Miguel Valderrábano, FACC, MD

Biography

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.

 

Description of Research

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).

 

Areas of Expertise

Atrial fibrillation Epicardial mapping Ablation

 

Education & Training

Research Fellowship, Cedar-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA SCOR Group

Clinical Fellowship, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Internship, UCLA - West Los Angeles VA Medical Center

MD, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Residency

 

Active Clinical Trials
PREVAIL CAP2

NCT01182441

R01 resubmission- VOM clinical trial

NCT01898221

 

Publications

Approaches to Left Atrial Appendage Closure: Device Design, Performance, and Limitations

Dave, AS & Valderrábano, M 2018, Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol 13, no. 3, pp. 106-113. DOI: 10.14797/mdcj-13-3-106

 

Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Device–Related Thrombus: Certainties and Uncertainties *

Valderrábano, M 2018, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol 71, no. 14, pp. 1537-1539. DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.01.077

 

Robotically Guided Left Ventricular Biopsy to Diagnose Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Multidisciplinary Innovation Leading to First-in-Human Case

Bhimaraj, A, Trachtenberg, B & Valderrábano, M 2018, Circulation: Heart Failure, vol 11, no. 3, pp. e004627. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.117.004627

 

Multipolar electrode spline embolization

Hussain, MA & Valderrábano, M 2017, HeartRhythm Case Reports. DOI: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2017.10.014

 

Ligament of Marshall arrhythmogenesis and vein of Marshall ethanol: A problem with a solution

Valderrábano, M 2018, Heart Rhythm, vol 15, no. 1, pp. 25-27. DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2017.09.013