Research Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
M.S. Biophysics, Biomedical Department, The Second Moscow Medical Institute, Moscow
M.S. Computer Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Ph.D. in Physiology, Department of Physiology, Moscow State University, Moscow
Cardiac arrhythmias and imaging of cardiac excitation.
Electrophysiologic mechanisms of initiation and perpetuation of cardiac fibrillation.
Applications of techniques for visualization and analysis of wave dynamics during complex cardiac rhythms.
Warren MD, Huizar JF, Shvedko AG, Zaitsev AV. Spatiotemporal Relationship Between Intracellular Ca2+ Dynamics and Wave Fragmentation During Ventricular Fibrillation in Isolated Blood-Perfused Pig Hearts. Circ Res. 2007; 101:e90-e101
Huizar, JF, Warren MD, Shvedko SG, Kalifa J, Moreno J, Mironov SF, Jalife J, Zaitsev AV. Three Distinct Phases of VF during Global Ischemia in the Isolated Blood-Perfused Pig Heart. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2007; 293: H1617-H1628
Matiukas A, Mitrea BG, Qin M, Pertsov AM, Shvedko AG, Warren MD, Zaitsev AV, Wuskell JP, Wei M, Watras J, Loew LM. Near Infrared Voltage Sensitive Fluorescent Dyes Optimized for Optical Mapping in Blood-Perfused Myocardium. Heart Rhythm. 2007; 4:1441–1451
Moreno J, Zaitsev AV, Warren M, Berenfeld O, Kalifa J, Lucca E, Mironov S, Guha P, Jalife J. Effect of remodelling, stretch and ischaemia on ventricular fibrillation frequency and dynamics in a heart failure model. Cardiovasc Res. 2005; 65: 158-66.
Berenfeld O, Zaitsev AV. The muscular network of the sheep right atrium and frequency-dependent breakdown of wave propagation. Anat Rec A Discov Mol Cell Evol Biol. 2004 Oct;280: 1053-61. Review.
Zaitsev AV, Guha PK, Sarmast F, Kolli A, Berenfeld O, Pertsov AM, de Groot JR, Coronel R, Jalife J. Wavebreak formation during ventricular fibrillation in the isolated, regionally ischemic pig heart. Circ Res. 2003 ;92: 546-53.
Berenfeld O, Zaitsev AV, Mironov OF, Pertsov AM, Jalife J. Frequency dependent breakdown of wave fronts across the pectinate muscle network in the sheep isolated right atrium. Circ Res. 2002; 90: 1173-1180
Zaitsev AV, Berenfeld O, Mironov OF, Pertsov AM, Jalife J. Distribution of Excitation Frequencies on the Epicardial and the Endocardial surfaces of Fibrillating Ventricular Wall. Circ. Res. 2000; 86: 408-417.