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Miguel Valderrabano, MD, PhD

  • Houston Methodist cardiologist
  • Cardiac electrophysiology division director at Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
  • Lois and Carl Davis Centennial Chair at Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
  • Associate professor of medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
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Miguel Valderrabano, MD, PhD

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Areas of Expertise

  • Ablation procedures
  • Arrhythmias
  • Atrial fibrillation
  • Blood conservation
  • Electrophysiology
  • Implantable cardioverter defibrillator
  • Pacemakers 

Credentials

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, SANTIAGO, SPAIN
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela | 2022
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, MADRID, SPAIN
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain | 1994
BOARD CERTIFICATION
Cardiovascular Disease | 2022
BOARD CERTIFICATION, SUBSPECIALTY CERTIFICATION
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | 2013
FELLOWSHIP
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California | 2003
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California | 2002
RESIDENCY
UCLA, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California | 1999
INTERNSHIP
UCLA, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California | 1997

Publications

Mechanisms of Mitral Isthmus Reconnection After Ablation With and Without Vein of Marshall Ethanol Infusion
Schurmann, P, Da-Wariboko, A, Kocharian, A, Lador, A, Patel, A, Mathuria, N, Dave, AS & Valderrábano, M 2024, , JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, vol. 10, no. 11, pp. 2420-2430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2024.07.009

Polycystin-1 loss of function increases susceptibility to atrial fibrillation through impaired DNA damage response
Hendrickson, T, Abigail Giese, A, Fiedler, M, Perez, W, Reyes-Sanchez, E, Reyes-Lozano, M, Wang, S, Venegas-Zamora, L, Provasek, V, El-Essawi, A, Breitenbach, I, Fakuade, FE, Kutschka, I, Schiattarella, GG, Voigt, N, Valderrabano, M & Altamirano, F 2024, , bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.08.602618

Step-by-step recommendations utilizing four-dimensional intracardiac echocardiography in left atrial appendage procedures
Gidney, B, Della Rocca, DG, Horton, R, Hoffman, J, Valderrábano, M, Natale, A, Garg, J, Bhardwaj, R & Doshi, S 2024, , Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, vol. 35, no. 8, pp. 1601-1613. https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.16309

Simultaneous Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia and Hemodynamic Improvement of Mid-ventricular Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy by Coronary Venous Ethanol Ablation
Topaloglu, S, Vurgun, VK, Korkmaz, A, Kara, M, Cetin, EHO, Burunkaya, DK, Ozcan, F, Cay, S, Ozeke, O, Kose, S & Valderrábano, M 2024, , Journal of Innovations in Cardiac Rhythm Management, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 5903-5907. https://doi.org/10.19102/icrm.2024.15062

Severity of Ischemic Stroke After Left Atrial Appendage Closure vs Nonwarfarin Oral Anticoagulants
Turagam, MK, Kawamura, I, Neuzil, P, Nair, D, Doshi, S, Valderrabano, M, Hala, P, Della Rocca, D, Gibson, D, Funasako, M, Ha, G, Lee, B, Musikantow, D, Yoo, D, Flautt, T, Dukkipati, S, Natale, A, Gurol, ME, Halperin, J, Mansour, M & Reddy, VY 2024, , JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 270-283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2023.10.012

Ventricular septal defect as a complication of bipolar radiofrequency ablation for ventricular tachycardia
Maher, TR, Raza, AS, Tapias, C, Garcia, F, Reynolds, MR, Chaudry, GM, Saenz, LC, Valderrábano, M & dAvila, A 2024, , Heart Rhythm, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 950-955. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2024.01.052

Validation of Noninvasive Left Atrial Stiffness Against Left Atrial Operating Chamber Stiffness by Cardiac Catheterization
Mathias, IS, Rahi, W, Ramos, A, Na, J, Angulo, C, Rothstein, P, Lador, A, Schurmann, P, Dave, A, Valderrabano, M & Nagueh, SF 2024, , JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, vol. 17, no. 8, pp. 1000-1002. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2024.03.004

Ischemic stroke severity and mortality after left atrial appendage closure vs nonwarfarin oral anticoagulants in patients with prior stroke
Turagam, MK, Kawamura, I, Neuzil, P, Nair, D, Doshi, S, Valderrabano, M, Hala, P, Della Rocca, D, Gibson, D, Funasako, M, Ha, G, Lee, B, Musikantow, D, Yoo, D, Flautt, T, Dukkipati, S, Natale, A, Gurol, ME, Halperin, J, Mansour, M & Reddy, VY 2024, , Heart Rhythm, vol. 21, no. 11, pp. 2351-2352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2024.05.030

Persistent and Recurrent Device-Related Thrombus After Left Atrial Appendage Closure: Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes
Mesnier, J, Simard, T, Jung, RG, Lehenbauer, KR, Piayda, K, Pracon, R, Jackson, GG, Flores-Umanzor, E, Faroux, L, Korsholm, K, Chun, JKR, Chen, S, Maarse, M, Montrella, K, Chaker, Z, Spoon, JN, Pastormerlo, LE, Meincke, F, Sawant, AC, Moldovan, CM, Qintar, M, Aktas, MK, Branca, L, Radinovic, A, Ram, P, El-Zein, RS, Flautt, T, Ding, WY, Sayegh, B, Benito-González, T, Lee, OH, Badejoko, SO, Paitazoglou, C, Karim, N, Zaghloul, AM, Agarwal, H, Kaplan, RM, Alli, O, Ahmed, A, Suradi, HS, Knight, BP, Alla, VM, Panaich, SS, Wong, T, Bergmann, MW, Chothia, R, Kim, JS, Pérez de Prado, A, Bazaz, R, Gupta, D, Valderrábano, M, Sanchez, CE, El Chami, MF, Mazzone, P, Adamo, M, Ling, F, Wang, DD, ONeill, W, Wojakowski, W, Pershad, A, Berti, S, Spoon, DB, Kawsara, A, Jabbour, G, Boersma, LVA, Schmidt, B, Nielsen-Kudsk, JE, Freixa, X, Ellis, CR, Fauchier, L, Demkow, M, Sievert, H, Main, ML, Hibbert, B, Holmes, DR, Alkhouli, M & Rodés-Cabau, J 2023, , JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, vol. 16, no. 22, pp. 2722-2732. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2023.09.017

Gender-Related Differences in Atrial Substrate in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Van Leuven, O, Bergonti, M, Spera, FR, Ferrero, TG, Nsahlai, M, Bilotta, G, Tijskens, M, Boris, W, Saenen, J, Huybrechts, W, Miljoen, H, González-Juanatey, JR, Martínez-Sande, JL, Vandaele, L, Wittock, A, Heidbuchel, H, Valderrábano, M, Rodríguez-Mañero, M & Sarkozy, A 2023, , American Journal of Cardiology, vol. 203, pp. 451-458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.06.095

Anterior mitral line in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation and anterior scar: A multicenter matched comparison—The MiLine study
Bergonti, M, Spera, FR, Ferrero, TG, Nsahlai, M, Bonomi, A, Boris, W, Saenen, J, Huybrechts, W, Miljoen, H, Vandaele, L, Wittock, A, Heidbuchel, H, Valderrábano, M, Rodríguez-Mañero, M & Sarkozy, A 2023, , Heart Rhythm, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 658-665. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2023.01.009


Characterization of Atrial Substrate to Predict the Success of Pulmonary Vein Isolation: The Prospective, Multicenter MASH-AF II (Multipolar Atrial Substrate High Density Mapping in Atrial Fibrillation) Study
Bergonti, M, Spera, FR, Ferrero, TG, Nsahlai, M, Bonomi, A, Tijskens, M, Boris, W, Saenen, J, Huybrechts, W, Miljoen, H, González-Juanatey, JR, Martínez-Sande, JL, Vandaele, L, Wittock, A, Heidbuchel, H, Valderrábano, M, Rodríguez-Mañero, M & Sarkozy, A 2023, , Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 12, no. 1, e027795, pp. e027795. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.122.027795

Retrograde Coronary Venous Ethanol Infusion for Ablation of Refractory Left Ventricular Summit Arrhythmias
Flautt, T & Valderrábano, M 2023, , Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 63-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccep.2022.10.003

Acute and Long-Term Scar Characterization of Venous Ethanol Ablation in the Left Ventricular Summit
Fuentes Rojas, SC, Malahfji, M, Tavares, L, Patel, A, Schurmann, PA, Dave, AS, Tapias, C, Rodríguez, D, Sáenz, LC, Korolev, S, Papiashvili, G, Peichl, P, Kautzner, J, Blaszyk, K, Malaczynska-Rajpold, K, Chen, T, Santangeli, P, Shah, DJ & Valderrábano, M 2023, , JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 28-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2022.08.035



Venous Ethanol Ablation Approaches for Radiofrequency-Refractory Cardiac Arrhythmias
Fuentes, S & Valderrábano, M 2023, , Current Cardiology Reports, vol. 25, no. 9, pp. 917-924. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11886-023-01914-6

Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation ablation with a novel temperature-controlled CF-sensing catheter: Q-FFICIENCY clinical and healthcare utilization benefits
Hussein, AA, Delaughter, MC, Monir, G, Natale, A, Dukkipati, S, Oza, S, Daoud, E, Di Biase, L, Mansour, M, Fishel, R, Valderrabano, M, Ellenbogen, K & Osorio, J 2023, , Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, vol. 34, no. 12, pp. 2493-2503. https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.16093

Ventricular arrhythmias prior to continuous flow left ventricular assist device implantation were not associated with reduced 1-year mortality: a single-center experience
Pandat, S, Rothstein, P, Laird, R, Islam, M, Zaid, S, Truman, A, Bhimaraj, A, Yousefzai, R, Guha, A, Schurmann, P, Dave, A, Valderrábano, M & Mathuria, N 2023, , Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 705-707. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-023-01698-3

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