Division of Cardiology

Girish Nair

MBBS, MD, FRCPC (Internal Medicine and Cardiology)

Associate Professor (FT), Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine

Arrhythmia Rotation Supervisor, Cardiology Residency Program

Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

 

 

Research Interests

Current research interests lie in the field of Atrial Fibrillation and Ventricular tachycardia with a specific focus on evaluating treatment strategies and knowledge transfer.

Selected Publications

  1. A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials Comparing Radiofrequency Ablation with Antiarrhythmic Medications in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation. Nair GM, Nery PB, Diwakaramenon S, Healey JS, Connolly SJ, Morilla CA. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2009 Feb;20(2):138-44.
  2. Postoperative low-molecular-weight heparin bridging is associated with an increase in wound hematoma following surgery for pacemakers and implantable defibrillators. Robinson M, Healey JS, Eikelboom J, Schulman S, Morillo CA, Nair GM, Baranchuk A, Ribas S, Evans G, Connolly SJ, Turpie AG. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2009 Mar;32(3):378-82.
  3. Management of atrial fibrillation in the emergency department: are we adhering to guidelines. GM Nair, SM Divakaramenon, T Pazsynski, PB Nery, GL Sumner, JS Healey, CS Ribas, M O’ Donnell, K O’Halloran, SJ Connolly, CA Morillo. European Heart J. 2009; 30 (S): 308
  4. Wide Area Circumferential Ablation with Image Integration for Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Prevents Pulmonary Vein Stenosis. Nair GM, Armaganijan L, Venancio A, Hussein M, Divakaramenon S, Ribas SC, Healey JS, Connolly SJ, Morillo CA. European Heart J. 2009; 30 (S): 408
  5. Lead Dislodgement and Lead Related Cardiac Perforation in ICD Patients. Nair GM, Healey JS, Long L, Dean J, Divakaramenon S, Ribas SC, Morillo CA, Connolly SJ. European Heart J. 2009; 30 (S): 816