Francis E Marchlinski MD
Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
3400 Spruce St Philadelphia PA, 19104About
Dr. Francis Marchlinski is a Cardiac Electrophysicist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Marchlinski performs testing procedures on patients hearts electrical system in order to assess timing and abnormalities associated with electrical activities of the heart. Adult Cardiac Electrophysiologists are trained to treat irregular heartbeats, and carry out electrophysiology studies or ablations.
Education and Training
Univ of Pa Sch of Med, Philadelphia Pa 1976
Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania 1976
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 1976
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease- 1981
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology- 1992
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Antidromic reciprocating tachycardia in patients with paraseptal accessory pathways: importance of critical delay in the reentry circuit.
- Narrowing of the superior vena cava-right atrium junction during radiofrequency catheter ablation for inappropriate sinus tachycardia: analysis with intracardiac echocardiography.
- Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator follow-up: what everyone needs to know.
- Electroanatomic left ventricular mapping in the porcine model of healed anterior myocardial infarction. Correlation with intracardiac echocardiography and pathological analysis.
- Intracardiac echocardiography (9 MHz) in humans: methods, imaging views and clinical utility.
- Efficacy and safety of catheter ablation in octogenarians.
- Basket catheter localization of the origin of atrial tachycardia with atypical morphology after atrial flutter ablation.
- Using intracardiac catheter recordings from the His and proximal coronary sinus to distinguish isthmus conduction block during catheter ablation of type I atrial flutter.
- Use of multisite electroanatomic mapping to facilitate ablation of intra-atrial reentry following the Mustard procedure.
- Localization of arrhythmogenic triggers of atrial fibrillation.
- Intracardiac echocardiographic evaluation of ventricular mural swelling from radiofrequency ablation in chronic myocardial infarction: irrigated-tip versus standard catheter.
- Syncope.
- Clinical characteristics and catheter ablation of left ventricular outflow tract tachycardia.
- Changes in local wall thickness correlate with pathologic lesion size following radiofrequency catheter ablation: an intracardiac echocardiographic imaging study.
- Effects of linear, irrigated-tip radiofrequency ablation in porcine healed anterior infarction.
Awards
- 2012 Philadelphia Super Doctors
- 2004 Recognized annually in Philadelphia Magazine 's Top Docs issue from t
- 2008, 2008, 2008, 2008 Recognized by America's Top Doctors2007
- 2007-2014 Recognized by Best Doctors in America2005-2006
Treatments
- Pacemaker, Supraventricular Tachycardia (svt), Syncope (fainting) And More
- Heart Disease
- Atrial Flutter
- Cardiomyopathy
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Vascular Disease
Professional Memberships
- Member International Academy of Cardiology and 6th World Congress on Heart Disease , ,Scientific Advisory
- Member American Federation for Clinical Research
- Member Cardiac Arrhythmias Research and Education Foundation, Inc. , Scientific Advisory Board
- Member Cardiac Electrophysiology Society
- Member National Science Foundation Advisory Group , Engineering Research Center for Emerging Cardiovascula
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