Marc Deyell, University of British Columbia

Research

Congestive Heart Failure Data Base Analysis Electrophysiology Epidemiology Prognosis Ventricular Arrhythmias

Latest papers

Catheter Ablation or Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Ventricular Tachycardia
New England Journal of Medicine · 2025
Impact of Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia on Pregnancy Outcomes.
CJC open · 2025
Impact of Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation on Disease Progression.
JACC. Clinical electrophysiology · 2025

All 9 publications

Latest funding

Advancing precision stroke prevention through real-world adherence science
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$306,001
Secondary Prevention of Ventricular Tachycardia in Patient with Cardiomyopathies (END-VT)
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,017,448
Strategies for catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation: a randomized comparative study (STAR AF 3)
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$569,926

All 9 grants and awards

9 publications.

01

Catheter Ablation or Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Ventricular Tachycardia

Sapp JL, Tang ASL, Parkash R, Stevenson WG, Healey JS, Gula LJ, Nair GM, Essebag V, Rivard L, Roux J-F

New England Journal of Medicine2025121 citations

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2409501

02

Impact of Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia on Pregnancy Outcomes.

Ardehali A, Kiess M, Rychel V, Barlow A, Oakes J, Deyell M, Grewal J

CJC open2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2025.01.008 PMID: 40433129

03

Impact of Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation on Disease Progression.

Benali K, Macle L, Haïssaguerre M, Nattel S, Deyell M, Da Costa A, Andrade JG

JACC. Clinical electrophysiology2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2024.10.017 PMID: 40010884

04

The Role of Machine Learning in the Detection of Cardiac Fibrosis in Electrocardiograms: Scoping Review.

Handra J, James H, Mbilinyi A, Moller-Hansen A, O'Riley C, Andrade J, Deyell M, Hague C, Hawkins N, Ho K, Hu R, Leipsic J, Tam R

JMIR cardio2024

DOI: 10.2196/60697 PMID: 39753213

05

Canadian national electrophysiology ablation registry report 2011–2016

Kaoutskaia A, Shurrab M, Amit G, Parkash R, Exner D, Toal S, Sterns L, Sarrazin J-F, Chauhan V, Sultan O

BMC Health Services Research20218 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06441-0 PMID: W3122549313

06

Surveillance for Outcomes Selected as Atrial Fibrillation Quality Indicators in Canada: 10-Year Trends in Stroke, Major Bleeding, and Heart Failure

Wilton SB, Kaul P, Islam S, Atzema CL, Cruz J, MacFarlane K, McKelvie R, Poon S, Lambert L, Rush K

CJC Open20214 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2021.01.003

07

Prognostic Value of Noninducibility on Outcomes of Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation: A VANISH Substudy.

Essebag V, Joza J, Nery PB, Doucette S, Nault I, Rivard L, Gula L, Deyell M, Raymond JM, Lane C, Sapp JL

JACC. Clinical electrophysiology2018

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2018.03.013 PMID: 30025692

08

Friendly Fire During RF: Be Firm but Gentle!

Chakrabarti S, Deyell M

Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology2016Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/jce.12894 PMID: 26661509

09

Pulmonary vein isolation using "contact force" ablation: the effect on dormant conduction and long-term freedom from recurrent atrial fibrillation--a prospective study.

Andrade JG, Monir G, Pollak SJ, Khairy P, Dubuc M, Roy D, Talajic M, Deyell M, Rivard L, Thibault B, Guerra PG, Nattel S, Macle L

Heart rhythm2014

DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.07.033 PMID: 25068575

Advancing precision stroke prevention through real-world adherence science

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Loewen, Peter S

Keywords: Adherence; Anticoagulation; Atrial Fibrillation; Bleeding; Death; Embolism; Stroke

$306,001

Secondary Prevention of Ventricular Tachycardia in Patient with Cardiomyopathies (END-VT)

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sapp, John L; Samuel, Michelle

Keywords: Cardiomyopathy; Epidemiology; Precision Medicine; Prospective Cohort; Ventricular Tachycardia

$1,017,448

Strategies for catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation: a randomized comparative study (STAR AF 3)

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Verma, Atul; Andrade, Jason G; Macle, Laurent; Nery, Pablo

Keywords: Arrhythmia; Atrial Fibrillation; Catheter Ablation

$569,926

Atrial fibrillation stroke prevention: New insights from anticoagulant adherence thresholds and trajectories

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Loewen, Peter S

Keywords: Adherence; Anticoagulation; Atrial Fibrillation; Bleeding; Death; Stroke

$267,750

LEFT HF: LEFT Bundle Pacing vs Standard Right Ventricular Pacing for Heart Failure

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Joza, Jacqueline; Essebag, Vidal; Healey, Jeff S; Verma, Atul

Keywords: Electrophysiology

$576,809

Preventable strokes and deaths in atrial fibrillation patients: Understanding the impacts of anticoagulant nonadherence and nonpersistence

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Loewen, Peter S

Keywords: Adherence; Anticoagulation; Atrial Fibrillation; Death; Economic; Persistence; Stroke

$260,101

The VANISH2 Trial: Ventricular Tachycardia Antiarrhythmics or Ablation in Structural Heart Disease 2

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sapp, John L

Keywords: Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy; Cardiac Arrhythmia; Cardiac Sciences; Catheter Ablation; Randomized Controlled Trial; Ventricular Arrhythmias

$979,200

Risk Estimation Following Infarction Noninvasive Evaluation ICD efficacy (REFINE ICD) Trial.

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Operating Grant: Industry-partnered Collaborative Research

Principal investigators: Exner, Derek V

Keywords: Cost-Effectiveness; Death; Economics; Ejection Fraction; Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator; Myocardial Infarction; Quality Of Life; Randomized Clinical Trial; Risk Stratifiaction; Sudden Cardiac Arrest

$1,248,736

Frequent ventricular premature contractions in heart failure: prevalence and prognosis

Nominated PICIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Deyell, Marc W; Tang, Anthony S

Keywords: Congestive Heart Failure; Data Base Analysis; Electrophysiology; Epidemiology; Prognosis; Ventricular Arrhythmias

$63,008

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Denis Roy and Denis Roy: 96 shared papers
Paul Khairy and Laurent Macle: 91 shared papers
Denis Roy and Paul Khairy: 63 shared papers
Denis Roy and Laurent Macle: 63 shared papers
Denis Roy and Paul Khairy: 63 shared papers
Denis Roy and Laurent Macle: 63 shared papers
Jeff Healey and Ratika Parkash: 49 shared papers
Vidal Essebag and Jacqueline Joza: 47 shared papers
Jeff Healey and Vidal Essebag: 40 shared papers
Guy Amit and Jeff Healey: 38 shared papers
Jeff Healey and Mohammed Shurrab: 37 shared papers
Léna Rivard and Paul Khairy: 37 shared papers
Stanley Nattel and Laurent Macle: 34 shared papers
Vidal Essebag and Ratika Parkash: 28 shared papers
Léna Rivard and Laurent Macle: 26 shared papers
Denis Roy and Léna Rivard: 24 shared papers
Jeff Healey and Jacqueline Joza: 20 shared papers
Stanley Nattel and Paul Khairy: 19 shared papers
Guy Amit and Mohammed Shurrab: 13 shared papers
Denis Roy and Stanley Nattel: 12 shared papers
Ratika Parkash and Léna Rivard: 11 shared papers
Guy Amit and Vidal Essebag: 9 shared papers
Mohammed Shurrab and Ratika Parkash: 9 shared papers
Derek Exner and Ratika Parkash: 7 shared papers
Jeff Healey and Vijay Chauhan: 4 shared papers
Vidal Essebag and Derek Exner: 4 shared papers
Jeff Healey and Derek Exner: 3 shared papers
Mohammed Shurrab and Vijay Chauhan: 3 shared papers
Marc Deyell and Laurent Macle: 3 shared papers
Robert McKelvie and Kathy Rush: 2 shared papers
Guy Amit and Marc Deyell: 2 shared papers
Guy Amit and Jacqueline Joza: 2 shared papers
Vidal Essebag and Marc Deyell: 2 shared papers
Marc Deyell and Stanley Nattel: 2 shared papers
Marc Deyell and Ratika Parkash: 2 shared papers
Marc Deyell and Léna Rivard: 2 shared papers
Vijay Chauhan and Laurent Macle: 2 shared papers
Kendall Ho and Paul Khairy: 2 shared papers
Kendall Ho and Laurent Macle: 2 shared papers
Kendall Ho and Nathaniel Hawkins: 2 shared papers
Paul Khairy and Nathaniel Hawkins: 2 shared papers
Laurent Macle and Nathaniel Hawkins: 2 shared papers
Robert McKelvie and Jeff Healey: 1 shared paper
Robert McKelvie and Marc Deyell: 1 shared paper
Robert McKelvie and Stephen Wilton: 1 shared paper
Guy Amit and Girish Nair: 1 shared paper
Guy Amit and Stephen Wilton: 1 shared paper
Jeff Healey and Marc Deyell: 1 shared paper
Jeff Healey and Girish Nair: 1 shared paper
Jeff Healey and Stephen Wilton: 1 shared paper
Mohammed Shurrab and Marc Deyell: 1 shared paper
Mohammed Shurrab and Girish Nair: 1 shared paper
Kathy Rush and Marc Deyell: 1 shared paper
Marc Deyell and Derek Exner: 1 shared paper
Marc Deyell and Jonathon Leipsic: 1 shared paper
Marc Deyell and Vijay Chauhan: 1 shared paper
Marc Deyell and Denis Roy: 1 shared paper
Marc Deyell and Kendall Ho: 1 shared paper
Marc Deyell and Denis Roy: 1 shared paper
Marc Deyell and Girish Nair: 1 shared paper
Marc Deyell and Paul Khairy: 1 shared paper
Marc Deyell and Jacqueline Joza: 1 shared paper
Marc Deyell and Stephen Wilton: 1 shared paper
Marc Deyell and Nathaniel Hawkins: 1 shared paper
Jonathon Leipsic and Kendall Ho: 1 shared paper
Jonathon Leipsic and Nathaniel Hawkins: 1 shared paper

Medicine
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1 shared papers, latest 2021

Kathy Rush

School of Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Congestive Heart Failure Dear Professor Deyell, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Catheter Ablation or Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Ventricular Tachycardia" (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Catheter Ablation or Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Ventricular Tachycardia

Impact of Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia on Pregnancy Outcomes.

Impact of Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation on Disease Progression.

The Role of Machine Learning in the Detection of Cardiac Fibrosis in Electrocardiograms: Scoping Review.

Canadian national electrophysiology ablation registry report 2011–2016

Surveillance for Outcomes Selected as Atrial Fibrillation Quality Indicators in Canada: 10-Year Trends in Stroke, Major Bleeding, and Heart Failure

Prognostic Value of Noninducibility on Outcomes of Ventricular Tachycardia&#xa0;Ablation: A VANISH Substudy.

Friendly Fire During RF: Be Firm but Gentle!

Pulmonary vein isolation using "contact force" ablation: the effect on dormant conduction and long-term freedom from recurrent atrial fibrillation--a prospective study.

Frequent collaborators

Laurent Macle

Ratika Parkash

Léna Rivard

Stanley Nattel

Guy Amit

Vidal Essebag

Kendall Ho

Denis Roy

Girish Nair

Paul Khairy

Jacqueline Joza

Stephen Wilton

Derek Exner

Nathaniel Hawkins

Jonathon Leipsic

Vijay Chauhan

Denis Roy

Robert McKelvie

Jeff Healey

Mohammed Shurrab

Kathy Rush

Prognostic Value of Noninducibility on Outcomes of Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation: A VANISH Substudy.