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Selected Publications

Academic Article

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2021 Atrial arrhythmia related outcomes in critically ill COVID-19 patients.  Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.  44:814-823. 2021
2021 A Novel Temperature-Controlled Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation System Used to Treat Patients With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation.  JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology.  7:352-363. 2021
2021 Complete heart block without ventricular escape secondary to hyperkalemia induced by herbal tea.  HeartRhythm Case Reports.  2021
2019 Leadless pacemaker implant in patients with pre-existing infections: Results from the Micra postapproval registry.  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology.  30:569-574. 2019
2018 Acute Hemodynamic Effects of Biventricular Pacing After Left Ventricular Assist Device.  Journal of Cardiac Failure.  24:716-718. 2018
2017 Totally Implantable IV Treprostinil Therapy in Pulmonary Hypertension Assessment of the Implantation Procedure.  Chest.  152:1128-1134. 2017
2017 An irregular wide complex tachycardia.  Circulation.  136:773-775. 2017
2017 Idiopathic Ventricular Arrhythmias Originating from the Parietal Band: Electrocardiographic and Electrophysiological Characteristics and Outcome of Catheter Ablation.  Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.  10. 2017
2017 Efficacy of an Anatomical Approach in Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Idiopathic Ventricular Arrhythmias Originating from the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract.  Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.  10. 2017
2017 Significant Discrepancy Between Estimated and Actual Longevity in St. Jude Medical Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators.  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology.  28:552-558. 2017
2016 Relationship Between Catheter Stability and 12-Month Success After Pulmonary Vein Isolation: A Subanalysis of the SMART-AF Trial.  JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology.  2:691-699. 2016
2016 Challenging Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Idiopathic Ventricular Arrhythmias Originating from the Left Ventricular Summit Near the Left Main Coronary Artery.  Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.  9. 2016
2016 Prevalence and Electrocardiographic and Electrophysiological Characteristics of Idiopathic Ventricular Arrhythmias Originating from Intramural Foci in the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract.  Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.  9. 2016
2015 Pulmonary vein isolation using the visually guided laser balloon: Results of the U.S. feasibility study.  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology.  26:944-949. 2015
2015 Pre-clinical investigation of a low-intensity collimated ultrasound system for pulmonary vein isolation in a porcine model.  JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology.  1:306-314. 2015
2015 Radiofrequency catheter ablation of idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias originating from intramural foci in the left ventricular outflow tract.  Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.  8:344-352. 2015
2015 Left atrial appendage electrical isolation and concomitant device occlusion: A safety and feasibility study with histologic characterization.  Heart Rhythm.  12:202-210. 2015
2014 Paroxysmal AF catheter ablation with a contact force sensing catheter: Results of the prospective, multicenter SMART-AF trial.  Journal of the American College of Cardiology.  64:647-656. 2014
2014 A novel electrocardiographic criterion for differentiating a left from right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia origin: The V2s/V3R index.  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology.  25:747-753. 2014
2014 Successful cavotricuspid isthmus ablation in a patient with a senning operation and prosthetic tricuspid valve replacement.  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology.  25:329-330. 2014
2014 Successful percutaneous repositioning of a dislodged pacemaker lead 2014
2013 Cardiovascular implantable electronic device implantation with uninterrupted dabigatran: comparison to uninterrupted warfarin.  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology.  24:1125-1129. 2013
2013 Dabigatran versus warfarin therapy for uninterrupted oral anticoagulation during atrial fibrillation ablation.  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology.  24:861-865. 2013
2013 Pulmonary vein isolation using a visually guided laser balloon catheter the first 200-patient multicenter clinical experience.  Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.  6:467-472. 2013
2012 Successful reduction of a high defibrillation threshold by a combined implantation of a subcutaneous array and azygos vein lead.  Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.  35. 2012
2012 Idiopathic mitral annular pvcs with multiple breakouts and preferential conduction unmasked by radiofrequency catheter ablation.  Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.  35. 2012
2012 Idiopathic premature ventricular contractions arising from the intraventricular septum adjacent to the his bundle.  Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.  35. 2012
2012 Successful epicardial catheter ablation of a septal ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction.  Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.  35. 2012
2012 Epicardial macroreentrant ventricular tachycardia associated with a left ventricular aneurysm.  Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.  35. 2012
2012 Great cardiac venography by contrast injection through an external irrigation catheter.  Heart Rhythm.  9:156-157. 2012
2011 Evidence for an intramural origin of idiopathic premature ventricular contractions successfully ablated within the great cardiac vein.  Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.  34. 2011
2011 Atrial tachycardia originating from the junction of the right atrium and a diverticulum of the inferior vena cava.  Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.  4. 2011
2011 Prolongation of local ventriculoatrial conduction during left lateral accessory pathway ablation: What is the mechanism?.  Heart Rhythm.  8:942-943. 2011
2011 Idiopathic premature ventricular contractions successfully ablated from the epicardial right ventricular outflow tract 2011
2011 Suppression of premature ventricular contractions during atrioventricular conduction block: What is the mechanism?.  Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.  34:377-379. 2011
2011 An atrial tachycardia with altered atrial activation sequences within the coronary sinus: What is the mechanism?.  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology.  22:220-221. 2011
2011 Demonstration of a right ventricular substrate of ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction. 2011
2010 Idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias originating from the left ventricular summit anatomic concepts relevant to ablation.  Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.  3:616-623. 2010
2010 Idiopathic ventricular tachycardia originating from the left ventricle near the his bundle.  Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.  33. 2010
2010 Successful catheter ablation of idiopathic premature ventricular contractions originating from the mid-lateral left ventricle in a patient with dextrocardia and situs solitus.  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology.  21:1302. 2010
2010 A regular narrow QRS complex tachycardia with alternating atrial activation sequences within the coronary sinus: What is the mechanism?.  Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.  33:1264-1266. 2010
2010 Focal ventricular arrhythmias originating from the left ventricle adjacent to the membranous septum 2010
2010 A couplet of PVCs with different qrs morphologies arising from a single origin in the left ventricular outflow tract.  Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.  33. 2010
2010 Electrocardiographic and electrophysiological characteristics in idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias originating from the papillary muscles in the left ventricle relevance for catheter ablation.  Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.  3:324-331. 2010
2010 Atrial tachycardia initiating atrial fibrillation successfully ablated in the non-coronary cusp of the aorta 2010
2010 Atrial tachycardia originating from the cavo-tricuspid isthmus may exhibit narrow P waves.  Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal.  10:152-155. 2010
2010 A regular ventricular tachycardia with variable QRS morphologies originating from the interventricular septum: What is the mechanism?.  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology.  21:827-828. 2010
2010 Alternating LBBB and RBBB QRS morphologies with two different supraventricular rhythms: What is the mechanism?.  Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.  33:94-96. 2010
2010 Idiopathic left ventricular arrhythmias originating adjacent to the left aortic sinus of valsalva: Electrophysiological rationale for the surface electrocardiogram.  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology.  21:170-176. 2010
2010 Idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias originating from the papillary muscles in the left ventricle: Prevalence, electrocardiographic and electrophysiological characteristics, and results of the radiofrequency catheter ablation.  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology.  21:62-69. 2010
2010 Limited response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with concomitant right ventricular dysfunction.  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology.  21:431-435. 2010
2010 QRS alternans during idiopathic ventricular tachycardia originating from the right coronary cusp of the aorta 2010
2009 How to diagnose and treat cardiac tamponade in the electrophysiology laboratory.  Heart Rhythm.  6:1531-1535. 2009
2009 Ventricular far-field activity may provide a diagnostic challenge in identifying an origin of ventricular tachycardia arising from the left ventricular papillary muscle 2009
2009 Real-time integration of intracardiac echocardiography and electroanatomic mapping in PVCs arising from the LV anterior papillary muscle.  Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.  32:1240-1243. 2009
2009 A case of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia: What is the mechanism?.  Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.  32:1056-1059. 2009
2009 Focal Ventricular tachycardia arising from the epicardial crux of the heart after a remote inferior myocardial infarction.  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology.  20:944-945. 2009
2009 Idiopathic focal ventricular arrhythmias originating from the anterior papillary muscle in the left ventricle.  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology.  20:866-872. 2009
2009 Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator prescription in the elderly.  Heart Rhythm.  6:1136-1143. 2009
2009 Ventricular fibrillation induced by a radiofrequency energy delivery for idiopathic premature ventricular contractions arising from the left ventricular anterior papillary muscle 2009
2009 Catheter ablation of a posteroseptal accessory pathway in a case with congenital long QT syndrome.  Japanese Heart Journal.  50:259-262. 2009
2009 Focal atrial fibrillation in dextrocardia.  Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology.  14:301-304. 2009
2009 Aspirated air in the pericardial space during epicardial catheterization may elevate the defibrillation threshold.  International Journal of Cardiology.  135. 2009
2009 Catheter ablation of premature ventricular contractions arising from the mitral annulus after mitral valvoplasty.  Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.  32:825-827. 2009
2009 Transseptal catheterization in the catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in a patient with cor triatriatum sinister 2009
2009 Ventricular arrhythmias originating from the epicardial ventricular outflow tract complicated with peripartum cardiomyopathy 2009
2009 Successful transseptal catheter ablation of premature ventricular contractions arising from the mitral annulus: A case with a pure annular origin.  Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.  32:680-682. 2009
2009 Successful catheter ablation of a ventricular tachycardia storm originating from the left ventricular posterior papillary muscle involved with a remote myocardial infarction 2009
2009 Usefulness of Three Posterior Chest Leads for the Detection of Posterior Wall Acute Myocardial Infarction.  American Journal of Cardiology.  103:159-164. 2009
2008 Electroanatomic mapping in the catheter ablation of premature atrial contractions with a non-pulmonary vein origin 2008
2008 A case of bifocal premature ventricular contractions exhibiting bigeminy with an alternating QRS morphology.  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology.  19:1114-1115. 2008
2008 Biventricular ICD implantation using the iliofemoral approach: Providing CRT to patients with occluded superior venous access.  Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.  31:1351-1354. 2008
2008 Successful catheter ablation of premature ventricular contractions originating from the tricuspid annulus using a Halo-type catheter 2008
2008 Radiofrequency catheter ablation of the slow pathway for atrioventricular nodal reentry in a patient with an obstructed inferior vena cava 2008
2008 Successful catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in a patient with dextrocardia 2008
2008 Atrial tachycardia with widely-split P waves may mimic a distinct faster atrial tachycardia with half the cycle length of the actual P-P interval.  Circulation Journal.  72:1381-1384. 2008
2008 Idiopathic Ventricular Arrhythmias Originating From the Aortic Root. Prevalence, Electrocardiographic and Electrophysiologic Characteristics, and Results of Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation.  Journal of the American College of Cardiology.  52:139-147. 2008
2008 Duplicated coronary sinus with a connecting branch 2008
2008 QRS alternans with 2:1 atrioventricular conduction block: What is the mechanism?.  Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology.  13:314-316. 2008
2008 Successful catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in a patient with cor triatriatum sinister.  Heart Rhythm.  5:903-904. 2008
2008 Ventricular tachycardia with an outflow tract septal origin after repair of double outlet right ventricle.  Circulation Journal.  72:496-499. 2008
2008 Focal atrial tachycardia originating from the epicardial left atrial appendage.  Heart Rhythm.  5:766-767. 2008
2008 Successful radiofrequency catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia originating from underneath the mechanical prosthetic aortic valve.  Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.  31:618-620. 2008
2008 Ventricular tachycardia with a myocardial fibre travelling from the origin in the right aortic sinus cusp to the epicardial breakout site of the right ventricular outflow tract 2008
2008 Efficacy of pulmonary vein isolation in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation patients with a Brugada electrocardiogram.  Circulation Journal.  72:281-286. 2008
2008 Adenosine can improve the intra-atrial conduction block along the mitral annulus during accessory pathway ablation 2008
2008 Catheter ablation of focal triggers and drivers of atrial fibrillation.  Journal of Electrocardiology.  41:138-143. 2008
2008 Discrepancy between activation and postpacing interval mapping in predicting atrial tachycardia foci: What is the mechanism?.  Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.  31:351-353. 2008
2008 Electrocardiographic characteristics of ventricular arrhythmias originating from the junction of the left and right coronary sinuses of Valsalva in the aorta: The activation pattern as a rationale for the electrocardiographic characteristics.  Heart Rhythm.  5:184-192. 2008
2008 Catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias originating in the vicinity of the His bundle: Significance of mapping the aortic sinus cusp.  Heart Rhythm.  5:37-42. 2008
2008 Intrinsic pulmonary vein automaticity with continuous bigeminal depolarizations after pulmonary vein isolation.  Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.  31:135-137. 2008
2008 Left ventricular outflow tract tachycardia with preferential conduction and multiple exits..  Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.  1:140-142. 2008
2008 Proarrhythmic aspects of atrial fibrillation surgery: Mechanisms of postoperative macroreentrant tachycardias.  Circulation.  117:155-162. 2008
2008 Ventricular tachycardia originating from the posterior papillary muscle in the left ventricle: a distinct clinical syndrome..  Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.  1:23-29. 2008
2007 Pulmonary vein isolation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation after direct suture closure of congenital atrial septal defect.  Circulation Journal.  71:1989-1992. 2007
2007 Non-pulmonary vein epicardial foci of atrial fibrillation identified in the left atrium after pulmonary vein isolation.  Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.  30:1323-1330. 2007
2007 Electrophysiologic and electrocardiographic characteristics and radiofrequency catheter ablation of focal atrial tachycardia originating from the left atrial appendage.  Heart Rhythm.  4:1284-1291. 2007
2007 Efficacy of electroanatomic mapping in the catheter ablation of premature ventricular contractions originating from the right ventricular outflow tract 2007
2007 Preferential Conduction Across the Ventricular Outflow Septum in Ventricular Arrhythmias Originating From the Aortic Sinus Cusp.  Journal of the American College of Cardiology.  50:884-891. 2007
2007 Premature ventricular contractions with a right bundle branch block and inferior QRS axis morphology: Where is the site of the origin?.  Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.  30:1009-1011. 2007
2007 One-puncture, double-transseptal catheterization manoeuvre in the catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation 2007
2007 A wide QRS complex tachycardia with different initiation patterns: What is the mechanism?.  Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.  30:796-798. 2007
2007 Atrial tachycardia with slow pathway conduction mimicking typical atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia 2007
2007 Left ventricular lead implantation in an unusual anatomy of the proximal coronary sinus 2007
2006 Atrial tachycardia originating from the noncoronary aortic cusp and musculature connection with the atria: Relevance for catheter ablation.  Heart Rhythm.  3:1494-1496. 2006
2005 Regional variation in capture of fibrillating swine left ventricle during electrical stimulation.  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology.  16:425-432. 2005
1998 Transesophageal three-dimensional echocardiography in papillary muscle rupture 1998

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2006 Ablation of Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry by the Anatomic Approach.  325-346. 2006

Research Overview

  • Atrial fibrillation, New ablation technology, Ventricular tachycardia

    • Principal Investigator On

  • Early Career Translational Research Award in Biomedical Engineering  awarded by VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
  • Private Grant  awarded by St. Jude Medical
  • Private Grant  awarded by St. Jude Medical
  • Private Grant  awarded by CARDIOFOCUS, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by St. Jude Medical
  • Private Grant  awarded by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
  • Private Grant  awarded by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
  • Private Grant  awarded by BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by CARDIOFOCUS, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by C.R. BARD, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by VYTRONUS, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by St. Jude Medical
  • Private Grant  awarded by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
  • Private Grant  awarded by St. Jude Medical
  • Private Grant  awarded by St. Jude Medical
  • Private Grant  awarded by BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
  • Private Grant  awarded by BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by St. Jude Medical
  • Private Grant  awarded by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
  • Private Grant  awarded by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
  • Private Grant  awarded by St. Jude Medical
  • Private Grant  awarded by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
  • Private Grant  awarded by St. Jude Medical
  • Private Grant  awarded by CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by St. Jude Medical
  • Private Grant  awarded by St. Jude Medical
  • Private Grant  awarded by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
  • Private Grant  awarded by ABBOTT LABORATORIES
  • Private Grant  awarded by BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by ABBOTT LABORATORIES
  • Private Grant  awarded by BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by RECOR MEDICAL
  • Private Grant  awarded by CARDIVA MEDICAL INC
  • Private Grant  awarded by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
  • Private Grant  awarded by FARAPULSE, INC
  • Private Grant  awarded by St. Jude Medical

    • Investigator On

  • Private Grant  awarded by MEDTRONIC, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by MEDTRONIC, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by MEDTRONIC, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by St. Jude Medical
  • Private Grant  awarded by BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by BIOTRONIK, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by St. Jude Medical
  • Private Grant  awarded by St. Jude Medical
  • Private Grant  awarded by BIOTRONIK, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
  • Private Grant  awarded by St. Jude Medical
  • Private Grant  awarded by St. Jude Medical
  • Private Grant  awarded by MEDTRONIC, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by St. Jude Medical
  • Private Grant  awarded by BIOTRONIK, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by St. Jude Medical
  • Private Grant  awarded by St. Jude Medical
  • Private Grant  awarded by MEDTRONIC, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by St. Jude Medical
  • Private Grant  awarded by BIOTRONIK, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by ADVANCED CARDIAC THERAPEUTICS
  • Private Grant  awarded by ADVANCED CARDIAC THERAPEUTICS
  • Private Grant  awarded by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
  • Private Grant  awarded by PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by RECOR MEDICAL
  • Private Grant  awarded by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
  • Private Grant  awarded by BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by MEDTRONIC, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by ADVANCED CARDIAC THERAPEUTICS
  • Private Grant  awarded by ADVANCED CARDIAC THERAPEUTICS
  • Private Grant  awarded by MEDTRONIC, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by COHEREX MEDICAL, INC
  • Private Grant  awarded by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
  • Private Grant  awarded by MEDTRONIC, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
  • Sensing Atrial High Rate Episodes With DX Systems in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (Sense Trail)  awarded by Weill (Joan and Sanford I.) Medical College of Cornell University
  • Tissue Chip Models for Cardiovascular Development and Disease  awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation vs. Enhanced Drug Therapy In Structural Heart Disease - The VANISH Trial  awarded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research

    • Education And Training

  • Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Internship
  • Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Residency
  • UAB Hospital, Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • University of Kentucky/Chandler Hospital, Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Doctor of Medicine, University of South Carolina System : Columbia 1997
  • Bachelor's Degree in Biology, University of South Carolina System : Columbia 1993

    • Full Name

  • Tom McElderry