Description of Research Expertise

Dr. Nazarian is a clinical and translational investigator in the field of cardiac electrophysiology and is particularly interested in integration of advanced imaging modalities for optimization of procedural success for ablation of complex ventricular arrhythmia in structural heart disease. In addition to his medical expertise, Dr. Nazarian has a Ph.D. degree in Clinical Epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He has published extensively on the anatomy of the ventricular arrhythmia substrate. In his arrhythmia imaging laboratory, he oversees a team of individuals dedicated to facilitating atrial and ventricular arrhythmia research and clinical care within an academic medical center environment. Dr. Nazarian has been and continues to serve as the principal investigator for several grants from the National Institutes of Health to characterize the substrate for malignant arrhythmia.

Selected Publications

Kim D, Collins JD, White JA, Hanneman K, Lee DC, Patel AR, Hu P, Litt H, Weinsaft JW, Davids R, Mukai K, Ng MY, Luetkens JA, Roguin A, Rochitte CE, Woodard PK, Manisty C, Zareba KM, Mont L, Bogun F, Ennis DB, Nazarian S, Webster G, Stojanovska J.: SCMR expert consensus statement for cardiovascular magnetic resonance of patients with a cardiac implantable electronic device J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 26 : 100995,2024.

Zghaib T, Nazarian S.: Synopsis of JBS recommendations for magnetic resonance imaging in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices Heart 110 : 225-227,2024.

Thind M, Oraii A, Chaumont C, Arceluz MR, Sekigawa M, Yogasundaram H, Sugrue A, Mirwais M, AlSalem AB, Zado ES, Guandalini GS, Markman TM, Deo R, Schaller RD, Dixit S, Epstein AE, Supple GE, Tschabrunn CM, Santangeli P, Callans DJ, Hyman MC, Nazarian S, Frankel DS, Marchlinski FE.: Predictors of Non-Pulmonary Vein Triggers for Atrial Fibrillation: A Clinical Risk Score Heart Rhythm : 2024.

Chen S, Francioli LC, Goodrich JK, Collins RL, Kanai M, Wang Q, Alföldi J, Watts NA, Vittal C, Gauthier LD, Poterba T, Wilson MW, Tarasova Y, Phu W, Grant R, Yohannes MT, Koenig Z, Farjoun Y, Banks E, Donnelly S, Gabriel S, Gupta N, Ferriera S, Tolonen C, Novod S, Bergelson L, Roazen D, Ruano-Rubio V, Covarrubias M, Llanwarne C, Petrillo N, Wade G, Jeandet T, Munshi R, Tibbetts K; Genome Aggregation Database Consortium; O'Donnell-Luria A, Solomonson M, Seed C, Martin AR, Talkowski ME, Rehm HL, Daly MJ, Tiao G, Neale BM, MacArthur DG, Karczewski KJ.: Author Correction: A genomic mutational constraint map using variation in 76,156 human genomes Nature : 2024.

Schaller RD, Hyman M, Supple GE, Santangeli P, Riley MP, Nazarian S, Arkles J, Garcia F, Lin D, Guandalini G, Kumareswaran R, Deo R, Bode W, Markman T, Epstein A, Callans DJ, Dixit S, Brozoski J, Marchlinski FE, Frankel DS.: Defibrillation testing of the subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator at the time of generator replacement Heart Rhythm : 2024.

Guo MH, Francioli LC, Stenton SL, Goodrich JK, Watts NA, Singer-Berk M, Groopman E, Darnowsky PW, Solomonson M, Baxter S; gnomAD Project Consortium; Tiao G, Neale BM, Hirschhorn JN, Rehm HL, Daly MJ, O'Donnell-Luria A, Karczewski KJ, MacArthur DG, Samocha KE.: Inferring compound heterozygosity from large-scale exome sequencing data Nat Genet : 2024.

Chen S, Francioli LC, Goodrich JK, Collins RL, Kanai M, Wang Q, Alföldi J, Watts NA, Vittal C, Gauthier LD, Poterba T, Wilson MW, Tarasova Y, Phu W, Grant R, Yohannes MT, Koenig Z, Farjoun Y, Banks E, Donnelly S, Gabriel S, Gupta N, Ferriera S, Tolonen C, Novod S, Bergelson L, Roazen D, Ruano-Rubio V, Covarrubias M, Llanwarne C, Petrillo N, Wade G, Jeandet T, Munshi R, Tibbetts K; Genome Aggregation Database Consortium; O'Donnell-Luria A, Solomonson M, Seed C, Martin AR, Talkowski ME, Rehm HL, Daly MJ, Tiao G, Neale BM, MacArthur DG, Karczewski KJ.: A genomic mutational constraint map using variation in 76,156 human genomes Nature : 2024.

Arkles J, Markman T, Trevillian R, Yegya-Raman N, Garg L, Nazarian S, Santangeli P, Garcia F, Callans D, Frankel DS, Supple G, Lin D, Riley M, Kumaraeswaran R, Marchlinski F, Schaller R, Desjardins B, Chen H, Apinorasethkul O, Alonso-Basanta M, Diffenderfer E, Kim MM, Feigenberg S, Zou W, Marcel J, Cengel KA.: One-year outcomes after stereotactic body radiotherapy for refractory ventricular tachycardia Heart Rhythm : 2024.

Pothineni NVK, Batnyam U, Schwennesen H, Tierney A, Messé SR, Cucchiara B, Mendelson TB, Luebbert JJ, Yang W, Kumareswaran R, Hyman MC, Lin D, Dixit S, Epstein AE, Arkles JS, Nazarian S, Schaller RD, Supple GE, Callans D, Yaeger A, Frankel DS, Santangeli P, Kasner SE, Marchlinski FE, Deo R.: Evaluation of organized atrial arrhythmias after cryptogenic stroke Heart Rhythm O2 5 : 34-40,2023.

Patel NA, Lin D, Ha B, Hyman MC, Nazarian S, Frankel DS, Epstein AE, Marchlinski FE, Markman TM.: Intraoperative ultrasound-guided pectoral nerve blocks for cardiac implantable device procedures J Interv Card Electrophysiol : 2023.

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Academic Contact Information

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Cardiac Electrophysiology, 9 Founders Pavilion
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-615-5220
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366