[FG] Knecht Sven
Research Group Sven Knecht
Research Focus
Cardiovascular & Perioperative Medicine
Area of Research
Cardiac Arrhythmias with the focus on digital biomarkers.
- Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Electrocardiography
- Machine learning in cardiovascular research
Approved Research Projects
- Left atrial substrate characterization based on bipolar voltage electrograms acquired with multipolar, focal and mini-electrode catheters- the CHAZE-Substrate study
- Enhanced Signal Analysis Algorithms for Improved Discrimination Between Far-field and Near-field Intracardiac Electrograms in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation Procedures for Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Deep learning-based ECG Analysis for outcome prediction of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation
Collaborations
National Collaborations
- Inselspital Bern – Prof Tobias Reichlin,
- Universitätsspital Zürich (USZ) - PD Ardan Saguner
- Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois (CHUV) – Dr Adrian Luca, Prof E. Pruvot
- Department of Biomedical Engineerin - Center for medical Image Analysis & Navigation – Prof Philippe Cattin
- Kantonsspital St. Gallen (KSSG) – Prof Peter Ammann
- Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (FHNW) – Prof Joris Pascal
- Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (FHNW) – Prof Reto Wildhaber
- Unispital Basel (USB) – Radiology Department – Dr Maurice Pradella
- Schiller AG – Ramun Schmid
International Collaborations
- Department of Cardiology, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia - PD Dr Nicola Pavlovic; Dr Ivan Zelkovic
Ongoing Research Projects
- Data analysis of Swiss Atrial Fibrillation Pulmonary Vein Isolation Registry (SWISS-AF-PVI)
- Deep learning-based ECG Analysis for outcome prediction of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation