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Rolf G. Jacob is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States and specializes primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research focuses extensively on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, with additional work in clinical psychology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, surgery, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist has contributed significantly to topics such as atrial fibrillation management and outcomes, cardiac arrhythmias and treatments, and cardiac imaging and diagnostics. Their work also explores advanced imaging technologies, including advanced X-ray and CT imaging as well as advanced MRI techniques and applications. Additionally, they have investigated child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development and stress responses involving cortisol.

Recent publications by Rolf G. Jacob include:

  • Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Compared With Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Myocardial Perfusion Imaging as a Guide to Optimal Medical Therapy in Patients Presenting With Stable Angina: The RESCUE Trial, 2020, Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Temperament and personality: preliminary evidence of possible relationships with multifactorial stress reactivity in healthy adolescents, 2025, Frontiers in Psychology
  • Does body mass index affect atrial fibrillation ablation outcomes, 2022, European Heart Journal
  • Outcomes of additional substrate modification in de novo atrial fibrillation ablation, 2022, European Heart Journal
  • Safety of same day discharge after atrial fibrillation ablation, 2022, European Heart Journal

They have frequently published in the following venues:

  • European Heart Journal
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • European Journal of Cancer
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry

Collaborations are a notable aspect of their research activity. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Irina Jarvers
  • Angelika Ecker
  • Stephanie Kandsperger
  • Daniel Schleicher
  • S Aleem

Best Publications

  • Diagnostic criteria for persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD): Consensus document of the committee for the Classification of Vestibular Disorders of the Bárány Society

    Jeffrey P. Staab;Annegret Eckhardt-Henn;Arata Horii;Rolf Jacob

  • Social phobia: a comparison of behavior therapy and atenolol.

    Samuel M. Turner;Deborah C. Beidel;Rolf G. Jacob

  • Panic, Agoraphobia, and Vestibular Dysfunction

    Roif G. Jacob;Joseph M. Furman;John D. Durrant;Samuel M. Turner

  • Migraine–anxiety related dizziness (MARD): a new disorder?

    J M Furman;C D Balaban;R G Jacob;D A Marcus

  • The Effect of Nicotine on Energy Expenditure during Light Physical Activity

    Kenneth A. Perkins;Leonard H. Epstein;Bonita L. Marks;Richard L. Stiller

  • A clinical taxonomy of dizziness and anxiety in the otoneurological setting.

    Joseph M Furman;Rolf G Jacob

  • Neurologic bases for comorbidity of balance disorders, anxiety disorders and migraine: neurotherapeutic implications

    Carey D Balaban;Rolf G Jacob;Joseph M Furman

  • Assessment of social phobia: Reliability of an impromptu speech task

    Deborah C. Beidel;Samuel M. Turner;Rolf G. Jacob;Michele R. Cooley

  • Anxiety sensitivity: An examination of theoretical and methodological issues

    Scott O Lilienfeld;Samuel M Turner;Rolf G Jacob

  • Depression and Anxiety in Parents of Children With ADHD and Varying Levels of Oppositional Defiant Behaviors: Modeling Relationships With Family Functioning

    Todd B. Kashdan;Rolf G. Jacob;William E. Pelham;Alan R. Lang

  • Fluoxetine treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Samuel M. Turner;Rolf G. Jacob;Deborah C. Beidel;Jonathan Himmelhoch

  • Psychiatric consequences of vestibular dysfunction.

    Rolf G. Jacob;Joseph M. Furman

  • Background and history of the interface between anxiety and vertigo

    Carey D. Balaban;Rolf G. Jacob

  • Panic disorder with vestibular dysfunction: Further clinical observations and description of space and motion phobic stimuli

    Rolf G. Jacob;Scott O. Lilienfeld;Joseph M.R. Furman;John D. Durrant

  • Hope and Optimism as Human Strengths in Parents of Children With Externalizing Disorders: Stress is in the Eye of the Beholder

    Todd B. Kashdan;William E. Pelham;Alan R. Lang;Betsy Hoza

  • Space and motion discomfort and abnormal balance control in patients with anxiety disorders

    Rolf G Jacob;Mark S Redfern;Joseph M Furman

  • Social phobia: Axis I and II correlates.

    Samuel M. Turner;Deborah C. Beidel;Janet W. Borden;Melinda A. Stanley

  • Otoneurological examination in panic disorder and agoraphobia with panic attacks: a pilot study.

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  • Discomfort with space and motion: A possible marker of vestibular dysfunction assessed by the situational characteristics questionnaire

    Rolf G. Jacob;Sheila R. Woody;Duncan B. Clark;Scott O. Lilienfeld

  • The statistical analysis of treatment effects in 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure recordings.

    Matthew R. Marler;Rolf G. Jacob;John P. Lehoczky;Alvin P. Shapiro

Frequent Co-Authors

Samuel M. Turner
Samuel M. Turner University of Maryland, College Park
Deborah C. Beidel
Deborah C. Beidel University of Central Florida
Leonard H. Epstein
Leonard H. Epstein University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Scott O. Lilienfeld
Scott O. Lilienfeld Emory University
W. Stewart Agras
W. Stewart Agras Stanford University
Margaret A. Chesney
Margaret A. Chesney University of California, San Francisco
Stephen B. Manuck
Stephen B. Manuck University of Pittsburgh
Helena C. Kraemer
Helena C. Kraemer Stanford University
Karen A. Matthews
Karen A. Matthews University of Pittsburgh
Rena R. Wing
Rena R. Wing Brown University

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