Faculty in the Heart Rhythm Center at New York University Medical Center participates in many clinical trials to assess new treatments that possess the potential to improve each patient's outcome. We are currently accruing patients for a broad range of clinical trials. For more information or to see if you or your patient is eligible for one of these trials, please contact NYU's Heart Rhythm Center's Clinical Research Coordinator, Aileen Ferrick, RN, ACNP-C, at 212-263-3556. In addition to clinical trials, investigators at NYU's Heart Rhythm Center also conduct laboratory research to decipher the cellular mechanisms that initiate and sustain cardiac arrhythmias, especially atrial fibrillation (AF).

Selected Publications:

1. Schwartzman, D., L. Demopoulos, S. Schrem, E. Caracciolo, J. Perez, L. Chinitz and W. Slater. 1992. Autonomic manipulation influences both temporal and frequency analyses of late potentials. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 15:2200-2205.
2. Glotzer, T., S. Evans, N. Bernstein and L. Chinitz. 1994. Specificity of retrograde conduction in screening for atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 17:2134-2136.
3. Evans, S.J., S. Blumberg and L. Chinitz. 1996. The Utility of Unipolar Electrogram Recording for Catheter Ablation of Accessory Pathways During Atrial Fibrillation. J Invasive Cardiol 8:153-156.
4. Chinitz, L.A., N.E. Bernstein, B. O'Connor, T.V. Glotzer and N.T. Skipitaris. 1996. Mapping reentry around atriotomy scars using double potentials. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 19:1978-1983.
5. Bernstein, N.E., N.T. Skipitaris, T.V. Glotzer, J. Delianides, L.A. Chinitz and S. Colvin. 1996. Atrial arrhythmia following a biatrial approach to mitral valve surgery. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 19:1944-1946.
6. Katz, E.S., R.M. Applebaum, C. Pierson, L. Chinitz, S.B. Colvin and I. Kronzon. 1996. Incomplete occlusion of left ventricular aneurysms after endoventricular aneurysmorrhaphy: diagnosis by echocardiography and ventriculography. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 38:96-99.
7. Holmes, D.S., Z.Q. Sun, L.M. Porter, N.E. Bernstein, L.A. Chinitz, M. Artman and W.A. Coetzee. 2000. Amiodarone inhibits cardiac ATP-sensitive potassium channels. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 11:1152-1158.
8. Sandler, D.A., D.Y. Feigenblum, N.E. Bernstein, D.S. Holmes and L.A. Chinitz. 2002. Cardiac vein angioplasty for biventricular pacing. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 25:1788-1789.
9. Jauhar, S., L. Chinitz and U. Jorde. 2003. Drug therapy and microvolt T-wave alternans testing. Lancet 362:1417-1418; author reply 1418.
10. Bernstein, N.E., D.A. Sandler, M. Goh, D.Y. Feigenblum, D.S. Holmes and L.A. Chinitz. 2004. Why a sawtooth? Inferences on the generation of the flutter wave during typical atrial flutter drawn from radiofrequency ablation. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 9:358-361.
11. Calkins, H., R. Canby, R. Weiss, G. Taylor, P. Wells, L. Chinitz, S. Milstein, S. Compton, et al. 2004. Results of catheter ablation of typical atrial flutter. Am J Cardiol 94:437-442.
12. Daubert, J.P., R.H. Hoyt, R. John, L. Chinitz, D.T. Martin, C. Fellows, G. Feld, W. Pelkey, et al. 2005. Performance of a new cardiac cryoablation system in the treatment of cavotricuspid valve isthmus-dependent atrial flutter. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 28 Suppl 1:S142-145.