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Carlos A. Morillo

Carlos A. Morillo

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Medicine

D-Index
86
Citations
37956
World Ranking
13902
National Ranking
574

Overview

Carlos A. Morillo is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada and specializes in medical research, particularly within cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their scholarly output includes significant contributions to the study of cardiac arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation management, and cardiovascular syncope, reflecting a sustained focus on the interplay of heart function and autonomic control.

Their research spans several subfields, including cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, surgery, epidemiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and physiology. Morillo's work addresses diverse topics such as cardiac arrhythmias and treatments, cardiovascular syncope and autonomic disorders, atrial fibrillation management and outcomes, heart rate variability and autonomic control, and cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies. There is also notable engagement with Trypanosoma species research and its implications.

Frequent collaborators in their research endeavors include:

  • Satish R. Raj
  • Robert S. Sheldon
  • Luis Eduardo Echeverría
  • Vidal Essebag
  • Sergio Alejandro Gómez-Ochoa

Their published work appears prominently in several scientific journals. The most common publication venues are:

  • Heart Rhythm
  • Canadian Journal of Cardiology
  • EP Europace
  • Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • European Heart Journal

Representative recent papers by Carlos A. Morillo include:

  • "Cryoablation or Drug Therapy for Initial Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation," 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Progression of Atrial Fibrillation after Cryoablation or Drug Therapy," 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Effect of Catheter Ablation With Vein of Marshall Ethanol Infusion vs Catheter Ablation Alone on Persistent Atrial Fibrillation," 2020, JAMA
  • "2020 APHRS/HRS expert consensus statement on the investigation of decedents with sudden unexplained death and patients with sudden cardiac arrest, and of their families," 2020, Heart Rhythm
  • "WHF IASC Roadmap on Chagas Disease," 2020, Global Heart

Best Publications

  • Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation and the Risk of Stroke

    Jeff S. Healey;Stuart J. Connolly;Michael R. Gold;Carsten W. Israel

  • Cryptogenic stroke and underlying atrial fibrillation

    Tommaso Sanna;Hans-Christoph Diener;Rod S. Passman;Richard A. Bernstein

  • Approaches to Catheter Ablation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

    Atul Verma;Chen-yang Jiang;Timothy R. Betts;Jian Chen

  • Chronic Rapid Atrial Pacing Structural, Functional, and Electrophysiological Characteristics of a New Model of Sustained Atrial Fibrillation

    Carlos A. Morillo;George J. Klein;Douglas L. Jones;Colette M. Guiraudon

  • Prevention of atrial fibrillation with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers : a meta-analysis

    Jeff S. Healey;Adrian Baranchuk;Eugene Crystal;Carlos A. Morillo

  • Randomized Trial of Benznidazole for Chronic Chagas’ Cardiomyopathy

    Carlos A. Morillo;Jose Antonio Marin-Neto;Alvaro Avezum;Sergio Sosa-Estani

  • Evaluation and treatment of chagas disease in the United States : A systematic review

    Caryn Bern;Susan P. Montgomery;Barbara L. Herwaldt;Anis Rassi

  • 2015 Heart Rhythm Society Expert Consensus Statement on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Postural Tachycardia Syndrome, Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia, and Vasovagal Syncope

    Robert S. Sheldon;Blair P. Grubb;Brian Olshansky;Win Kuang Shen

  • Dronedarone in High-Risk Permanent Atrial Fibrillation

    Amany N. Elgazayerly;Pieter A. de Graeff;Hubert G. Leufkens

  • Temporal Relationship Between Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation and Embolic Events

    Michela Brambatti;Stuart J. Connolly;Michael R. Gold;Carlos A. Morillo

  • Radiofrequency Ablation vs Antiarrhythmic Drugs as First-Line Treatment of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation (RAAFT-2): A Randomized Trial

    Carlos A. Morillo;Atul Verma;Stuart J. Connolly;Karl H. Kuck

  • 2015 HRS/EHRA/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on optimal implantable cardioverter-defibrillator programming and testing

    Bruce L. Wilkoff;Laurent Fauchier;Martin K. Stiles;Carlos A. Morillo

  • Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Study (LAAOS): Results of a randomized controlled pilot study of left atrial appendage occlusion during coronary bypass surgery in patients at risk for stroke

    Jeff S. Healey;Eugene Crystal;Andre Lamy;Kevin Teoh

  • Pacemaker Therapy for Prevention of Syncope in Patients With Recurrent Severe Vasovagal Syncope Second Vasovagal Pacemaker Study (VPS II): A Randomized Trial

    Stuart J. Connolly;Robert Sheldon;Kevin E. Thorpe;Robin S. Roberts

  • Interventions for preventing post‐operative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing heart surgery

    Kyle A Arsenault;Arif M Yusuf;Eugene Crystal;Jeff S Healey

  • Duration of device-detected subclinical atrial fibrillation and occurrence of stroke in ASSERT

    Isabelle C. Van Gelder;Jeff S. Healey;Harry J. G. M. Crijns;Jia Wang

  • Cryoablation or Drug Therapy for Initial Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

    Jason G. Andrade;George A. Wells;Marc W. Deyell;Matthew Bennett

  • Chagas disease: an overview of clinical and epidemiological aspects.

    Maria Carmo Pereira Nunes;Wistremundo Dones;Carlos A. Morillo;Juan Justiniano Encina

  • Noninvasive Cardiac Monitoring for Detecting Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation or Flutter After Acute Ischemic Stroke A Systematic Review

    Joy Liao;Zahira Khalid;Ciaran Scallan;Carlos Morillo

  • Practical Instructions for the 2018 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of syncope

    Michele Brignole;Angel Moya;Frederik J de Lange;Jean-Claude Deharo

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart J. Connolly
Stuart J. Connolly McMaster University
Jeff S. Healey
Jeff S. Healey Population Health Research Institute
Stefan H. Hohnloser
Stefan H. Hohnloser Goethe University Frankfurt
George J. Klein
George J. Klein University of Western Ontario
Andrew D. Krahn
Andrew D. Krahn University of British Columbia
Patricio López-Jaramillo
Patricio López-Jaramillo University of Santander
Isabelle C. Van Gelder
Isabelle C. Van Gelder University Medical Center Groningen
Michael R. Gold
Michael R. Gold Medical University of South Carolina
Hans-Christoph Diener
Hans-Christoph Diener University of Duisburg-Essen
Raymond Yee
Raymond Yee University of Western Ontario

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