Research Focus

Cardiovascular & Perioperative Medicine

Area of Research

Cardiac Arrhythmias with the focus on digital biomarkers.

• Left atrial substrate characterization based on bipolar voltage electrograms acquired with multipolar, focal and mini-electrode catheters- the CHAZE-Substrate study
• Enhanced Signal Analysis Algorithms for Improved Discrimination Between Far-field and Near-field Intracardiac Electrograms in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation Procedures for Cardiac Arrhythmias
• Deep learning-based ECG Analysis for outcome prediction of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

National Collaborations

• Inselspital Bern – Prof Tobias Reichlin,
• Universitätsspital Zürich (USZ) - PD Ardan Saguner
• Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois (CHUV) – Dr Adrian Luca, Prof E. Pruvot
• Department of Biomedical Engineerin - Center for medical Image Analysis & Navigation – Prof Philippe Cattin
• Kantonsspital St. Gallen (KSSG) – Prof Peter Ammann
• Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (FHNW) – Prof Joris Pascal
• Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (FHNW) – Prof Reto Wildhaber
• Unispital Basel (USB) – Radiology Department – Dr Maurice Pradella
• Schiller AG – Ramun Schmid

International Collaborations

• Department of Cardiology, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia - PD Dr Nicola Pavlovic; Dr Ivan Zelkovic

• Data analysis of Swiss Atrial Fibrillation Pulmonary Vein Isolation Registry (SWISS-AF-PVI)
• Deep learning-based ECG Analysis for outcome prediction of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation