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Benjamin J. Scherlag is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, with specific emphasis on atrial fibrillation management, cardiac arrhythmias, and autonomic control.

Their publication record spans various prominent journals, including multiple articles in Heart Rhythm O2 and Heart Rhythm, alongside contributions to JACC. Clinical Electrophysiology and Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine. Their work integrates aspects of cardiac electrophysiology, pacing, defibrillation studies, and cardiovascular physiology.

Key recent papers authored or coauthored by Benjamin J. Scherlag include:

  • "TREAT AF (Transcutaneous Electrical Vagus Nerve Stimulation to Suppress Atrial Fibrillation)" (2020) published in JACC. Clinical Electrophysiology
  • "Atrial fibrillation in obstructive sleep apnea: Neural mechanisms and emerging therapies" (2020) in Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine
  • "Insulin Treatment Reduces Susceptibility to Atrial Fibrillation in Type 1 Diabetic Mice" (2020) in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
  • "Impact of low-level electromagnetic fields on the inducibility of atrial fibrillation in the electrophysiology laboratory" (2021) in Heart Rhythm O2
  • "Atrioventricular junctional ablation: The good, the bad, the better" (2020) in Heart Rhythm O2

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Sunny S. Po, Tarun W. Dasari, Stavros Stavrakis, Khaled Elkholey, and Isma Javed.

Their work spans a range of topics related to cardiovascular health and disease. Main topics include:

  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

In addition to cardiology, Benjamin J. Scherlag's research intersects with subfields such as complementary and alternative medicine, biomedical engineering, neurology, and physiology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to cardiovascular research.

Best Publications

  • Catheter Technique for Recording His Bundle Activity in Man

    Benjamin J. Scherlag;Sun H. Lau;Richard H. Helfant;Walter D. Berkowitz

  • Catheter ablation of cardiac autonomic nerves for prevention of vagal atrial fibrillation.

    Patrick Schauerte;Benjamin J. Scherlag;Jan Pitha;Michael A. Scherlag

  • Method and apparatus for transvascular treatment of tachycardia and fibrillation

    Benjamin J. Scherlag;Michael Scherlag;Patrick Schauerte;Wilton W. Webster

  • Triggered firing in pulmonary veins initiated by in vitro autonomic nerve stimulation

    Eugene Patterson;Sunny S. Po;Benjamin J. Scherlag;Ralph Lazzara

  • Re-entrant ventricular arrhythmias in the late myocardial infarction period. 1. Conduction characteristics in the infarction zone.

    N El-Sherif;B J Scherlag;R Lazzara;R R Hope

  • Electrical stimulation to identify neural elements on the heart : Their role in atrial fibrillation

    Benjamin J. Scherlag;Hiroshi Nakagawa;Warren M. Jackman;William S. Yamanashi

  • Recording from the body surface of arrhythmogenic ventricular activity during the S-T segment.

    Edward J. Berbari;Edward J. Berbari;Benjamin J. Scherlag;Benjamin J. Scherlag;Ronald R. Hope;Ronald R. Hope;Ralph Lazzara;Ralph Lazzara

  • Ganglionated Plexi Modulate Extrinsic Cardiac Autonomic Nerve Input: Effects on Sinus Rate, Atrioventricular Conduction, Refractoriness, and Inducibility of Atrial Fibrillation

    Yinglong Hou;Benjamin J. Scherlag;Jiaxiong Lin;Ying Zhang

  • Characterization and Localization of Ventricular Arrhythmias Resulting from Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction

    Benjamin J. Scherlag;Nabil El-Sherif;Ronald Hope;Ralph Lazzara

  • Autonomically induced conversion of pulmonary vein focal firing into atrial fibrillation.

    Benjamin J. Scherlag;William Yamanashi;Utpal Patel;Ralph Lazzara

  • Bradycardia-dependent triggered activity: relevance to drug-induced multiform ventricular tachycardia.

    J Brachmann;B J Scherlag;L V Rosenshtraukh;R Lazzara

  • Focal Atrial Fibrillation: Experimental Evidence for a Pathophysiologic Role of the Autonomic Nervous System

    Patrick Schauerte;Benjamin J. Scherlag;Eugene Patterson;Michael A. Scherlag

  • Sodium-calcium exchange initiated by the Ca2+ transient: an arrhythmia trigger within pulmonary veins.

    Eugene Patterson;Ralph Lazzara;Bela Szabo;Hong Liu

  • Re-entrant ventricular arrhythmias in the late myocardial infarction period. 2. Patterns of initiation and termination of re-entry.

    N El-Sherif;R R Hope;B J Scherlag;R Lazzara

  • Experimental model for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation arising at the pulmonary vein-atrial junctions.

    Sunny S. Po;Benjamin J. Scherlag;William S. Yamanashi;Jeff Edwards

  • Electrophysiological Properties of Canine Purkinje Cells in One-Day-Old Myocardial Infarction

    Ralph Lazzara;Nabil El-Sherif;Benjamin J. Scherlag

  • Electrical Conduction Between the Right Atrium and the Left Atrium via the Musculature of the Coronary Sinus

    Matthias Antz;Kenichiro Otomo;Mauricio Arruda;Benjamin J. Scherlag

  • Low-Level Transcutaneous Electrical Vagus Nerve Stimulation Suppresses Atrial Fibrillation

    Stavros Stavrakis;Mary Beth Humphrey;Benjamin J. Scherlag;Yanqing Hu

  • Atrioventricular block: Localization and classification by his bundle recordings

    Onkar S. Narula;Benjamin J. Scherlag;Philip Samet;Roger P. Javier

  • A randomized comparison of pulmonary vein isolation with versus without concomitant renal artery denervation in patients with refractory symptomatic atrial fibrillation and resistant hypertension.

    Michael A. Scherlag;Benjamin J. Scherlag

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralph Lazzara
Ralph Lazzara University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Warren M. Jackman
Warren M. Jackman University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Nabil El-Sherif
Nabil El-Sherif United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Hongliang Li
Hongliang Li Wuhan University
Madeleine W. Cunningham
Madeleine W. Cunningham University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Shih-Ann Chen
Shih-Ann Chen National Chung Hsing University
Douglas R. Powell
Douglas R. Powell University of Oklahoma
Christopher E. Aston
Christopher E. Aston University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Carey Pope
Carey Pope Texas A&M University
Kytai T. Nguyen
Kytai T. Nguyen The University of Texas at Arlington

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