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Dr. Valderrábano came to Houston from Los Angeles where he was director of the Implanted Devices Clinic at the UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center and assistant professor of medicine at UCLA Medical Center.
Dr. Valderrábano received his medical degree from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) School of Medicine in Madrid, Spain, and internal medicine training at UCLA. He completed his cardiology and electrophysiology training at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he was chief cardiology fellow. He then joined the faculty at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Research interests
Dr. Valderrábano’s research and clinical interests focus on finding new and more effective treatments for atrial fibrillation, including epicardial mapping and ablation. His research has been funded by grants from the American Heart Association and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Education/Academic qualification
Clinical Fellowship, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Jul 1 1999 → Jun 30 2002
Award Date: Jun 30 2003
Research Fellowship, AHA Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Cedar-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA SCOR Group
Jul 1 2000 → Jun 30 2002
Award Date: Jun 30 2002
Internal Medicine, Residency
Jul 1 1997 → Jun 30 1999
Award Date: Jun 30 1999
Cardiology, Internship, Cardiology Program, UCLA - West Los Angeles VA Medical Center
Jun 1 1996 → Jun 30 1997
Award Date: Jun 3 1997
MD, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Oct 1 1988 → Jul 31 1994
Award Date: Jul 31 1994
Research Area Keywords
- Heart & Vascular
- Clinical Translation & Trials
Free-text keywords
- Atrial fibrillation
- Epicardial mapping
- Ablation
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Comparative effectiveness randomized clinical trial to assess the clinical efficacy of VE when used in combination with RF ablation compared with RF ablation alone -Venous Ethanol for Left Ventricular Ischemic Ventricular Tachycardia -VELVET clinical trial
Valderrábano, M., Dave, A., Lador, A., Mathuria, N. & Schurmann, P. A.
6/6/23 → …
Project: Clinical Trial
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Histological substrates of cardiac arrhythmia
Valderrábano, M., Dave, A., Lador, A., Mathuria, N. & Schurmann, P. A.
6/1/23 → …
Project: Clinical Trial
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VENOUS ETHANOL ABLATION IN ISCHEMIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA- VELVET TRIAL
5/1/23 → 4/30/24
Project: Federal Funding Agencies
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Cardiac Autonomic Activation In Atrial Fibrillation Triggers And Substrate
4/1/23 → 3/31/28
Project: Federal Funding Agencies
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Inherited Arrhythmia Syndromes Registry
Lador, A., Dave, A., Mathuria, N., Schurmann, P. A. & Valderrábano, M.
12/27/22 → …
Project: Clinical Trial
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Severity of Ischemic Stroke After Left Atrial Appendage Closure vs Nonwarfarin Oral Anticoagulants
Turagam, M. K., 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, M. E., Halperin, J., Mansour, M., & 1 others , Feb 2024, In: JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology. 10, 2, p. 270-283 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ventricular septal defect as a complication of bipolar radiofrequency ablation for ventricular tachycardia
Maher, T. R., Raza, A. S., Tapias, C., Garcia, F., Reynolds, M. R., Chaudry, G. M., Saenz, L. C., Valderrábano, M. & d'Avila, A., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Heart Rhythm.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Acute and Long-Term Scar Characterization of Venous Ethanol Ablation in the Left Ventricular Summit
Fuentes Rojas, S. C., Malahfji, M., Tavares, L., Patel, A., Schurmann, P. A., Dave, A. S., Tapias, C., Rodríguez, D., Sáenz, L. C., Korolev, S., Papiashvili, G., Peichl, P., Kautzner, J., Blaszyk, K., Malaczynska-Rajpold, K., Chen, T., Santangeli, P., Shah, D. J. & Valderrábano, M., Jan 2023, In: JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology. 9, 1, p. 28-39 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Scopus citations -
Anterior mitral line in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation and anterior scar: A multicenter matched comparison—The MiLine study
Bergonti, M., Spera, F. R., Ferrero, T. G., 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., May 2023, In: Heart Rhythm. 20, 5, p. 658-665 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access7 Scopus citations -
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, F. R., Ferrero, T. G., Nsahlai, M., Bonomi, A., Tijskens, M., Boris, W., Saenen, J., Huybrechts, W., Miljoen, H., González-Juanatey, J. R., Martínez-Sande, J. L., Vandaele, L., Wittock, A., Heidbuchel, H., Valderrábano, M., Rodríguez-Mañero, M. & Sarkozy, A., Jan 3 2023, In: Journal of the American Heart Association. 12, 1, p. e027795 e027795.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access11 Scopus citations