Interview with Demos Katritsis, MD, PhD, FRC
Why did you feel that it was important to write Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, 1st Edition? What does your publication add to the field?
Because fellows and junior electrophysiologists need a practical guide, not only reference books, describing succinctly when and how to perform EP studies and ablation, and what the modern aspects of these procedures entail.
What is the most exciting aspect of your new publication? What chapter or topic covered are you most excited about?
Chapters 3-8 contain practical info that cannot be easily found, in an accessible format, in other EP books.
Who will find the greatest value from this book and why?
EP fellows and junior electrophysiologists.
What new ideas, practices, or procedures do you hope your readers take away from Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, 1st Edition?
Individual chapters on disease entities contain the most relevant and up-to-date information that exists in the literature. Further, we have added our decades-long experience and knowledge on the subject.
What problem do you hope the future generation of your specialty will be able to solve?
This is a very long discussion. Mainly, in my view, will see advancement in CRISPR gene editing, and molecular biology techniques for ablation. Most of the initial book chapters, however, that describe how to approach the patient in the first place will hold their validity for very long.
About the Editor
Demos Katritsis, MD, PhD, FRC
I am Demos Katritsis, MD, PhD, FRC, director of Cardiology at Hygeia Hospital in Athens, and Adj Prof at Johns Hopkins. I have worked mostly abroad (London, UK, and Harvard at the BI), and I am both an interventionist and electrophysiologist. I have published 3 books, 17 chapters and 327 papers.
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