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Overview

George J. Klein is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, focusing primarily on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including cardiac arrhythmias, electrophysiology, and advanced imaging techniques.

Their research topics encompass:

  • Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications

George J. Klein has published papers in a range of journals, with frequent publication in:

  • Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
  • Heart Rhythm
  • American Heart Journal
  • Heart
  • JACC. Clinical electrophysiology

Recently published papers include:

  • Impact of electrical cardioversion on quality of life for patients with symptomatic persistent atrial fibrillation: Is there a treatment expectation effect? (2020, American Heart Journal)
  • Approach to a patient with asymptomatic pre-excitation (2023, Heart)
  • Para-Hisian Pacing During Sinus Rhythm (2020, JACC. Clinical electrophysiology)
  • A simple maneuver to determine if septal accessory pathway ablation requires a left atrial approach (2020, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology)
  • Narrow complex tachycardia with alternating atrial activation: What is the mechanism? (2024, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology)

George J. Klein has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Allan C. Skanes
  • Jason D. Roberts
  • Anthony Tang
  • Lorne J. Gula
  • Jaimie Manlucu

Best Publications

  • 2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: recommendations for patient selection, procedural techniques, patient management and follow-up, definitions, endpoints, and research trial design

    Hugh Calkins;Karl Heinz Kuck;Riccardo Cappato;Josep Brugada

  • 2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: Recommendations for patient selection, procedural techniques, patient management and follow-up, definitions, endpoints, and research trial design

    Hugh Calkins;Karl Heinz Kuck;Riccardo Cappato;Josep Brugada

  • Updated worldwide survey on the methods, efficacy, and safety of catheter ablation for human atrial fibrillation

    Riccardo Cappato;Hugh Calkins;Shih Ann Chen;Wyn Davies

  • Canadian implantable defibrillator study (CIDS) : a randomized trial of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator against amiodarone.

    Stuart J. Connolly;Michael Gent;Robin S. Roberts;Paul Dorian

  • Sudden Cardiac Arrest Associated with Early Repolarization

    Michel Haïssaguerre;Nicolas Derval;Frederic Sacher;Laurence Jesel

  • 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

  • Ventricular fibrillation in the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.

    George J. Klein;Thomas M. Bashore;T. D. Sellers;Edward L. C. Pritchett

  • Catheter Ablation Versus Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Atrial Fibrillation: The A4 Study

    Pierre Jaïs;Bruno Cauchemez;Laurent Macle;Emile Daoud

  • Effects of physiologic pacing versus ventricular pacing on the risk of stroke and death due to cardiovascular causes

    Stuart J. Connolly;Charles R. Kerr;Michael Gent;Robin S. Roberts

  • 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

  • Prevalence and Causes of Fatal Outcome in Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

    Riccardo Cappato;Hugh Calkins;Shih Ann Chen;Wyn Davies

  • Somatic mutations in the connexin 40 gene (GJA5) in atrial fibrillation.

    Michael H Gollob;Douglas L Jones;Andrew D Krahn;Lynne Danis

  • Randomized Assessment of Syncope Trial Conventional Diagnostic Testing Versus a Prolonged Monitoring Strategy

    Andrew D. Krahn;George J. Klein;Raymond Yee;Allan C. Skanes

  • Progression to chronic atrial fibrillation after the initial diagnosis of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: results from the Canadian Registry of Atrial Fibrillation.

    Charles R. Kerr;Karin H. Humphries;Mario Talajic;George J. Klein

  • Use of an Extended Monitoring Strategy in Patients With Problematic Syncope

    Andrew D. Krahn;George J. Klein;Raymond Yee;Teri Takle-Newhouse

  • Delayed Enhancement Magnetic Resonance Imaging Predicts Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients With Intraventricular Dyssynchrony

    James A. White;Raymond Yee;Xiaping Yuan;Andrew Krahn

  • PACES/HRS Expert Consensus Statement on the Management of the Asymptomatic Young Patient with a Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW, Ventricular Preexcitation) Electrocardiographic Pattern

    Mitchell I. Cohen;John K. Triedman;Bryan C. Cannon;Andrew M. Davis

  • Optimizing Hemodynamics in Heart Failure Patients by Systematic Screening of Left Ventricular Pacing Sites : The Lateral Left Ventricular Wall and the Coronary Sinus Are Rarely the Best Sites

    Nicolas Derval;Paul Steendijk;Lorne J. Gula;Antoine Deplagne

  • 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

Raymond Yee
Raymond Yee University of Western Ontario
Douglas L. Jones
Douglas L. Jones University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Andrew D. Krahn
Andrew D. Krahn University of British Columbia
Mario Talajic
Mario Talajic Montreal Heart Institute
Carlos A. Morillo
Carlos A. Morillo University of Calgary
Stuart J. Connolly
Stuart J. Connolly McMaster University
Michel Haïssaguerre
Michel Haïssaguerre University of Bordeaux
Andrea Natale
Andrea Natale Case Western Reserve University
Paul Dorian
Paul Dorian University of Toronto
Jeff S. Healey
Jeff S. Healey Population Health Research Institute

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