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Alfred E. Buxton is affiliated with the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, with significant contributions to subfields such as cardiac arrhythmias and treatments, cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, and cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias. Additional areas of study include cardiac imaging and diagnostics, atrial fibrillation management and outcomes, cardiac valve diseases and treatments, cardiac arrest and resuscitation, as well as radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, emergency medicine, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and surgery.

Buxton's research topics cover a range of cardiac conditions and therapeutic approaches. Major topics of work include:

  • Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation

They have published extensively in notable venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Heart Rhythm
  • Circulation
  • Heart Rhythm O2
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • EP Europace

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Buxton include:

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2022 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association, 2022, Circulation
  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2023 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association, 2023, Circulation
  • 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, 2020, EP Europace
  • Ablation of Reentry-Vulnerable Zones Determined by Left Ventricular Activation From Multiple Directions: A Novel Approach for Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation, 2020, Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
  • 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, 2020, Heart Rhythm

The scientist collaborates frequently with colleagues including Jonathan W. Waks, André d'Ávila, Patricia Tung, Peter Zimetbaum, and Andrew H. Locke.

Best Publications

  • A Randomized Study of the Prevention of Sudden Death in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

    Alfred E. Buxton;Kerry L. Lee;John D. Fisher;Mark E. Josephson

  • ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Develop Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death)

    Douglas P. Zipes;A. John Camm;Martin Borggrefe;Alfred E. Buxton

  • Dual-chamber pacing or ventricular backup pacing in patients with an implantable defibrillator: the Dual Chamber and VVI Implantable Defibrillator (DAVID) Trial.

    Bruce L. Wilkoff;James R. Cook;Andrew E. Epstein;Leon Greene

  • Rhythm control versus rate control for atrial fibrillation and heart failure

    Denis Roy;Mario Talajic;Stanley Nattel;D. George Wyse

  • Guías de Práctica Clínica del ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 sobre el manejo de pacientes con arritmias ventriculares y la prevención de la muerte cardiaca súbita. Versión resumida.

    Douglas P. Zipes;A. John Camm;Martin Borggrefe;Alfred E. Buxton

  • ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 guidelines for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death

    Douglas P. Zipes;A. John Camm;Martin Borggrefe;Alfred E. Buxton

  • Sudden Cardiac Death Prediction and Prevention: Report From a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and Heart Rhythm Society Workshop

    Glenn I. Fishman;Sumeet S. Chugh;John P. Dimarco;Christine M. Albert

  • Electrophysiologic testing to identify patients with coronary artery disease who are at risk for sudden death

    A E Buxton;K L Lee;L DiCarlo;M R Gold

  • ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death. A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines.

    Douglas P. Zipes;A. John Camm;Martin Borggrefe;Alfred E. Buxton

  • Limitations of ejection fraction for prediction of sudden death risk in patients with coronary artery disease. Lessons from the MUSTT study

    Alfred E. Buxton;Kerry L. Lee;Gail E. Hafley;Luis A. Pires

  • Right ventricular tachycardia: clinical and electrophysiologic characteristics.

    A E Buxton;H L Waxman;F E Marchlinski;M B Simson

  • Risk stratification for sudden cardiac death: current status and challenges for the future

    Hein J.J. Wellens;Peter J. Schwartz;Fred W. Lindemans;Alfred E Buxton

  • Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea reduces the risk of atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation.

    Adam S. Fein;Alexei Shvilkin;Dhaval Shah;Charles I. Haffajee

  • Refractory ergonovine-induced coronary vasospasm: Importance of intracoronary nitroglycerin

    Alfred Buxton;Sheldon Goldberg;John W. Hirshfeld;John Wilson

  • Role of triple extrastimuli during electrophysiologic study of patients with documented sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias.

    A E Buxton;H L Waxman;F E Marchlinski;W J Untereker

  • The Automatic Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator: Efficacy, Complications, and Device Failures

    F E Marchlinski;B T Flores;A E Buxton;W C Hargrove rd

  • Amiodarone for control of sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmia: Clinical and electrophysiologic effects in 51 patients

    Harvey L. Waxman;William C. Groh;Francis E. Marchlinski;Alfred E. Buxton

  • Clinical characteristics and long-term follow-up in 119 survivors of cardiac arrest: Relation to inducibility at electrophysiologic testing

    Denis Roy;Harvey L. Waxman;Michael G. Kienzle;Alfred E. Buxton

  • Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death.

    Douglas P Zipes;A John Camm;Martin Borggrefe;Alfred E Buxton

  • Guidelines for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death. Executive summary

    Zipes Dp;Camm Aj;Borggrefe M;Buxton Ae

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark E. Josephson
Mark E. Josephson Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Francis E. Marchlinski
Francis E. Marchlinski University of Pennsylvania
Kerry L. Lee
Kerry L. Lee Duke University
Arthur J. Moss
Arthur J. Moss University of Rochester Medical Center
Sana M. Al-Khatib
Sana M. Al-Khatib Duke University
Alan H. Kadish
Alan H. Kadish Touro College
Scott D. Solomon
Scott D. Solomon Brigham and Women's Hospital
Daniel B. Mark
Daniel B. Mark Duke University
Elsayed Z. Soliman
Elsayed Z. Soliman Wake Forest University
Nona Sotoodehnia
Nona Sotoodehnia University of Washington

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