Assistant Professor of Medicine

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University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine Division
9 Founders Pavilion
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Appointments
Contact:
Nicole Todaro (215) 615-4332
Janet Genovese (215) 823-4290

Clinical Specialty:

• Cardiac Electrophysiology

Practice Location:

• Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania, Founders Pavilion
• Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Education:

• MD: Motilal Nehru Medical College, Allahabad, India
• Residency: S.U.N.Y. Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY
• Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System

Research Interest:

• Mechanisms underlying initiation and maintenance of Atrial Fibrillation
• Ablation strategies in treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
• Localization of Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardias
• Characterizing substrate of Ventricular Tachycardia in patients with structural heart disease

Selected Publications:

1. Sanjay Dixit, Edward P Gerstenfeld, David J Callans, Francis E Marchlinski. Electrocardiographic Patterns of Superior Right Ventricular Ouflow Tract Tachycardias: Distinguishing Septal and Free Wall Sites of Origin. Journal of Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2003, 13 (1), 1-7.
2. Sanjay Dixit, Edward P Gestenfeld, Robert W Rho, Vickas Patel, David J Callans, Francis E Marchlinski. Change in distant atrial activation patters during circumferential pacemapping of pulmonic vein ostium: implications for localizing triggers for atrial fibrillation. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2003 Jun;8(3):187-94.
3. Sanjay Dixit, Edward P Gerstenfeld, David J Callans, Francis E Marchlinski. Mechanisms Underlying Sustained Firing From Pulmonary Veins: Evidence From Pacing Maneuvers and Pharmacologic Manipulation. Pacing and Clin Electrophysiol 2004; 27: 1-11.
4. Sanjay Dixit, Jian-Fang Ren, David J Callans, Edward P Gerstenfeld, Erica Zado, Mark Vanderhoff, Franics E Marchlinski. Favorable Effect of Pulmonic Vein Isolation by Partial Circumferential Ablation on Ostial Flow Velocity. Heart Rhythm 2004; 1(3):262-267.
5. Sanjay Dixit, Edward P Gerstenfeld, David Lin, David J Callans, Henry H Hsia, Hemal M Nayak, Erica Zado, Francis E Marchlinski. Identification of Distinct Electrocardiographic Patterns From Basal Left Ventricle: Distinguishing Medial and Lateral Sites of Origin in Patients With Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia. Heart Rhythm 2005; 2: 485-491.
6. Sanjay Dixit, Edward Gerstenfeld, David Callans, Francis Marchlinski. Reentrant and non-reentrant forms of atrio-ventricular nodal tachycardia mimicking atrial fibrillation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2006; 17: 312-316.
7. Dixit S, Gerstenfeld EP, Callans DJ, Cooper J, Lin D,  Russo AM, Verdino, R, Patel VV, Kimel SE, Ratcliffe SJ, Hsia HH, Nayak HM, Zado E, Ren J, Marchlinski FE Comparison of Cool Tip Versus 8-mm Tip Catheter in Achieving Electrical Isolation of Pulmonary Veins for Long-Term Control of Atrial Fibrillation: A Prospective Randomized Pilot Study. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2006; 17:1074.