Research Focus

Cardiovascular & Perioperative Medicine

Area of Research

Cardiac Arrhythmias with the focus on digital biomarkers.

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

[FG] Knecht Sven

Projects & Collaborations