Professor, Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Cardiology
Dr. Laurence M. Epstein, MD
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Laurence Epstein is an expert in the field of Cardiology. He researched medicine at University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is ranked 10 in research and 19 in primary care medicine He over the years received 7 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "Boston Magazine", "Partners in Excellence Team Award", "Physician Recognition Award", "Alpha Omega Alpha", "Phi Beta Kappa" and "Fellow (FACC)". Doctor Laurence M. Epstein, MD is a published doctor and has 70 publications published. The lastest was: 'When You Have Nowhere to Look, You Look Where You Can.' Laurence Epstein accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- When You Have Nowhere to Look, You Look Where You Can.
- Anterograde conduction to the His bundle during right ventricular overdrive pacing distinguishes Septal pathway atrioventricular reentry from atypical atrioventricular...
- Ventricular Tachycardia in Cardiac Sarcoidosis: Characterization of Ventricular Substrate and Outcomes of Catheter Ablation.
- Reducing Radiation Exposure in the Electrophysiology Laboratory: It is More Than Just Fluoroscopy Times!
- Avoiding tachycardia alteration or termination during attempted entrainment mapping of Atrial tachycardia after Atrial fibrillation ablation.
- Multicenter experience with extraction of the Riata/Riata ST ICD lead.
- Rescue transoesophageal echocardiography for refractory haemodynamic instability during transvenous lead extraction.
- Durata(tm) May Not be Riata(tm) but Only Time Will Tellâ¦
- Electrocardiographic left ventricular scar burden predicts clinical outcomes following infarct-related VT ablation.
- Superior vena cava defibrillator coils make transvenous lead extraction more challenging and riskier.
- Catheter Ablation of Atrial Arrhythmias After Cardiac Transplantation: Findings at EP Study Utility of 3-D Mapping and Outcomes.
- Ventricular Arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death.
- Complications of cardiac implants: handling device infections.
- Another Piece of the Puzzle, But Still No Answer.
- Acute Hyperkalemia Detected by Alert from Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator.
- Relationship between sprint fidelis leads and patient mortality.
- Lead Implant Duration Does Not Always Predict Ease of Extraction: Extraction Sheath May Be Required at < 1 Year.
- TransCoronary Ethanol Ablation for Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia After Failed Catheter Ablation: An Update.
- Outcomes of Cardiac Perforation Complicating Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias.
- Incidence and Predictors of Major Complications from Contemporary Catheter Ablation to treat Cardiac Arrhythmias.
- Quality of Life with Atrial Fibrillation: Do the Spouses Suffer as Much as the Patients?
- Event-Free Survival Following CRT with Surgically Implanted LV Leads Versus Standard Transvenous Approach.
- Effect of therapeutic INR on activated clotting times, heparin dosage, and bleeding risk during ablation of Atrial fibrillation.
- Disseminated malignancies masquerading as cardiovascular implantable electronic devices infections.
- Management and outcomes of cardiac tamponade during Atrial fibrillation ablation in the presence of therapeutic anticoagulation with warfarin.
- Resetting criteria during ventricular overdrive pacing successfully differentiate orthodromic reentrant tachycardia from atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia d...
- Multicenter experience with extraction of the Sprint Fidelis implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead.
- Lead extraction is preferred for lead revisions and system upgrades: when less is more.
- Think before you pull--not every lead has to come out.
- Percutaneous access of the epicardial space for mapping ventricular and supraventricular Arrhythmias in patients with and without prior cardiac surgery.
- Lead extraction in the contemporary setting: the LExICon study: an observational retrospective study of consecutive laser lead extractions.
- Coronary artery injury due to catheter ablation in adults: presentations and outcomes.
- ICD lead proarrhythmia cured by lead extraction.
- Proof positive: efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis in device implantation.
- Association of electrocardiographic morphology of exercise-induced ventricular arrhythmia with mortality.
- Practical considerations for remote monitoring.
- Ventricular tachycardia ablation: evolution of patients and procedures over 8 years.
- A rewarming maneuver demonstrates the contribution of blood flow to electrode cooling during internally irrigated RF ablation.
- Large, single-center, single-operator experience with transvenous lead extraction: outcomes and changing indications.
- TransCoronary ethanol ventricular tachycardia ablation in the modern electrophysiology era.
- Sustained ventricular tachycardia associated with corrective Valve surgery.
- How to select patients for lead extraction.
- Images in cardiovascular medicine. Intramural atrial hematoma after catheter ablation for atrial tachyArrhythmias.
- Myopotentials leading to ventricular Fibrillation detection after advisory defibrillator generator replacement.
- Survival in octogenarians receiving implantable defibrillators.
- Refractory ventricular tachycardia secondary to cardiac sarcoid: electrophysiologic characteristics, mapping, and ablation.
- Pulmonary arterial embolization of pacemaker lead electrode tip.
- Relation of right ventricular peak systolic pressure to major adverse events in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy.
- Noninvasive transesophageal cardiac thermal ablation using a 2-D focused, ultrasound phased array: a simulation study.
- Narrow complex tachycardia after slow pathway ablation: continue ablating?
- Entrainment mapping for rapid distinction of left and right Atrial tachycardias.
- Modified temporary cardiac pacing using transvenous active fixation leads and external re-sterilized pulse generators.
- Endpoints for ablation of Atrial fibrillation.
- Predicting early mortality after implantable defibrillator implantation: a clinical risk score for optimal patient selection.
- Central venous occlusion is not an obstacle to device upgrade with the assistance of laser extraction.
- Feasibility of adjusting paced left ventricular activation by manipulating stimulus strength.
- Subxiphoid surgical approach for epicardial catheter-based mapping and ablation in patients with prior cardiac surgery or difficult Pericardial access.
- Ablation with an internally irrigated radiofrequency catheter: learning how to avoid steam pops.
- Ablation lesion size correlates with pacing threshold: a physiological basis for use of pacing to assess ablation lesions.
- Endocardial and epicardial radiofrequency ablation of ventricular tachycardia associated with dilated Cardiomyopathy: the importance of low-voltage scars.
- Deep Myocardial ablation lesions can be created with a retractable needle-tipped catheter.
- Identification and ablation of three types of ventricular tachycardia involving the his-purkinje system in patients with Heart disease.
- Standard right atrial ablation is effective for atrioventricular nodal reentry with earliest activation in the Coronary sinus.
- Implantable cardioverter defibrillator lead complications and laser extraction in children and young adults with congenital Heart disease: implications for implantatio...
- Development and validation of a simple risk score to predict the need for permanent pacing after cardiac Valve surgery.
- Management of arrhythmias in Heart failure.
- Predicting sudden death risk for Heart failure patients in the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator age.
- Changing trends in pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator generator advisories.
- Electrically unexcitable scar mapping based on pacing threshold for identification of the reentry circuit isthmus: feasibility for guiding ventricular tachycardia abla...
Schools
University Of ChicagoThe Pritzker School Of Medicine
University Of Ca
Uc Sf
University Of Pa
Procedures Preformed
- Ablation for Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Implantation
- Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
- Cardiac Imaging
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Conditions Treated
- Aneurysm and Dissection of Heart
- Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Valve Disease
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiology
- Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Bakery & Confectionary Union Plan
- Blue Card PPO
- BlueConnect HMO
- Blue with Managed Care Behavioral Health HMO
- Preferred Blue PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- LocalPlus
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Fallon Community Health Plan
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Humana
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Simplifi
- Tufts PPO
- UniCare
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Boston Magazine
- Partners in Excellence Team Award
- Physician Recognition Award
- Alpha Omega Alpha
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Fellow (FACC)
Education
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University of Pennsylvania Health System -
UCSF -
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Hospital
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South Shore Hospital -
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1457318859 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | EPSTEIN | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | LAURENCE | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 021156110 | |
| NPPES Provider State | MA | |
| Specialty Description | Cardiology | |
| Total Claim Count | 72.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1457318859 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | EPSTEIN |
| First Name Of The Provider | LAURENCE |
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