WilliamSauerMD

Cardiology • Boston, MA

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Chief, Cardiac Arrhythmia Service at Brigham and Women's Hospital

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Office
75 Francis St
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 857-307-1947

Summary

Dr. William Sauer is a cardiologist in Boston, MA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Brigham and Women's Hospital. He received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania and has been in practice 18 years. He is Chief of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Service at Brigham and Women's Hospital and on faculty at Harvard Medical School.

Education & Training

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, 2003 - 2006
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2001 - 2003
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 1999 - 2001
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1999
University of PennsylvaniaBS, Bioengineering, Cum Laude, 1991 - 1995
University of PennsylvaniaBA, Biology, Cum Laude, 1991 - 1995

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Boston Magazine Top Doctor Boston Magazine, 2019-2024
America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2009-2024
Castle Connolly Top Doctor 2009-2024
5280 Magazine Best Doctors in Denver (Cardiac Electrophysiology) 2008-2018
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Patients’ Choice Award 2011
University of Colorado Division of Cardiology Teaching Award 2010
Elected to Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society 2009
Elected to Fellow of the American College of Cardiology 2008
University of Colorado Denver, Department of Medicine Research Award 2007
University of Colorado Hospital President’s Award for World Class Care 2007
Heart Rhythm Society Fellows Clinical Research Award 2006
St. Jude Medical Thomas Lewis Award 2006
Mary E. Groff Fellowship Award in Clinical Research Methods 2005
Cardiovascular Medicine Distinguished Fellow Teaching Award 2005
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Research Award 2004
Astra-Zeneca Young Investigator Award 2002, 2003
Stanley E. Bradley Fellow Research Award 2002
ACCF/Bristol-Myers Squibb Scholar Award 2002
Edward W. Holmes Resident Research Award 2001
Charles H. Hovies Scholarship 1998
National Institutes of Health International Research Training Award 1995
Nassau Award for Undergraduate Research 1994
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Local calcium chloride infusion after pulsed field ablation enhances acute efficacy of cardiac electroporation.
Taro Koya, Naoto Otsuka, Jason A Tri, William H Sauer, Samuel J Asirvatham
Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 2024-12-01
Impact of dispersive patch electrode positioning on safety and efficacy of radiofrequency catheter ablation.
Piotr Futyma, Łukasz Zarębski, William H Sauer
Europace. 2024-11-01
Dual operator percutaneous epicardial access to minimize needle pericardial dwell time: A modified SAFER epicardial approach.
Jorge E Romero, Carlos D Matos, Usha B Tedrow, Carolina Hoyos, Mohamed Gabr
Heart Rhythm. 2024-11-01

Journal Articles

Bicuspid Ventricular Tachycardia in a Patient with Syncope and a Structurally Normal Heart.
Heath RR, Nguyen DT, Tzou WS, Sauer WH, Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics
Percutaneous Transhepatic Access for Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias.
Nguyen DT, Gupta R, Kay J, Fagan T, Lowery C, Collins KK, Sauer WH, Europace
Adrenergic Receptor Polymorphisms and Prevention of Ventricular Arrhythmias with Bucindolol in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
Aleong RG, Sauer WH, Robertson D, Ligget S, Bristow MR, Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
Efficacy and Safety of Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators for Treatment of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with Cardiac Sarcoidosis.
Kron J, Sauer W, Schuller J, Bogun F, Crawford T, Sarsam, S, Rosenfeld L, Mitiku, TY, Cooper JM, Mehta D, Greenspon AJ, Ortman M, Delurgio DB, Valadri R, Narasimhan C,..., Europace
Severe Rash after Amiodarone Administration.
Chen A., Sauer WH, Nguyen DT, The American Journal of Medicine
Use of Stored Implanted Cardiac Defibrillator Electrograms in Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Fibrillation.
Lowery CM, Tzou WS, Aleong RG, Nguyen DT, Varosy PD, Katz DF, Heath RR, Schuller JL, Lewkowiez L, Sauer WH, Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
A Regularly Irregular Tachycardia in a Patient with New Cardiomyopathy.
Nguyen DT, Heath RR, Sauer WH, Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics
Atrial Oversensing and Mode Switching Caused by Lead Polarization Artifact During an Automatic Ventricular Capture Threshold Test.
Heath RR, Sauer WH, Nguyen DT, Aleong RG, Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics
Atrial Refractory Stimulation to Identify the Optimal Slow Pathway Ablation Site for Treatment of Atypical Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia.
Heath RR, Nguyen DT, Bargas RL, Sauer WH, Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics
Incessant Supraventricular Tachycardia in a Patient with Cardiomyopathy.
Katz DF, Sauer WH, Nguyen DT, Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics
Post-Surgical Atrial Arrhythmia in a Patient with Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return.
Ruckdeschel E, Heath R, Sauer W, Nguyen DT, Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics
FXR1, an Autosomal Homolog of the Fragile-X Mental Retardation Gene.
Siomi MC, Siomi H, Sauer WH, Srinivasan S, Nussbaum RL, Dreyfuss G, The EMBO Journal
The Natural History of Untreated Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia.
Katz DF, Nguyen DT, Sauer WH, Journal of Innovations in Cardiac Rhythm Management
Successful Treatment of Sarcoid Related Ventricular Tachycardia Storm with Immunosuppression and Catheter Ablation.
Stees CS, Khoo MSC, Lowery CM, Sauer WH, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
Diagnostic Utility of Signal Averaged Electrocardiography for Detection of Cardiac Sarcoidosis.
Schuller JL, Lowery CM, Zipse M, Stees CS, Bargas R, Aleong R, Varosy P, Weinberger HW, Sauer WH, Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology
The Utility of Electrophysiologic Study in Predicting Future Ventricular Arrhythmias.
Gold DR, Catanzaro JN, Waldman C, Makaryus JN, Sauer WH, Sison C, Makaryus AN, Jadonath R, Beldner S, Texas Heart Institute Journal
Paradoxical Slowing of Orthodromic Reciprocating Tachycardia with Loss of Bundle Branch Block Ipsilateral to the Accessory Pathway.
Sauer WH, Jacobson JT, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
Spontaneous Premature Atrial Depolarization Proving the Mechanism of a Wide Complex Tachycardia.
Gentlesk PJ, Sauer WH, Peele ME, Eckart RE, Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
Phase Four Conduction Block in a Right Mid-Septal Accessory Pathway.
Sauer WH, Lowery CM, Callans DJ, Lewkowiez L, Heart Rhythm
Procedure-Related Mortality in the Stent Era: Limitations of Current Risk-Adjustment Models.
Kizer JR, Berlin JA, Laskey WK, Schwartz S, Sauer WH, Krone RJ, Kimmel SE, American Heart Journal
Bleeding Risk of Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Receptor Antagonists in Broad-Based Practice: Results from the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions Registry.
Horwitz PA, Laskey WK, Sauer WH, Berlin JA, Krone RJ, Kimmel SE, American Journal of Cardiology
The Effect of Antidepressants on Myocardial Infarction Risk: Helpful or Harmful?
Sauer WH, Kimmel SE, Journal of Critical Illness
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Books/Book Chapters

Cardiac Arrhythmias.
Chapter: Ventricular Tachycardia from the Aortic Cusps: Localization and Ablation
Marchlinski FE, Lin D, Dixit S, Jacobson J, Sauer W, McKernan M, Ren JFEditors: Raviele A.Springer-Verlag, Italia, Milan
UpToDate in Medicine.
Chapter: Sexual Activity in Patients with Heart Disease
Sauer WH, Kimmel SEEditors: Rose BD.UpToDate in Medicine, Wellesley
Atlas of Electrophysiology in Heart Failure.
Chapter: Risk Stratification for Sudden Death in Patients with Heart Failure
Sauer WH, Nayak HM, Marchlinski, FEEditors: Braunwald.Mosby, New York
UpToDate in Medicine.
Chapter: Normal Sinus Rhythm and Sinus Arrhythmia
Sauer WHEditors: Rose BD.UpToDate in Medicine, Wellesley
UpToDate in Medicine.
Chapter: Course and Treatment of Chronic Bifascicular and Trifascicular Block
Sauer WHEditors: Rose BD.UpToDate in Medicine, Wellesley
Cardiovascular Medicine.
Chapter: The Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator
Sauer WH, Callans DJEditors: Willerson JT, Cohn JN, Wellens HJJ, Holmes DR.Springer- Verlag, LondonEdition 3rd,
UpToDate in Medicine.
Chapter: Overview of Left Bundle Branch Block
Sauer WHEditors: Rose BD.UpToDate in Medicine, Wellesley
UpToDate in Medicine.
Chapter: First Degree Atrioventricular Block
Sauer WHEditors: Rose BD.UpToDate in Medicine, Wellesley
UpToDate in Medicine.
Chapter: Etiology of Atrioventricular Block
Sauer WHEditors: Rose BD.UpToDate in Medicine, Wellesley
UpToDate in Medicine.
Chapter: Left Median (Septal) Fascicular Block
Sauer WHEditors: Rose BD.UpToDate in Medicine, Wellesley
UpToDate in Medicine.
Chapter: Second Degree Atrioventricular Block: Mobitz Type I (Wenckebach Block)
Sauer WHEditors: Rose BD.UpToDate in Medicine, Wellesley
UpToDate in Medicine.
Chapter: Second Degree Atrioventricular Block: Mobitz Type II Block
Sauer WHEditors: Rose BD.UpToDate in Medicine, Wellesley
UpToDate in Medicine.
Chapter: Electrocardiographic Interpretation of Left Bundle Branch Block
Sauer WHEditors: Rose BD.UpToDate in Medicine, Wellesley
UpToDate in Medicine.
Chapter: Left Anterior Fascicular Block
Sauer WHEditors: Rose BD.UpToDate in Medicine, Wellesley
UpToDate in Medicine.
Chapter: Left Posterior Fascicular Block
Sauer WHEditors: Rose BD.UpToDate in Medicine, Wellesley
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Abstracts/Posters

Cigarette Yield and the Risk of Myocardial Infarction in Smokers.
Sauer WH, Berlin JA, Miles CG, Strom BL, Kimmel SE, Circulation
Application of Predictive Modes for Angioplasty Outcomes to a Broad-Based Population Undergoing Coronary Stenting.
Kizer JR, Berlin JA, Schwartz JS, Sauer WH, Laskey WK, Krone RJ, Kimmel SE, Circulation
Lower Myocardial Infarction Risk in Users of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors.
Sauer WH, Berlin JA, Kimmel SE, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Bleeding risk of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor antagonists in broad-based practice: Results from the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions Registry.
Horwitz PA, Laskey WK, Sauer WH, Berlin JA, Krone RJ, Kimmel SE, Circulation
Lack of Association between Coronary Angioplasty Laboratory Volume and Outcomes Following Hospital Discharge.
Kimmel SE, Sauer WH, Brensinger C, Hirshfeld J, Haber HL, Localio AR, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Coronary Sinus Ostium Size is Associated with Longer Atrioventricular Conduction Times.
Sauer WH, Passman RS, Grubman EM, Wong K, Ho RT, Hanna MS, Kocovic DZ, Pavri BB, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Lower Myocardial Infarction Risk from Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors but not Other Antidepressants.
Sauer WH, Berlin JA, Kimmel SE, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Thiazolidinediones and Prevention of Myocardial Infarction in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
Sauer WH, Berlin JA, Kimmel SE, Circulation
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Tissue Affinity is not Associated with Different Risk of Myocardial Infarction.
Sauer WH, Berlin JA, Kimmel SE, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Insulin Sensitizing Drug Use is Associated with a Reduced Risk of Myocardial Infarction in Type 2 Diabetics.
Sauer WH, Berlin JA, Kimmel SE, Circulation
Left Atrial Size Is Associated With Acute Recurrence of Pulmonary Vein Conduction Following Successful Pulmonary Vein Isolation.
McKernan ML, Sauer W, Pulliam W, Lin D, Gerstenfeld EP, Vanderhoff ME, Lewkowiez L, Marchlinski FE, Circulation
Female Gender is Associated with the Presence of Non-Pulmonary Vein Triggers of Atrial Fibrillation.
Sauer WH, McKernan ML, Alonso C, Lin D, Dixit S, Gerstenfeld EP, Callans DJ, Marchlinski FE, Circulation
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors are Comparable to Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers in the Primary Prevention of Myocardial Infarction in Hypertensive Patients.
Baer JT, Sauer WH, Berlin JA, Kimmel SE, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Younger Age at Time of Symptom Onset is Associated with the Presence of Non-Pulmonary Vein Triggers of Atrial Fibrillation.
Sauer WH, Zado E, Vanderhoff M, Lin D, Dixit S, Callans DJ, Marchlinski FE, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Decreased Ejection Fraction: Outcome and Evidence for Reversible Cardiomyopathy.
Gentlesk P, Sauer WH, Zado E, McKernan ML, Jacobson JT, Lin D, Russo AM, Nayak H, Dixit S, Callans DJ, Marchlinski FE, Heart Rhythm
Flecainide and Propafenone Induced Right Bundle Branch Block with ST Segment Elevation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.
Beldner S, Sauer WH, Jacobson J, McKernan M, Gentlesk P, Lin D, Marchlinski FE, Heart Rhythm
Successful Outcome with Targeted Ablation Strategy for Atrial Fibrillation: Patient Characteristics.
Sauer WH, Beldner SJ, McKernan ML, Lin D, Dixit S, Gerstenfeld EP, Callans DJ, Marchlinski FE, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Patients with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Have Variable Regions of Latest Activation: Implications for Resynchronization Therapy.
Beldner SJ, Sauer WH, McKernan ML, Lin D, Verdino RJ, Cooper JM, Hsia HH, Callans DJ, Marchlinski FE, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Defibrillator Implantation Testing: How Can Patients Who Require System Modification to Obtain an Adequate Safety Margin for Defibrillation Be Identified?
Russo AM, Sauer WH, Gerstenfeld EP, Lin D, Hsia, HH, Verdino RJ, Nayak, HM, Cooper JM, Dixit S, Callans DJ, Patel V, Marchlinski FE, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Does Targeted Pulmonary Vein Isolation Still Have a Role in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation?
Gerstenfeld EP, Callans DJ, Dixit S, Lin D, Beldner SJ, McKernan ML, Sauer WH, Schott GM, Marchlinski FE, Heart Rhythm
Utility of Late Potentials for Characterization of Reentrant Circuits in Patients with Uniform Ventricular Tachycardia.
Hsia HH, Lin D, Sauer WH, Callans DJ, Marchlinski FE, Heart Rhythm
Purkinje Fiber Trigger for Ventricular Tachycardia: Local Exit Block with Ablation Leading to Change in QRS Morphology and Difficulty With Mapping.
Rami TG, Beldner SJ, Bala R, Sussman JS, Sauer WH, Garcia FC, Verdino RJ, Marchlinski FE, Heart Rhythm
Site Specific Indices of Epicardial Ventricular Tachycardia Site of Origin.
Beldner SJ, Sauer WH, McKernan ML, Dixit S, Cooper JM, Lin D, Hsia HH, Marchlinski FE, Heart Rhythm
Mechanism of Focal Atrial Tachycardias Occurring After Pulmonary Vein Isolation.
Gerstenfeld EP, Sauer WH, Callans DJ, Marchlinski FE, Heart Rhythm
Increasing Left Ventricular Pacing Output Decreases Interventricular Conduction Time in Patients with Biventricular Pacing Systems.
Sauer WH, Beldner SJ, Sussman, J, Bala, R, Lin D, Verdino RJ, Hsia HH, Marchlinski FE, Cooper JM, Heart Rhythm
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Lectures

Ablative Techniques for Atrial Fibrillation and Ventricular Tachycardia,” and “Device Therapy for Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure.
University of Kansas Continuing Medical Education Heart Conference. Hays, KS
Management of Sudden Death Risk in Cardiac Sarcoidosis: Who Needs an Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator?
Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA
How To Session: Heart Failure Physicians Learn to Read the ICD/CRT Device Reports.
Heart Failure Society of America Scientific Sessions, Seattle, WA
Diagnosis and Therapy of Cardiac Sarcoidosis.
Heart Failure Society of America Scientific Sessions, Seattle, WA
Electrophysiologic Consequences of Cardiac Sarcoidosis.
World Association of Sarcoidosis and Granulomatous Diseases Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH
Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation: Before and After Ablation.
EP in Aspen V. Aspen, CO
Improving the Safety and Efficacy of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation.
University of Colorado Hospital Division of Cardiology Grand Rounds. Aurora, CO
Which Arrhythmias can be Ablated without the Need for Drug Trials.
EP in Aspen VI. Aspen, CO
Syncope in Young Adults.
Wardenberg Student Health Continuing Medical Education Series. Boulder, CO
Programming to Avoid Unnecessary Shocks, and Ablation of Premature Ventricular Ectopy.
Twenty First Annual Cardiovascular Conference, Beaver Creek, CO
Treatment Strategies for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation.
Rocky Mountain Hospitalists Conference. Denver, CO
Prevention of Sudden Death in Patients who already have an Implanted Defibrillator.
University of Miami Cardiology Grand Rounds, Miami, FL
Electrogram Analysis for Arrhythmia Detection and Cardiovascular Health.
Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management Research Conference, Mounds View, MN
Strategies for Improving Survival in Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias and an Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillator.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Electrophsyiology Conference
Debate Protaganist: Catheter Ablation Should be offered to Anyone Who Receives an ICD Shock.
EP in Aspen 2010, Aspen, CO
Management of Atrial Fibrillation.
Rocky Mountain Hospitalists Conference. Denver, CO
Anesthesia Considerations for Complex Arrhythmia Ablation.
University of Colorado Hospital Department Anesthesia Grand Rounds. Aurora, CO
Core Curriculum: Controversies in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy.
Heart Rhythm Scientific Sessions. Boston, MA
Increasing Left Ventricular Pacing Output Decreases Interventricular Conduction Time in Patients with Biventricular Pacing Systems.
Heart Rhythm Scientific Sessions. New Orleans, LA
A Novel Pacing Maneuver to Identify the Presence of a Concealed Accessory Pathway.
Heart Rhythm Scientific Sessions. Boston, MA
Heart Failure: Pathophysiology of Ventricular Dyssynchrony.
Session Moderator. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. Chicago, IL
Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Technology: Latest Developments.
Heart Rhythm Scientific Sessions. Denver, CO
Implantable Pacing and Defibrillation Lead Management.
Saitama Pacing Conference. Tokyo, Japan
Strategies to Reduce Sudden Death beyond ICD Implantation.
Seventeenth Annual Cardiovascular Conference, Beaver Creek, CO
Core Curriculum: Shock Updates.
Heart Rhythm Scientific Sessions. San Francisco, CA
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