Paul Gow, Hui-Chen Han, Benjamin Cailes, Anees Enayati, Laurence Weinberg, Adam Testro, Han Lim, Andrew Teh

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

IMPACT OF LIVER TRANSPLANTATION ON QT-INTERVAL IN PATIENTS WITH CIRRHOSIS

Anoop Ninan Koshy, Jefferson Ko, Omar Farouque, Hui-Chen Han, Han S Lim, Benjamin Cailes, Paul J Gow, Laurence Weinberg, Adam Testro, Andrew Teh

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

DIABETES IS AN INDEPENDENT PREDICTOR OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH FOLLOWING LIVER TRANSPLANTATION: RESULTS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND LIVER TRANSPLANT REGISTRY OVER 30 YEARS

Anoop Ninan Koshy, Paul J Gow, Hui-Chen Han, Andrew W Teh, Robert Jones, Han S Lim, Adam Testro, Matias B Yudi, David Clark, Omar Farouque

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Impaired Cardiac Reserve on Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography Predicts the Development of Hepatorenal Syndrome

Anoop N Koshy, Omar Farouque, Benjamin Cailes, Adam Testro, Jay Ramchand, Jithin K Sajeev, Hui-Chen Han, Piyush M Srivastava, Elizabeth F Jones, Hamid Salehi, Andrew W Teh, Han S Lim, Paul Calafiore, Paul J Gow

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Following Noncardiac Surgery Increases Risk of Stroke

Anoop N Koshy, Garry Hamilton, James Theuerle, Andrew W Teh, Hui-Chen Han, Paull Gow, Han S Lim, Vincent Thijs, Omar Farouque

Journal article  |  2020  |  The American Journal of Medicine

BACKGROUND: New-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation is well recognized to be an adverse prognostic marker in patients undergoi..

Spontaneous reversion of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation detected by smart watch.

Liam Toner, Ahmed M Al-Kaisey, Anoop Koshy, Han Sung Lim

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMJ Case Reports

Cardiovascular Mortality following Liver Transplantation: Predictors and Temporal Trends over 30 years.

Anoop N Koshy, Paul J Gow, Hui-Chen Han, Andrew W Teh, Robert Jones, Adam Testro, Han S Lim, Geoffrey McCaughan, Gary P Jeffrey, Michael Crawford, Graeme Macdonald, Jonathan Fawcett, Alan Wigg, John WC Chen, Edward J Gane, Stephen R Munn, David J Clark, Matias B Yudi, Omar Farouque

Journal article  |  2020  |  European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes

AIMS: There has been significant evolution in operative and post-transplant therapies following liver transplantation (LT). We sou..

Accuracy of wrist-worn heart rate monitors for rate control assessment in atrial fibrillation

Ahmed M Al-Kaisey, Anoop N Koshy, Francis J Ha, Ryan Spencer, Liam Toner, Jithin K Sajeev, Andrew W Teh, Omar Farouque, Han S Lim

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal of Cardiology

BACKGROUND: Wrist-worn heart rate (HR) monitors are increasingly popular. A paucity of data exists on their accuracy in atrial fib..

Computed tomographic coronary angiography in risk stratification prior to non-cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Anoop N Koshy, Francis Jonathan Ha, Paul J Gow, Hui-Chen Han, FM Amirul-Islam, Han S Lim, Andrew W Teh, Omar Farouque

Journal article  |  2019  |  Heart

OBJECTIVES: Utility of CT coronary angiography (CTA) and coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring in risk stratification prior to non..

Permanent pacing and conduction recovery in patients undergoing cardiac surgery for active infective endocarditis in an Australian Tertiary Center

Ahmed M Al-Kaisey, Nikhil Chandra, Francis J Ha, Yasir M Al-Kaisey, Sheran Vasanthakumar, Anoop N Koshy, Robert D Anderson, Michelle Ord, Piyush M Srivastava, David O'Donnell, Han S Lim, George Matalanis, Andrew W Teh

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

BACKGROUND: Postoperative heart block is common among patients undergoing surgery for infective endocarditis (IE). Limited data ex..

Impaired cardiac contractile reserve on dobutamine stress echocardiography predicts development of hepatorenal syndrome

Anoop Koshy, Benjamin Cailes, Omar Farouque, Adam Testro, Jithin Sajeev, Jay Ramchand, Paul Calafiore, Hamid Salehi, Piyush Srivastava, Matthew Peverelle, Han Lim, Hui-Chen Han, Andrew Teh, Paul Gow

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  Journal of Hepatology

IMPACT OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS ON SURVIVAL AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION: RESULTS FROM A PROSPECTIVE BINATIONAL MULTICENTRE REGISTRY

Anoop Ninan Koshy, HM Omar Farouque, Jay Ramchand, Hui-Chen Han, Benjamin Cailes, Mandy Byrne, Adam Testro, Robert M Jones, Jithin Sajeev, Han Lim, Peter W Angus, David Clark, Matias B Yudi, Paul J Gow

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  Journal of the American College of Cardiology

EARLY CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY FOLLOWING LIVER TRANSPLANTATION: TEMPORAL TRENDS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND LIVER TRANSPLANT REGISTRY

Anoop Ninan Koshy, HM Omar Farouque, Jithin Sajeev, Benjamin Cailes, Jay Ramchand, Andrew Teh, Han Lim, Hui-Chen Han, Robert M Jones, Adam Testro, Mandy Byrne, David Clark, Matias B Yudi, Paul J Gow

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  Journal of the American College of Cardiology

ROLE OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY AND CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE IN PERIOPERATIVE RISK STRATIFICATION PRIOR TO NONCARDIAC SURGERY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS

Anoop Ninan Koshy, Francis Ha, Paul J Gow, Hui-Chen Han, FM Amirul-Islam, Han Lim, Andrew Teh, HM Omar Farouque

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  Journal of the American College of Cardiology

IMPAIRED RISE IN CARDIAC OUTPUT ON DOBUTAMINE STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY PREDICTS DEVELOPMENT OF HEPATORENAL SYNDROME

Anoop Ninan Koshy, Benjamin Cailes, Jithin Sajeev, Jay Ramchand, Paul Calafiore, Hamid Salehi, Paul J Gow, Piyush Srivastava, Hui-Chen Han, Jefferson Ko, Han Lim, Andrew Teh, Adam Testro, HM Omar Farouque

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Atrial arrhythmias in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: incidence, predictive factors, and prognosis.

Laurence Jesel, Charlotte Berthon, Nathan Messas, Han S Lim, Mélanie Girardey, Halim Marzak, Benjamin Marchandot, Annie Trinh, Patrick Ohlmann, Olivier Morel

Journal article  |  2019  |  EP Europace

Aims: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is a stress-related transient cardiomyopathy. It is unclear whether TTC is associated with po..

Arrhythmic Mitral Annulus Disjunction and Mitral Valve Prolapse Components of the Same Clinical Spectrum?

Hui-Chen Han, Paul Calafiore, Andrew W Teh, Omar Farouque, Han S Lim

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Prevalence and prevention of oesophageal injury during atrial fibrillation ablation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Francis J Ha, Hui-Chen Han, Prashanthan Sanders, Andrew W Teh, David O'Donnell, Omar Farouque, Han S Lim

Journal article  |  2019  |  EP Europace

Mitral Valve Prolapse and Sudden Cardiac Death: A Systematic Review

Hui-Chen Han, Francis J Ha, Andrew W Teh, Paul Calafiore, Elizabeth F Jones, Jennifer Johns, Anoop N Koshy, David O'Donnell, David L Hare, Omar Farouque, Han S Lim

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of the American Heart Association

Ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac arrest in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: Incidence, predictive factors, and clinical implications

Laurence Jesel, Charlotte Berthon, Nathan Messas, Han S Lim, Melanie Girardey, Halim Marzak, Benjamin Marchandot, Annie Trinh, Patrick Ohlmann, Olivier Morel

Journal article  |  2018  |  Heart Rhythm

Challenges and limitations in the diagnosis of atrioesophageal fistula

Francis J Ha, Hui-Chen Han, Prashanthan Sanders, Andrew W Teh, David O'Donnell, Omar Farouque, Han S Lim

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Atrioesophageal Fistula Clinical Presentation, Procedural Characteristics, Diagnostic Investigations, and Treatment Outcomes

Hui-Chen Han, Francis J Ha, Prashanthan Sanders, Ryan Spencer, Andrew W Teh, David O'Donnell, Omar Farouque, Han S Lim

Journal article  |  2017  |  Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Early and Late Atrial Arrhythmias After Lung Transplantation - Incidence, Predictive Factors and Impact on Mortality.

Laurence Jesel, Jérémie Barraud, Han S Lim, Halim Marzak, Nathan Messas, Sandrine Hirschi, Nicola Santelmo, Anne Olland, Pierre Emmanuel Falcoz, Gilbert Massard, Michel Kindo, Patrick Ohlmann, Michel Chauvin, Olivier Morel, Romain Kessler

Journal article  |  2017  |  Circulation Journal

BACKGROUND: Atrial arrhythmias (AAs) are frequent after lung transplantation (LT) and late postoperatively. Several predictive fac..

Complexity and Distribution of Drivers in Relation to Duration of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation.

Han S Lim, Mélèze Hocini, Remi Dubois, Arnaud Denis, Nicolas Derval, Stephan Zellerhoff, Seigo Yamashita, Benjamin Berte, Saagar Mahida, Yuki Komatsu, Matthew Daly, Laurence Jesel, Carole Pomier, Valentin Meillet, Sana Amraoui, Ashok J Shah, Hubert Cochet, Frédéric Sacher, Pierre Jaïs, Michel Haïssaguerre

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of the American College of Cardiology

BACKGROUND: The underlying mechanisms sustaining human persistent atrial fibrillation (PsAF) is poorly understood. OBJECTIVES: Thi..

Soluble CD40 Ligand in Atrial Fibrillation: Time and Other Confounding Factors.

Prashanthan Sanders, Han S Lim

Journal article  |  2016  |  JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology

Impact of New Technologies and Approaches for Post-Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation During Long-Term Follow-Up.

Seigo Yamashita, Hubert Cochet, Frédéric Sacher, Saagar Mahida, Benjamin Berte, Darren Hooks, Jean-Marc Sellal, Nora Al Jefairi, Antonio Frontera, Yuki Komatsu, Han S Lim, Sana Amraoui, Arnaud Denis, Nicolas Derval, Maxime Sermesant, François Laurent, Mélèze Hocini, Michel Haïssaguerre, Michel Montaudon, Pierre Jaïs

Journal article  |  2016  |  Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

BACKGROUND: During the past years, many innovations have been introduced to facilitate catheter ablation of post-myocardial infarc..

Image Integration to Guide Catheter Ablation in Scar-Related Ventricular Tachycardia.

Seigo Yamashita, Frédéric Sacher, Saagar Mahida, Benjamin Berte, Han S Lim, Yuki Komatsu, Sana Amraoui, Arnaud Denis, Nicolas Derval, François Laurent, Maxime Sermesant, Michel Montaudon, Mélèze Hocini, Michel Haïssaguerre, Pierre Jaïs, Hubert Cochet

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

BACKGROUND: Although multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) can assess the structural subs..

Persistent Atrial Fibrillation From the Onset: A Specific Subgroup of Patients With Biatrial Substrate Involvement and Poorer Clinical Outcome.

Han S Lim, Arnaud Denis, Melissa E Middeldorp, Dennis H Lau, Rajiv Mahajan, Nicolas Derval, Jean-Paul Albenque, Serge Boveda, Stephan Zellerhoff, Seigo Yamashita, Benjamin Berte, Saagar Mahida, Yuki Komatsu, Matthew Daly, Laurence Jesel, Carole Pomier, Valentin Meillet, Remi Dubois, Sana Amraoui, Ashok Shah, et al.

Journal article  |  2016  |  JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology

OBJECTIVES: This study sought to characterize the clinical characteristics, atrial substrate, and prognosis in a subgroup of patie..

The stepwise ablation approach for persistent atrial fibrillation

HS Lim, S Zellerhoff, P Jaïs

Book Chapter  |  2015

Left atrial linear lesions

S Zellerhoff, HS Lim, P Jaïs

Book Chapter  |  2015

The utility of noninvasive mapping in persistent atrial fibrillation ablation

HS Lim, S Zellerhoff, N Derval, S Yamashita, D Hooks, B Berte, S Mahida, A Denis, AJ Shah, F Sacher, M Hocini, P Jaïs, M Haïssaguerre

Book Chapter  |  2015

Body Surface Mapping to Guide Atrial Fibrillation Ablation.

Seigo Yamashita, Ashok J Shah, Saagar Mahida, Jean-Marc Sellal, Benjamin Berte, Darren Hooks, Antonio Frontera, Nora Al Jefairi, Jean-Yves Wielandts, Han S Lim, Sana Amraoui, Arnaud Denis, Nicolas Derval, Frédéric Sacher, Hubert Cochet, Mélèze Hocini, Pierre Jaïs, Michel Haïssaguerre

Journal article  |  2015  |  Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology Review

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common rhythm disorder, and is strongly associated with thromboembolic events and heart failu..

Impact of Substrate-Based Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia on Cardiac Mortality in Patients With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators.

Yuki Komatsu, Philippe Maury, Frédéric Sacher, Paul Khairy, Matthew Daly, Han S Lim, Stephan Zellerhoff, Laurence Jesel, Anne Rollin, Alexandre Duparc, Pierre Mondoly, Valerie Aurillac-Lavignolle, Ashok Shah, Arnaud Denis, Hubert Cochet, Nicolas Derval, Mélèze Hocini, Michel Haïssaguerre, Pierre Jaïs

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

INTRODUCTION: This study sought to determine if the acute procedural outcome of ventricular tachycardia (VT) substrate ablation is..

Long-term survival of elderly patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock

Han S Lim, Nick Andrianopoulos, Hariharan Sugumar, Dion Stub, Angela L Brennan, Chris CS Lim, Peter Barlis, William Van Gaal, Christopher M Reid, Kerrie Charter, Martin Sebastian, Gishel New, Andrew E Ajani, Omar Farouque, Stephen J Duffy, David J Clark

Journal article  |  2015  |  International Journal of Cardiology

Is ablation to termination the best strategy for ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation? Persistent atrial fibrillation is best ablated by a strategy that terminates the arrhythmia: procedural termination is associated with improved long-term outcomes.

Han S Lim, Nicolas Derval, Yuki Komatsu, Stephan Zellerhoff, Arnaud Denis, Ashok J Shah, Frédéric Sacher, Mélèze Hocini, Pierre Jaïs, Michel Haïssaguerre

Journal article  |  2015  |  Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Thrombogenic Risk in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Importance of Comorbid Conditions and Intracardiac Changes.

Han S Lim, Scott R Willoughby, Carlee Schultz, Muayad Alasady, Geetanjali Rangnekar, Jerry Dang, Cheryl Gan, Dennis H Lau, Kurt C Roberts-Thomson, Glenn D Young, Matthew I Worthley, Prashanthan Sanders

Journal article  |  2015  |  JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology

OBJECTIVES: This study sought to determine the differences between the prothrombotic properties and chamber characteristics in pat..

Substrate mapping and ablation for ventricular tachycardia: the LAVA approach.

Frederic Sacher, Han S Lim, Nicolas Derval, Arnaud Denis, Benjamin Berte, Seigo Yamashita, Mélèze Hocini, Michel Haissaguerre, Pierre Jaïs

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

INTRODUCTION: Catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia (VT) is proven effective therapy particularly in patients with frequent..

Role of high-resolution image integration to visualize left phrenic nerve and coronary arteries during epicardial ventricular tachycardia ablation.

Seigo Yamashita, Frédéric Sacher, Saagar Mahida, Benjamin Berte, Han S Lim, Yuki Komatsu, Sana Amraoui, Arnaud Denis, Nicolas Derval, François Laurent, Michel Montaudon, Mélèze Hocini, Michel Haïssaguerre, Pierre Jaïs, Hubert Cochet

Journal article  |  2015  |  Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

BACKGROUND: Epicardial ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation is associated with risks of coronary artery (CA) and phrenic nerve (P..

Noninvasive mapping of ventricular arrhythmias.

Ashok J Shah, Han S Lim, Seigo Yamashita, Stephan Zellerhoff, Benjamin Berte, Saagar Mahida, Darren Hooks, Nora Aljefairi, Nicolas Derval, Arnaud Denis, Frédéric Sacher, Pierre Jais, Rémi Dubois, Meleze Hocini, Michel Haissaguerre

Journal article  |  2015  |  Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics

Several decades of research has led to the development of a 252-lead electrocardiogram-based three-dimensional imaging modality to..

Noninvasive mapping to guide atrial fibrillation ablation.

Han S Lim, Stephan Zellerhoff, Nicolas Derval, Arnaud Denis, Seigo Yamashita, Benjamin Berte, Saagar Mahida, Darren Hooks, Nora Aljefairi, Ashok J Shah, Frédéric Sacher, Meleze Hocini, Pierre Jais, Michel Haissaguerre

Journal article  |  2015  |  Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a dynamic rhythm. Noninvasive mapping overcomes many previous barriers to mapping such a dynamic rhyth..

Distinct localized reentrant drivers in persistent atrial fibrillation identified by noninvasive mapping: relation to f-wave morphology.

Han S Lim, Nicolas Derval, Arnaud Denis, Stephan Zellerhoff, Michel Haissaguerre

Journal article  |  2015  |  Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics

Noninvasive mapping overcomes previous barriers to provide panoramic beat-to-beat mapping during atrial fibrillation (AF). This ar..

Role of electrophysiological studies in predicting risk of ventricular arrhythmia in early repolarization syndrome.

Saagar Mahida, Nicolas Derval, Frederic Sacher, Antoine Leenhardt, Isabel Deisenhofer, Dominique Babuty, Jürg Schläpfer, Luc de Roy, Robert Frank, Sinikka Yli-Mayry, Philippe Mabo, Thomas Rostock, Akihiko Nogami, Jean-Luc Pasquié, Christian de Chillou, Josef Kautzner, Laurence Jesel, Philippe Maury, Benjamin Berte, Seigo Yamashita, et al.

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of the American College of Cardiology

BACKGROUND: The early repolarization (ER) pattern is associated with an increased risk of arrhythmogenic sudden death. However, st..

Response to Rakesh Latchamsetty, MD, and Hakan Oral, MD

HS Lim, N Derval, Y Komatsu, S Zellerhoff, A Denis, AJ Shah, F Sacher, M Hocini, P Jaïs, M Haïssaguerre

Journal article  |  2015  |  Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

History and clinical significance of early repolarization syndrome.

Saagar Mahida, Nicolas Derval, Frederic Sacher, Benjamin Berte, Seigo Yamashita, Darren A Hooks, Arnaud Denis, Han Lim, Sana Amraoui, Nora Aljefairi, Meleze Hocini, Pierre Jais, Michel Haissaguerre

Journal article  |  2015  |  Heart Rhythm

The early repolarization (ER) pattern has historically been regarded as a benign ECG variant. However, in recent years this view h..

Persistent atrial fibrillation ablation: conventional versus driver-guided strategy.

Han S Lim, Frédéric Sacher, Stephan Zellerhoff, Laurence Jesel, Ashok J Shah, Yuki Komatsu, Matthew Daly, Arnaud Denis, Nicolas Derval, Mélèze Hocini, Pierre Jaïs, Michel Haïssaguerre

Journal article  |  2015  |  Future Cardiology

While pulmonary vein isolation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) is highly effective, catheter ablation for persistent AF re..

Postmyocarditis ventricular tachycardia in patients with epicardial-only scar: a specific entity requiring a specific approach.

Benjamin Berte, Frederic Sacher, Hubert Cochet, Saagar Mahida, Seigo Yamashita, Han Lim, Arnaud Denis, Nicolas Derval, Mélèze Hocini, Michel Haïssaguerre, Pierre Jaïs

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

BACKGROUND: Nonischemic cardiomyopathy is a heterogeneous condition providing a favorable substrate for ventricular tachycardia (V..

Characterization of contact force during endocardial and epicardial ventricular mapping.

Laurence Jesel, Frédéric Sacher, Yuki Komatsu, Matthew Daly, Stephan Zellerhoff, Han S Lim, Nicolas Derval, Arnaud Denis, Wislane Ambri, Khaled Ramoul, Valérie Aurillac, Mélèze Hocini, Michel Haïssaguerre, Pierre Jaïs

Journal article  |  2014  |  Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

BACKGROUND: The optimal contact force (CF) for ventricular mapping and ablation remains unvalidated. We assessed CF in different e..

Successful catheter ablation decreases platelet activation and improves endothelial function in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Han S Lim, Scott R Willoughby, Carlee Schultz, Adhiraj Chakrabarty, Muayad Alasady, Dennis H Lau, Kurt C Roberts-Thomson, Matthew I Worthley, Glenn D Young, Prashanthan Sanders

Journal article  |  2014  |  Heart Rhythm

BACKGROUND: Nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) confers a five-fold increased risk of stroke. Whether catheter ablation (CA) subs..

Delineating atrial scar by electroanatomic voltage mapping versus cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: where to draw the line?

Han S Lim, Seigo Yamashita, Hubert Cochet, Michel Haïssaguerre

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Safety and prevention of complications during percutaneous epicardial access for the ablation of cardiac arrhythmias.

Han S Lim, Frédéric Sacher, Hubert Cochet, Benjamin Berte, Seigo Yamashita, Saagar Mahida, Stephan Zellerhoff, Yuki Komatsu, Arnaud Denis, Nicolas Derval, Mélèze Hocini, Michel Haïssaguerre, Pierre Jaïs

Journal article  |  2014  |  Heart Rhythm

Pulmonary vein isolation using a circular, open irrigated mapping and ablation catheter (nMARQ): a report on feasibility and efficacy.

Stephan Zellerhoff, Matthew Daly, Han S Lim, Arnaud Denis, Yuki Komatsu, Laurence Jesel, Nicolas Derval, Frédéric Sacher, Hubert Cochet, Sébastien Knecht, Sunthareth Yiem, Mélèze Hocini, Michel Haïssaguerre, Pierre Jaïs

Journal article  |  2014  |  Europace

AIMS: Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is the mainstay of interventional treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF). We repor..

Impact of pacing site on QRS duration and its relationship to hemodynamic response in cardiac resynchronization therapy for congestive heart failure.

Nicolas Derval, Pierre Bordachar, Han S Lim, Frederic Sacher, Sylvain Ploux, Julien Laborderie, Paul Steendijk, Antoine Deplagne, Philippe Ritter, Stephane Garrigue, Arnaud Denis, Mélèze Hocini, Michel Haissaguerre, Jacques Clementy, Pierre Jaïs

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

INTRODUCTION: Recent studies have demonstrated that left ventricular (LV) pacing site is a critical parameter in optimizing cardia..

Impact of septal radiofrequency ventricular tachycardia ablation: insights from magnetic resonance imaging.

Benjamin Berte, Frederic Sacher, Saagar Mahida, Seigo Yamashita, Han S Lim, Arnaud Denis, Nicolas Derval, Mélèze Hocini, Michel Haïssaguerre, Hubert Cochet, Pierre Jaïs

Journal article  |  2014  |  Circulation

Driver domains in persistent atrial fibrillation.

Michel Haissaguerre, Meleze Hocini, Arnaud Denis, Ashok J Shah, Yuki Komatsu, Seigo Yamashita, Matthew Daly, Sana Amraoui, Stephan Zellerhoff, Marie-Quitterie Picat, Adam Quotb, Laurence Jesel, Han Lim, Sylvain Ploux, Pierre Bordachar, Guillaume Attuel, Valentin Meillet, Philippe Ritter, Nicolas Derval, Frederic Sacher, et al.

Journal article  |  2014  |  Circulation

BACKGROUND: Specific noninvasive signal processing was applied to identify drivers in distinct categories of persistent atrial fib..

Diagnostic value of isoproterenol testing in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.

Arnaud Denis, Frédéric Sacher, Nicolas Derval, Han S Lim, Hubert Cochet, Ashok J Shah, Matthew Daly, Xavier Pillois, Khaled Ramoul, Yuki Komatsu, Adlane Zemmoura, Sana Amraoui, Philippe Ritter, Sylvain Ploux, Pierre Bordachar, Mélèze Hocini, Pierre Jaïs, Michel Haïssaguerre

Journal article  |  2014  |  Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

BACKGROUND: Although the Task Force Criteria for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) have recently been updated..

Characterization of thrombogenic, endothelial and inflammatory markers in supraventricular tachycardia: a study in patients with structurally normal hearts.

Carlee D Schultz, Geetanjali Rangneker, Han S Lim, Angelique Fraudeau, Glenn Young, Kurt Roberts-Thomson, Bobby John, Matthew Worthley, Prashanthan Sanders, Scott R Willoughby

Journal article  |  2014  |  Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are at an increased risk of thromboembolism and stroke primarily from the development of th..

Endocardial ablation to eliminate epicardial arrhythmia substrate in scar-related ventricular tachycardia.

Yuki Komatsu, Matthew Daly, Frédéric Sacher, Hubert Cochet, Arnaud Denis, Nicolas Derval, Laurence Jesel, Stephan Zellerhoff, Han S Lim, Amir Jadidi, Isabelle Nault, Ashok Shah, Laurent Roten, Patrizio Pascale, Daniel Scherr, Valerie Aurillac-Lavignolle, Mélèze Hocini, Michel Haïssaguerre, Pierre Jaïs

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of the American College of Cardiology

OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the feasibility and safety of epicardial substrate elimination with endocardial radiofrequency (RF) deliv..

Time course of inflammation, myocardial injury, and prothrombotic response after radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation.

Han S Lim, Carlee Schultz, Jerry Dang, Muayad Alasady, Dennis H Lau, Anthony G Brooks, Christopher X Wong, Kurt C Roberts-Thomson, Glenn D Young, Matthew I Worthley, Prashanthan Sanders, Scott R Willoughby

Journal article  |  2014  |  Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

BACKGROUND: Inflammation has been linked to the genesis of stroke in atrial fibrillation (AF) and is implicated in early recurrent..

Non-invasive ECG mapping to guide catheter ablation

AJ Shah, HS Lim, S Yamashita, S Zellerhoff, B Berte, S Mahida, D Hooks, N Aljefairi, N Derval, A Denis, F Sacher, P Jais, R Dubois, M Hocini, M Haissaguerre

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Atrial Fibrillation

Evaluation of patients with early repolarization syndrome

S Mahida, F Sacher, B Berte, S Yamashita, H Lim, N Derval, A Denis, A Shah, S Amraoui, M Hocini, P Jais, M Haissaguerre

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Atrial Fibrillation

Differential sequential septal pacing: a simple maneuver to differentiate nodal versus extranodal ventriculoatrial conduction.

Nicolas Derval, Allan C Skanes, Lorne J Gula, Chris Gray, Arnaud Denis, Han S Lim, Andrew D Krahn, Raymond Yee, Frederic Sacher, Michel Haïssaguerre, George J Klein

Journal article  |  2013  |  Heart Rhythm

BACKGROUND: Distinguishing retrograde nodal conduction from extranodal conduction using an accessory pathway (AP) can sometimes be..

Electrophysiologic characterization of local abnormal ventricular activities in postinfarction ventricular tachycardia with respect to their anatomic location.

Yuki Komatsu, Matthew Daly, Frédéric Sacher, Nicolas Derval, Patrizio Pascale, Laurent Roten, Daniel Scherr, Amir Jadidi, Khaled Ramoul, Arnaud Denis, Laurence Jesel, Stephan Zellerhoff, Han S Lim, Ashok Shah, Hubert Cochet, Mélèze Hocini, Michel Haïssaguerre, Pierre Jaïs

Journal article  |  2013  |  Heart Rhythm

BACKGROUND: Local abnormal ventricular activities (LAVA) in patients with scar-related ventricular tachycardia (VT) may appear at ..

The hunt for nonpulmonary vein triggers and acute pulmonary vein reconnections.

Han S Lim, Pierre Jaïs

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Aortic Stiffness in Lone Atrial Fibrillation: A Novel Risk Factor for Arrhythmia Recurrence

Dennis H Lau, Melissa E Middeldorp, Anthony G Brooks, Anand N Ganesan, Kurt C Roberts-Thomson, Martin K Stiles, Darryl P Leong, Hany S Abed, Han S Lim, Christopher X Wong, Scott R Willoughby, Glenn D Young, Jonathan M Kalman, Walter P Abhayaratna, Prashanthan Sanders

Journal article  |  2013  |  PLoS One

Massive hiatus hernia mimicking a left atrial mass.

Han S Lim, Darryl P Leong, Muayad Alasady

Journal article  |  2013  |  Heart, Lung and Circulation

Echocardiography is the investigational tool of choice for identifying cardiac masses. However, extracardiac masses may lead to a ..

Dynamic electrocardiographic recordings in patients with idiopathic ventricular fibrillation.

Nicolas Derval, Han S Lim, Michel Haïssaguerre

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Electrocardiology

Sudden cardiac death associated with J wave elevation in the inferolateral leads: insights from a multicenter registry.

Frederic Sacher, Han S Lim, Michel Haïssaguerre

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Electrocardiology

Atrial Arrhythmia in Ageing Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats: Unraveling the Substrate in Hypertension and Ageing

Dennis H Lau, Nicholas J Shipp, Darren J Kelly, Shivshankar Thanigaimani, Melissa Neo, Pawel Kuklik, Han S Lim, Yuan Zhang, Karen Drury, Christopher X Wong, Nicholas H Chia, Anthony G Brooks, Hany Dimitri, David A Saint, Lindsay Brown, Prashanthan Sanders

Journal article  |  2013  |  PLoS One

Myocardial infarction and atrial fibrillation: importance of atrial ischemia.

Muayad Alasady, Nicholas J Shipp, Anthony G Brooks, Han S Lim, Dennis H Lau, David Barlow, Pawel Kuklik, Matthew I Worthley, Kurt C Roberts-Thomson, David A Saint, Walter Abhayaratna, Prashanthan Sanders

Journal article  |  2013  |  Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

BACKGROUND: Myocardial infarction (MI) is associated with the development of atrial fibrillation (AF). We aimed to characterize th..

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Han S Lim, Scott R Willoughby, Prashanthan Sanders

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Survival in patients with myocardial infarction complicated by out-of-hospital cardiac arrest undergoing emergency percutaneous coronary intervention

Han S Lim, Dion Stub, Andrew E Ajani, Nick Andrianopoulos, Christopher M Reid, Kerrie Charter, Alexander Black, Karen Smith, Gishel New, William Chan, Chris CS Lim, Omar Farouque, James Shaw, Angela Brennan, Stephen J Duffy, David J Clark

Journal article  |  2013  |  International Journal of Cardiology

Does catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation eliminate the need for anticoagulation?

R Mahajan, R Pathak, HS Lim, SR Willoughby, P Sanders

Journal article  |  2013  |  Interventional Cardiology

Long-term outcomes of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Anand N Ganesan, Nicholas J Shipp, Anthony G Brooks, Pawel Kuklik, Dennis H Lau, Han S Lim, Thomas Sullivan, Kurt C Roberts-Thomson, Prashanthan Sanders

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of the American Heart Association

BACKGROUND: In the past decade, catheter ablation has become an established therapy for symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF). Unti..

Effect of Atrial Fibrillation on Atrial Thrombogenesis in Humans: Impact of Rate and Rhythm

Han S Lim, Scott R Willoughby, Carlee Schultz, Cheryl Gan, Muayad Alasady, Dennis H Lau, Darryl P Leong, Anthony G Brooks, Glenn D Young, Peter M Kistler, Jonathan M Kalman, Matthew I Worthley, Prashanthan Sanders

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Importance of the underlying substrate in determining thrombus location in atrial fibrillation: implications for left atrial appendage closure

Rajiv Mahajan, Anthony G Brooks, Thomas Sullivan, Han S Lim, Muayad Alasady, Hany S Abed, Anand N Ganesan, Sachin Nayyar, Dennis H Lau, Kurt C Roberts-Thomson, Jonathan M Kalman, Prashanthan Sanders

Journal article  |  2012  |  Heart

Real-time CartoSound imaging of the esophagus: a comparison to computed tomography.

Lauren Wilson, Anthony G Brooks, Dennis H Lau, Hany Dimitri, Gautam Sharma, Han S Lim, Muayad Alasady, Glenn D Young, Prashanthan Sanders

Journal article  |  2012  |  International Journal of Cardiology

Atrial fibrillation in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: role of pulmonary veins.

Paweł Derejko, Lukasz Jan Szumowski, Prashanthan Sanders, Wojciech Krupa, Robert Bodalski, Michał Orczykowski, Piotr Urbanek, Joanna Zakrzewska, Han S Lim, Dennis H Lau, Jacek Kuśnierz, Franciszek Walczak

Journal article  |  2012  |  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

AIM: We aimed to characterize electrophysiological properties of pulmonary veins (PVs) in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW..

Assessment of endothelial function in atrial fibrillation: utility of peripheral arterial tonometry.

Christopher X Wong, Han S Lim, Carlee D Schultz, Prashanthan Sanders, Matthew I Worthley, Scott R Willoughby

Journal article  |  2012  |  Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Endothelial function is an independent predictor of adverse cardiovascular outcomes. The evaluation of endothelial function via ch..

Approach to the difficult transseptal: diathermy facilitated left atrial access.

Hany S Abed, Muayad Alasady, Dennis H Lau, Han S Lim, Prashanthan Sanders

Journal article  |  2012  |  Heart, Lung and Circulation

Percutaneous transseptal left atrial (LA) access is increasingly becoming a routine procedure in the electrophysiology and cardiac..

Coronary artery disease affecting the atrial branches is an independent determinant of atrial fibrillation after myocardial infarction.

Muayad Alasady, Walter P Abhayaratna, Darryl P Leong, Han S Lim, Hany S Abed, Anthony G Brooks, Sue Mattchoss, Kurt C Roberts-Thomson, Matthew I Worthley, Derek P Chew, Prashanthan Sanders

Journal article  |  2011  |  Heart Rhythm

BACKGROUND: During acute myocardial infarction (MI), the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) is 6% to 22%, and its occurrence in..

Left superior pulmonary vein rhythm masquerading as sinus rhythm.

Rajiv Mahajan, Han S Lim, Dennis H Lau, Prashanthan Sanders

Journal article  |  2011  |  Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal

Inflammation, Myocardial Injury and Prothrombotic Response Following Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

HS Lim, SR Willoughby, C Schultz, M Alasady, M Worthley, GD Young, P Sanders

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Arrhythmia

Coronary Sinus Isolation: Evidence for Discrete CS-LA Connections

S Nayyar, HS Lim, HS Abed, M Alasady, KC Roberts-Thomson, P Sanders

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Arrhythmia

The Effect of Acute Onset Atrial Fibrillation and Rapid Atrial Rates on Markers of Thrombogenesis in the Human Left Atrium

HS Lim, SR Willoughby, C Schultz, M Alasady, DH Lau, KC Roberts-Thomson, GD Young, P Sanders

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Arrhythmia

Catheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia.

HS Lim, CB Singleton, M Alasady, AD McGavigan

Journal article  |  2010  |  Internal Medicine Journal

Sudden cardiac death due to ventricular arrhythmias remains the most common cause of death in developed nations. Implantable cardi..

Feasibility of high-density electrophysiological study using multiple-electrode array in isolated small animal atria.

Dennis H Lau, Lorraine Mackenzie, Nicholas J Shipp, Pawel Kuklik, Hany Dimitri, Bruce LW Lobb, Muayad Alasady, Han S Lim, Douglas R Kelly, Anthony G Brooks, David A Saint, Prashanthan Sanders

Journal article  |  2010  |  Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

1. High-density cardiac electrophysiological study (EPS) of small animal atria has been limited to optical mapping techniques, whi..

Long-term mechanical consequences of permanent right ventricular pacing: effect of pacing site.

Darryl P Leong, Anne-Marie Mitchell, Ingrid Salna, Anthony G Brooks, Gautam Sharma, Han S Lim, Muayad Alasady, Malcolm Barlow, James Leitch, Prashanthan Sanders, Glenn D Young

Journal article  |  2010  |  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

INTRODUCTION: Long-term right ventricular apical (RVA) pacing has been associated with adverse effects on left ventricular systoli..

Atrial platelet reactivity in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Scott R Willoughby, Ross L Roberts-Thomson, Han S Lim, Carlee Schultz, Anisha Prabhu, Paolo De Sciscio, Christopher X Wong, Matthew I Worthley, Prashanthan Sanders

Journal article  |  2010  |  Heart Rhythm

BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with an increased risk of thrombus formation in the left but not the right atri..

The need to improve organ donation and transplantation rates in Australia.

HS Lim, L Wong

Journal article  |  2010  |  Internal Medicine Journal

Evidence-based management of heart failure in clinical practice: a review of device-based therapy use.

S Thavapalachandran, DP Leong, MK Stiles, B John, H Dimitri, DH Lau, PJ Psaltis, AG Brooks, M Alasady, HS Lim, GD Young, P Sanders

Journal article  |  2009  |  Internal Medicine Journal

BACKGROUND: Heart failure is a growing health issue and is associated with significant mortality risk. Device therapy is efficacio..

Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Ostial Lesions in the Era of Drug-Eluting Stents

Melanie Freeman, David J Clark, Nick Andrianopoulos, Stephen J Duffy, Han S Lim, Angela Brennan, Kerrie Charter, James Shaw, Mark Horrigan, Andrew E Ajani, Martin Sebastian, Christopher M Reid, HM Omar Farouque

Journal article  |  2009  |  Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Survival of Elderly Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock

Han S Lim, Omar Farouque, Nick Andrianopoulos, Bryan P Yan, Chris CS Lim, Angela L Brennan, Chris M Reid, Melanie Freeman, Kerrie Charter, Alexander Black, Gishel New, Andrew E Ajani, Stephen J Duffy, David J Clark

Journal article  |  2009  |  JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions