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Evaluation of Palpitations in an Outpatient Setting | January 22, 2024

Date of Presentation: January 22, 2024

Type: Past Presentation  

Audience: Clinical  

Program: Cardiology  

Keywords: #cardiac  #heart  #outpatient  #palpitations  

In this presentation, Dr. Leon Ptaszek, MD, PhD, cardiologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Associate Physician on the Cardiac Arrhythmia Service at the Massachusetts General Hospital, describes appropriate diagnostic testing for evaluation of palpitations, how to identify critical components in the outpatient evaluation and management of new onset atrial fibrillation, discusses bradycardia evaluation and indication for pacemaker implant, and then shares when to refer a patient to a cardiologist.

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Dr. Leon Ptaszek, MD, PhD

Leon Ptaszek, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and is an Associate Physician on the Cardiac Arrhythmia Service at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Leon received his degrees from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine at NYU in 2003. He completed a residency program in Internal Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine in 2005 and then completed clinical and research fellowships in Cardiovascular Diseases and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital in 2011. In addition, he holds two patents and is the author of over 60 original scientific publications, reviews, and book chapters and is also involved in international health outreach efforts including establishing a virtual cardiology lecture series at the King Faisal Hospital in Rwanda and at the Uganda Heart Institute.

Leon received the Franklin G. Ebaugh, Jr. Award for research and the Award for Professionalism from the Stanford University School of Medicine in 2005. He received the Clinician-Scientist Award from the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and was named the de Gunzburg Scholar at MGH in 2011. Leon became a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology in 2013 and became a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society in 2018. He also received a Pioneer Award for management of SVT from the Arrhythmia Alliance in 2021.

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Date added: January 20, 2024