Sammy Khatib, MD
- Sr Physician-Chair, Southshore Region
- 1514 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA, 70121
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Overview
Overview
- Sammy Khatib, MD earned his medical degree from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan in 1999. He completed his internship and residency at Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington D.C, where he also was Chief Medical Resident. He went on to do his fellowship in cardiology at Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA., where he was Chief Cardiology Fellow. He then pursued additional training in Electrophysiology at the University of Florida at Shands Hospital, Gainesville, Fl. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology. His interest is in management and radiofrequency ablation of complex arrhythmias. He practices at the main campus at Jefferson Hwy, as well as on the West Bank and can be reached at 504 842-4145.
Publications
Selected publications
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2023Risk of ventricular arrhythmias following implantable cardioverter-defibrillator generator change in patients with recovered ejection fraction: Implications for shared decision-making. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology.
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2022Contact force catheter ablation for the treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation: Results from the PERSIST-END study. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology.
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2021Epidemiology, evaluation, and management of conduction disturbances after transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 66:37-45.
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2021The role of atrial fibrillation catheter ablation in patients with heart failure. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 66:80-85.
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2020Class 1C antiarrhythmic drugs in atrial fibrillation and coronary artery disease. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 31:607-611.
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2020In reply: Impaired myocardial blood flow in atrial fibrillation. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 31:1883-1883.
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2020Positron emission tomography absolute stress myocardial blood flow for risk stratification in nonischemic cardiomyopathy. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 31:1137-1146.
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2020Utility of serial measurement of biomarkers of cardiovascular stress and inflammation in systolic dysfunction. EP-Europace. 22:1044-1053.
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2018Optimalmethod ofmeasuring the T-peak to T-end interval for risk stratification in primary prevention. EP-Europace. 20:698-705.
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2018USE OF AMIODARONE TO CONTROL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION CAUSED BY MECHANICAL COMPRESSION OF THE LEFT ATRIUM. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71:2546-2546.
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2017REDUCED FLOW CAPACITY AS MEASURED BY CARDIAC POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY PREDICTS VENTRICULAR TACHYARRHYTHMIA IN PATIENTS WITH AN ICD. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 69:1607-1607.
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2017Time-varying circulating biomarkers predict ventricular tachyarrhythmia and death: the LIFEMARKER-VT study. European Heart Journal. 38:1377-1377.
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2015INCIDENCE OF PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION AND PARAVALVULAR AORTIC INSUFFICIENCY AFTER TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: A COMPARISON OF THREE GENERATIONS OF EDWARDS SAPIEN VALVES. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 65:A2034-A2034.
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2015POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY STRESS MYOCARDIAL BLOOD FLOW PREDICTS VENTRICULAR TACHYARRHYTHMIA IN PATIENTS WITH AN IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 65:A1149-A1149.
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2014CORRELATION BETWEEN POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY STRESS MYOCARDIAL BLOOD FLOW AND VENTRICULAR TACHYARRHYTHMIA OR DEATH IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIOMYOPATHY. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 63:A293-A293.
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2014Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Atrial Fibrillation (vol 15, pg 74, 2014). Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine. 15:74-74.
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2013Atrial Fibrillation in the 21st Century: A Current Understanding of Risk Factors and Primary Prevention Strategies. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 88:394-409.
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2013Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Atrial Fibrillation. Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine. 14:E73-E81.
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2012Anticoagulation Strategies in Atrial Fibrillation. Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine. 13:E1-E13.
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2012Computed tomography of a coronary sinus diverticulum associated with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. Heart Rhythm. 9:1338-1339.
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2011Atrial Ectopic Tachycardia in a Patient With Marfan Syndrome. The Ochsner Journal. 11:125-127.
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2010Induction of Left Ventricular Fascicular Tachycardia with Transesophageal Pacing in a Toddler. Congenital Heart Disease. 5:312-315.
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2009Atrial Fibrillation: Current Perspective. The Ochsner Journal. 9:241-247.
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2009Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. The Ochsner Journal. 9:248-256.