Steven L Higgins MD
Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
9850 Genesee Ave #940 La Jolla CA, 92037About
Steven Higgins, MD, is the chairman of the department of cardiology and the director of cardiac electrophysiology at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla as well as co-director of the catheterization ...
Education and Training
Univ of Rochester Sch of Med & Dentistry, Rochester Ny 1979
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 1979
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease- 1985
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 1982
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Efficacy of lower-energy biphasic shocks for transthoracic defibrillation: a follow-up clinical study.
- Multicenter automatic defibrillator implantation trial-cardiac resynchronization therapy (MADIT-CRT): design and clinical protocol.
- The dark side of the new era.
- Adjudication of mortality events in a heart failure-arrhythmia trial by a multiparameter descriptive method: comparison with methods used in heart failure trials and methods used in arrhythmia trials.
- A novel patch for heart rhythm monitoring: is the Holter monitor obsolete?
Awards
- 2011 San Diego Super Doctors
Treatments
- Heart Problems, General Care
- Angina
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Atrial Flutter
- Cardiomyopathy
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
Fellowships
- University Of Colorado Health Sciences Center
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