Dr. Elizabeth Vickers Saarel M.D.
Cardiologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Cardiology
100 N Medical Dr Salt Lake City UT, 84113Rating
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About
Dr. Elizabeth Saarel is a pediatric cardiologist practicing in Salt Lake City, UT. Dr. Saarel specializes in caring for fetuses, infants, children and adolescents with cardiovascular or cardiac abnormalities. Practiced in both inpatient and outpatient settings, the scope of conditions cared for by pediatric cardiologists is large and includes congenital heart defects, heart muscle disorders, rhythm disturbances and hypertension.
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Cardiology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
- Transient atrioventricular conduction block with cryoablation following normal cryomapping.
- Long QT syndrome in children in the era of implantable defibrillators.
- Initial experience with novel mobile cardiac outpatient telemetry for children and adolescents with suspected arrhythmia.
- Use of the wearable external cardiac defibrillator in children.
- Bipolar lumenless lead performance in children and adults with congenital heart disease.
- Failure to impact prevalence of arterial ischemic stroke in pediatric cardiac patients over three decades.
- Somatic mosaicism contributes to phenotypic variation in Timothy syndrome.
- The Multicenter Pediatric and Adult Congenital EP Quality (MAP-IT) Initiative-rationale and design: report from the pediatric and congenital electrophysiology society's MAP-IT taskforce.
- A teenage fainter (dizziness, syncope, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome).
- The application of root mean square electrocardiography (RMS ECG) for the detection of acquired and congenital long QT syndrome.
- Modern approach to the sudden unexpected death investigation.
- Inappropriate ICD shocks in pediatrics and congenital heart disease patients: Risk factors and programming strategies.
- Pacemakers and Other Cardiac Implantable Devices in Children: Learning From Practice Variation Including Outliers in the Electronic Age.
- Screening for Congenital Heart Disease in Infants with Down Syndrome: Is Universal Echocardiography Necessary?
- Sports participation in long QT syndrome.
Treatments
- Heart Problems
Professional Memberships
- Member Alpha Omega Alpha
- Member American Academy of Pediatrics
- Member American College of Cardiology
- Member Heart Rhythm Society
Residency
- University Hosps Of Cleve Rainbow Babies and Chldns Hospital 1993
- UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital 1992
Fellowships
- University of Michigan Hospitals - Ann Arbor, MI in Pediatric Cardiology 2000
- University of Michigan Hospitals - Ann Arbor, MI in Pediatric Electropsysiology 2003
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