Abhishek Bhaskaran, University of Toronto

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.

Latest papers

Detecting Local Myocardial Spatiotemporal Repolarization Gradients With Clinical Mapping Arrays.
Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology · 2025
Portrait of an Atriofascicular Pathway.
JACC. Clinical electrophysiology · 2025
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Patients With Electrical Storm or Refractory Ventricular Arrhythmias: Management and Outcomes
Canadian Journal of Cardiology · 2024

All 8 publications

Latest funding

Human Ventricular Tachycardia: Challenges in the Intramural Myocardium
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$495,720

All 1 grants and awards

8 publications.

01

Detecting Local Myocardial Spatiotemporal Repolarization Gradients With Clinical Mapping Arrays.

Subha T, Massé S, Abderrahman Y, Mokhtar-Sasani G, Lai PFH, Asta J, Labos C, Bhaskaran A, Chakraborty P, Chauhan VS, Dorian P, Nanthakumar K

Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology2025Open Access

DOI: 10.1161/circep.125.014213 PMID: 41328553

02

Portrait of an Atriofascicular Pathway.

Hayashi T, Ahmed I, Bhaskaran A, Korogyi A, Nanthakumar K

JACC. Clinical electrophysiology2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2025.06.033 PMID: 40838923

03

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Patients With Electrical Storm or Refractory Ventricular Arrhythmias: Management and Outcomes

Reha Kumar, Jennifer M. Amadio, Adriana C. Luk, Abhishek P. Bhaskaran, Andrew C.T. Ha

Canadian Journal of Cardiology20244 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2024.12.018 PMID: 39701179

04

Acute effects of dantrolene on the mechanical performance of myopathic human hearts.

Chakraborty P, Bokhari MM, Massé S, Azam MA, Lai PFH, Liang T, Si D, Bhaskaran A, Riazi S, Billia F, Nanthakumar K

Heart rhythm20242 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2024.03.1815 PMID: 38574788

05

The Role of Ablation in Prevention of Recurrent Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Shocks in Patients With Tetralogy of Fallot.

Kawada S, Chakraborty P, Downar E, Sanchez AP, Sathananthan G, Bhaskaran A, Kugamoorthy P, Albertini L, Oechslin EN, Silversides C, Wald RM, Roche SL, Swan L, Alonso-Gonzalez R, Thorne S, Harris L, Hickey E, Nanthakumar K, Mondésert B, Khairy P, Nair K

CJC open202111 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2021.01.005 PMID: 34027366

06

Safety and Long-term Outcomes of Defibrillator Therapy in Patients With Right-Sided Implantable Cardiac Devices in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease.

Kawada S, Chakraborty P, Albertini L, Bhaskaran A, Oechslin EN, Sliversides C, Wald RM, Roche SL, Harris L, Swan L, Alonso-Gonzalez R, Thorne S, Downar E, Nanthakumar K, Mondésert B, Khairy P, Nair K

The Canadian journal of cardiology20213 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2020.05.038 PMID: 32522524

07

Decrement Evoked Potential Mapping to Guide Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation: Elucidating the Functional Substrate.

Bhaskaran A, Fitzgerald J, Jackson N, Gizurarson S, Nanthakumar K, Porta-Sánchez A

Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review202021 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.15420/aer.2020.25 PMID: 33437489

08

Lateral tunnel Fontan atrial tachycardia ablation trans-baffle access is not mandatory as the initial strategy.

Bhaskaran A, Nayyar S, Charla P, Saeed Y, Haldar S, Porta-Sánchez A, Kugamoorthy P, Hans A, Jons C, Oechslin E, Hickey E, Harris L, Silversides C, Roche SL, Downar E, Nanthakumar K, Nair K

Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing20206 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1007/s10840-019-00580-5 PMID: 31399922

Human Ventricular Tachycardia: Challenges in the Intramural Myocardium

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Nanthakumar, Kumaraswamy

Keywords: Arrhythmias; Intramural Myocardial Electrophysiology; Myocardium; Radiofrequency Ablation; Ventricular Tachycardia

$495,720

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Andrew Ha and Paul Dorian: 40 shared papers
Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar and Vijay Chauhan: 34 shared papers
Vijay Chauhan and Andrew Ha: 32 shared papers
Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar and Paul Dorian: 27 shared papers
Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar and Andrew Ha: 22 shared papers
Rachel Wald and Krishnakumar Nair: 10 shared papers
Candice Silversides and Erwin Oechslin: 10 shared papers
Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar and Eugene Downar: 9 shared papers
Rachel Wald and Rafael Alonso-Gonzalez: 9 shared papers
Filio Billia and Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar: 8 shared papers
Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar and Sheila Riazi: 8 shared papers
Rachel Wald and Candice Silversides: 8 shared papers
Rachel Wald and Erwin Oechslin: 8 shared papers
Rafael Alonso-Gonzalez and Candice Silversides: 8 shared papers
Eugene Downar and Krishnakumar Nair: 8 shared papers
Candice Silversides and Krishnakumar Nair: 8 shared papers
Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar and Abhishek Bhaskaran: 7 shared papers
Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar and Praloy Chakraborty: 7 shared papers
Rachel Wald and Sara Thorne: 7 shared papers
Rafael Alonso-Gonzalez and Sara Thorne: 7 shared papers
Praloy Chakraborty and Krishnakumar Nair: 7 shared papers
Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar and Christopher Labos: 6 shared papers
Vijay Chauhan and Paul Dorian: 6 shared papers
Rachel Wald and Louise Harris: 6 shared papers
Sara Thorne and Candice Silversides: 6 shared papers
Louise Harris and Krishnakumar Nair: 6 shared papers
Erwin Oechslin and Krishnakumar Nair: 6 shared papers
Filio Billia and Sheila Riazi: 5 shared papers
Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar and Louise Harris: 5 shared papers
Rachel Wald and Praloy Chakraborty: 5 shared papers
Rachel Wald and Eugene Downar: 5 shared papers
Abhishek Bhaskaran and Praloy Chakraborty: 4 shared papers
Filio Billia and Andrew Ha: 3 shared papers
Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar and Lisa Albertini: 3 shared papers
Rachel Wald and Lisa Albertini: 3 shared papers
Lisa Albertini and Rafael Alonso-Gonzalez: 3 shared papers
Abhishek Bhaskaran and Eugene Downar: 3 shared papers
Abhishek Bhaskaran and Louise Harris: 3 shared papers
Abhishek Bhaskaran and Krishnakumar Nair: 3 shared papers
Rachel Wald and Abhishek Bhaskaran: 2 shared papers
Lisa Albertini and Abhishek Bhaskaran: 2 shared papers
Rafael Alonso-Gonzalez and Abhishek Bhaskaran: 2 shared papers
Abhishek Bhaskaran and Sara Thorne: 2 shared papers
Abhishek Bhaskaran and Candice Silversides: 2 shared papers
Filio Billia and Abhishek Bhaskaran: 1 shared paper
Vijay Chauhan and Christopher Labos: 1 shared paper
Vijay Chauhan and Abhishek Bhaskaran: 1 shared paper
Andrew Ha and Christopher Labos: 1 shared paper
Andrew Ha and Abhishek Bhaskaran: 1 shared paper
Paul Dorian and Abhishek Bhaskaran: 1 shared paper
Sheila Riazi and Christopher Labos: 1 shared paper
Sheila Riazi and Abhishek Bhaskaran: 1 shared paper
Christopher Labos and Abhishek Bhaskaran: 1 shared paper
Abhishek Bhaskaran and Erwin Oechslin: 1 shared paper

Department of Medicine
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Department of Global and Public Health
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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