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Curriculum Vitae

Research Interest

Dr. Shivkumar received his medical degree from the University of Madras, India in 1991 and his PhD from UCLA in 2000. He completed his cardiology fellowship training at the University of California, Los Angeles, and upon completion of his training joined the faculty at University of Iowa, where he also served as the Associate Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology. In 2002, he was recruited back to UCLA to direct the newly created UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. His field of specialization is interventional cardiac electrophysiology and he heads a group at UCLA that is involved in developing innovative techniques for the non-pharmacological management of cardiac arrhythmias. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Radiology at UCLA. Dr. Shivkumar is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in the subspecialties of Cardiovascular Disease and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology. He holds memberships in several professional organizations, including the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and the Heart Rhythm Society.

Representative Publications

Buch E, Nakahara S, Boyle NG and Shivkumar K: Epicardial Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation. EP Clinics: 2010 (eds Shivkumar K and Boyle NG)

Tung R, Nakahara S, Ramirez R. Lai C, Fishbein MC and Shivkumar K Distinguishing Epicardial Fat From Scar: Analysis Of Electrograms Using High Density Electroanatomic Mapping In A Novel Porcine Infarct Model. Heart Rhythm 2010 (in press).

Tung R and Shivkumar K. Improving our understanding of epicardial ventricular tachycardia in nonischemic cardiomyopathy. Heart Rhythm 2009 (in press). Shivkumar K, Tung R. Improving our understanding of epicardial ventricular tachycardia in nonischemic cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol 2009;54(9):809-11.

Schenke-Layland K, Stock UA, Nsair A, Xie J, Angelis E, Fonseca C.G. Larbig R, Mahajan A, Shivkumar K, Fishbein MC, MacLellan WR. Cardiomyopathy is associated with structural remodelling of heart valve extracellular matrix. Eur Heart J 2009;30(18):2254-65.

Ho JK, Nakahara S, Shivkumar K, Mahajan A. Live three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic imaging of novel multielectrode ablation catheters. Heart Rhythm 2009 (in press).

Nakahara S, Buch E, Ramirez RJ, Michowitz Y, Vaseghi M, De Diego C, Boyle NG, Mahajan A & Shivkumar K. Intrapericardial Balloon Placement for Preventing Collateral Injury and Effective Epicardial Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Heart Rhythm 2009 (in press)

Shivkumar K, Buch E, Boyle NG: Non-Pharmacological Management Of Atrial Fibrillation: Role Of Pulmonary Veins And The Posterior Left Atrium. Heart Rhythm 2009;6:S5–S11

Buch E, Tung R, Shehata M, Shivkumar K. Alternating Cycle Length During Supraventricular Tachycardia: What is the Mechanism? J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2009;20(9):1071-3.

Buch E & Shivkumar K. Epicardial catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. Minerva Med. Apr 2009;100(2):151-157.

Vaseghi M, Lellouche N, Ritter H, Patel JK, Fonarow GC, Moriguchi JD, Fishbein MC, Kobashigawa J & Shivkumar K. Mode And Mechanism Of Death In Patients Following Orthotopic Heart Transplantation. Heart Rhythm May 2009:6(4):503-509. (accompanied by an editorial commentary)

Boyle NG, Shivkumar K. Atrial fibrillation in congestive heart failure: current management. Cardiol Clin. Feb 2009;27(1):79-93, viii-ix.

Stephens DN, O'Donnell M, Thomenius K, Dentinger A, Wildes D, Chen P, Shung KK, Cannata J, Khuri-Yakub P, Oralkan O, Mahajan A, Shivkumar K, Sahn DJ. Experimental studies with a 9F forward-looking intracardiac imaging and ablation catheter. J Ultrasound Med. Feb 2009;28(2):207-215.

Cesario D, Kedia R, Desai N, Aboulhosn J, Uslan D, Boyle N, Fujimura O, Shehata M, Buch E, Shivkumar K. Device extraction in adults with congenital heart disease. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol Mar 2009;32(3):340-345.

Cesario, D. A. Shenoda, M. Brar, R. Shivkumar, K. Left ventricular lead stabilization utilizing a coronary stent. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2006; 29(4): 427-8.

Cesario, D. A. Vaseghi, M. Boyle, N. G. Fishbein, M. C. Valderrabano, M. Narasimhan, C. Wiener, I. Shivkumar, K. Value of high-density endocardial and epicardial mapping for catheter ablation of hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia. Heart Rhythm. 2006; 3(1): 1-10.

Vaseghi, M. Cesario, D. A. Ji, S. Shannon, K. M. Wiener, I. Boyle, N. G. Fonarow, G. C. Valderrabano, M. Shivkumar, K. Beyond coronary sinus angiography: the value of coronary arteriography and identification of the pericardiophrenic vein during left ventricular lead placement. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2005; 28(3): 185-90.

Vaseghi, M. Cesario, D. Swerdlow, C. D. Shivkumar, K. Counterclockwise atrial flutter in dextrocardia. Heart Rhythm. 2005; 2(6): 673-4.

Cesario, D. A. Broder, H. J. Fishbein, M. C. Shivkumar, K. Histopathologic characterization of the atrioventricular conduction axis following catheter ablation. Heart Rhythm. 2005; 2(5): 532-5.

Vaseghi, M. Cesario, D. A. Valderrabano, M. Boyle, N. G. Ratib, O. Finn, J. P. Wiener, I. Shivkumar, K. Impedance monitoring during catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm. 2005; 2(9): 914-20.

Vaseghi, M. Cesario, D. Shannon, K. M. Shivkumar, K. Incessant tachycardia following catheter ablation of an accessory pathway: what is the mechanism?. Heart Rhythm. 2005; 2(4): 441-2.

Glikson, M. Swerdlow, C. D. Gurevitz, O. T. Daoud, E. Shivkumar, K. Wilkoff, B. Shipman, T. Friedman, P. A. Optimal combination of discriminators for differentiating ventricular from supraventricular tachycardia by dual-chamber defibrillators. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2005; 16(7): 732-9.

Shivkumar, K. Pulmonary-vein cryoisolation versus left-atrial linear cryoablation for atrial fibrillation. Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2005; 2(9): 446-7.

Belikov, S. Marijic, J. Laks, H. Staudacher, M. Boyle, N. Shivkumar, K. Odim, J. Sepsis from insidious pacemaker infection and unsuspected tricuspid valve endocarditis: the importance of transesophageal echocardiography in guiding explantation strategy. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2005; 19(4): 505-7.

Pai, R. K. Boyle, N. G. Child, J. S. Shivkumar, K. Transient left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy following catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm. 2005; 2(2): 182-4.

Mahajan, A. Moore, J. Cesario, D. A. Shivkumar, K. Use of thoracic epidural anesthesia for management of electrical storm: a case report. Heart Rhythm. 2005; 2(12): 1359-62.