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Overview

Ronald D. Berger is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States and has contributed extensively to medical research within the field of cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their work spans a range of topics focusing primarily on cardiac arrhythmias and treatments, atrial fibrillation management and outcomes, and cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias.

Their recent papers include several significant publications such as Radiofrequency ablation: technological trends, challenges, and opportunities (2020) published in EP Europace, Fat infiltration in the infarcted heart as a paradigm for ventricular arrhythmias (2022) in Nature Cardiovascular Research, and Personalized Digital-Heart Technology for Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation Targeting in Hearts With Infiltrating Adiposity (2020) appearing in Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. Other notable works include Association between interatrial block, left atrial fibrosis, and mechanical dyssynchrony: Electrocardiography-magnetic resonance imaging correlation (2020) in Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, and Targeted Left Ventricular Lead Implantation Strategy for Non-Left Bundle Branch Block Patients (2020) in JACC. Clinical electrophysiology.

Ronald D. Berger has collaborated frequently with research peers such as Jonathan Chrispin, Hugh Calkins, Natalia A. Trayanova, David Spragg, and Joseph E. Marine. These collaborations have contributed to a consistent output of publications in high-impact venues.

  • Jonathan Chrispin
  • Hugh Calkins
  • Natalia A. Trayanova
  • David Spragg
  • Joseph E. Marine

Their work has been published in a range of journals with frequent appearances in Heart Rhythm, JACC. Clinical electrophysiology, Circulation, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, and Heart Rhythm O2.

  • Heart Rhythm
  • JACC. Clinical electrophysiology
  • Circulation
  • Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
  • Heart Rhythm O2

The primary field of study for Berger is medicine with a strong focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Additional subfields include radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, surgery, and physiology.

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Physiology

The main topics covered in their research reflect interests and expertise in:

  • Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

Best Publications

  • Improved Left Ventricular Mechanics From Acute VDD Pacing in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Ventricular Conduction Delay

    David A. Kass;Chen Huan Chen;Cecilia Curry;Maurice Talbot

  • An Efficient Algorithm for Spectral Analysis of Heart Rate Variability

    Ronald D. Berger;Solange Akselrod;David Gordon;Richard J. Cohen

  • Cardiac resynchronization and death from progressive heart failure: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

    David J. Bradley;Elizabeth A. Bradley;Elizabeth A. Bradley;Kenneth L. Baughman;Kenneth L. Baughman;Ronald D. Berger

  • Assessment of autonomic regulation in chronic congestive heart failure by heart rate spectral analysis.

    J. Philip Saul;J. Philip Saul;J. Philip Saul;Yutaka Arai;Yutaka Arai;Yutaka Arai;Ronald D. Berger;Ronald D. Berger;Ronald D. Berger;Leonard S. Lilly;Leonard S. Lilly;Leonard S. Lilly

  • Left ventricular or biventricular pacing improves cardiac function at diminished energy cost in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and left bundle-branch block

    Gregory S. Nelson;Ronald D. Berger;Barry J. Fetics;Maurice Talbot

  • Transfer function analysis of the circulation: unique insights into cardiovascular regulation.

    J. P. Saul;R. D. Berger;P. Albrecht;S. P. Stein

  • Beat-to-Beat QT Interval Variability: Novel Evidence for Repolarization Lability in Ischemic and Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy

    Ronald D. Berger;Edward K. Kasper;Kenneth L. Baughman;Eduardo Marban

  • Beat to beat variability in cardiovascular variables: noise or music?

    Marvin L. Appel;Ronald D. Berger;J.Philip Saul;Joseph M. Smith

  • Transfer function analysis of autonomic regulation. I. Canine atrial rate response.

    R. D. Berger;J. P. Saul;R. J. Cohen

  • 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

  • Pulmonary Vein Anatomy in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Lessons Learned by Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Ritsushi Kato;Lars Lickfett;Glenn Meininger;Timm Dickfeld

  • Allopurinol Improves Myocardial Efficiency in Patients With Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy

    Thomas P. Cappola;David A. Kass;Gregory S. Nelson;Ronald D. Berger

  • Transfer function analysis of autonomic regulation. II. Respiratory sinus arrhythmia.

    J. P. Saul;R. D. Berger;Ming Hui Chen;R. J. Cohen

  • Heart rate and muscle sympathetic nerve variability during reflex changes of autonomic activity.

    J. P. Saul;R. F. Rea;D. L. Eckberg;R. D. Berger

  • Sudden cardiac death in heart failure. The role of abnormal repolarization.

    Gordon F. Tomaselli;Dirk J. Beuckelmann;Hugh G. Calkins;Ronald D. Berger

  • Mri-guided therapy methods and related systems

    Henry R. Halperin;Ronald D. Berger;Ergin Atalar;Elliot R. McVeigh

  • Predictors of Systolic Augmentation From Left Ventricular Preexcitation in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Intraventricular Conduction Delay

    Gregory S. Nelson;Cecilia W. Curry;Bradley T. Wyman;Andrew Kramer

  • Analysis of long term heart rate variability: methods, 1/f scaling and implications.

    J P Saul;P Albrecht;R D Berger;R J Cohen

  • Magnetic Resonance Assessment of the Substrate for Inducible Ventricular Tachycardia in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy

    Saman Nazarian;David A. Bluemke;Albert C. Lardo;Menekhem M. Zviman

  • Cardiac Resynchronization and Death From Progressive Heart Failure

    David J. Bradley;Elizabeth A. Bradley;Kenneth L. Baughman;Ronald D. Berger

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugh Calkins
Hugh Calkins Johns Hopkins University
Saman Nazarian
Saman Nazarian University of Pennsylvania
Henry R. Halperin
Henry R. Halperin Johns Hopkins University
Gordon F. Tomaselli
Gordon F. Tomaselli Johns Hopkins University
David A. Bluemke
David A. Bluemke University of Wisconsin–Madison
Joao A.C. Lima
Joao A.C. Lima Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
David A. Kass
David A. Kass Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Elliot R. McVeigh
Elliot R. McVeigh University of California, San Diego
Khurram Nasir
Khurram Nasir Houston Methodist

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