FrancisEMarchlinskiMD

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Richard T and Angela Clark President's Distinguished Professor, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology UPHS

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Office
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone+1 215-662-6005

Fax+1 215-662-2879

Education & Training

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1979 - 1982
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 1976 - 1979
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1976

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2022 - Present
PA State Medical License 1978 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 1994 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow Heart Rhythm Society Heart Rhythm Society, 1990-2021
Philadelphia Magazine Castle Connolly, 2004-2020
America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
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Clinical Trials

Catheter Ablation vs Anti-arrhythmic Drug Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation Trial Start of enrollment: 2009 Nov 13
Completed
Not Applicable
Modified Ablation Guided by Ibutilide Use in Chronic Atrial Fibrillation Start of enrollment: 2009 Oct 01
Completed
Not Applicable
THERMOCOOL® SMARTTOUCH™ Catheter for the Treatment of Symptomatic Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Start of enrollment: 2011 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 3
Early Ablation Therapy for the Treatment of Ischemic Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients With Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 01
Terminated
Phase 4
Early Elimination of Premature Ventricular Contractions in Heart Failure Start of enrollment: 2013 Jan 01
Terminated
Not Applicable
Oral Anticoagulation Therapy Pilot Study Start of enrollment: 2013 Apr 17
Terminated
Phase 4
Electrogram-Guided Myocardial Advanced Phenotyping Start of enrollment: 2018 Nov 30
Enrolling by invitation
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Techniques and outcomes of atrial fibrillation ablation in patients with persistent left superior vena cava.
Ting-Wei Ernie Liao, Lingyu Xu, Mirmilad P Khoshknab, Carli J Peters, David J Callans
Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 2025-01-01
Preclinical Experience Using 4D Intracardiac Echocardiography to Guide Cardiac Electrophysiology Procedures.
Colin J Blumenthal, Weihow Hsue, Tiffany Chen, David Zhang, Erez Brem
Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 2024-12-30
Intravascular Sympathetic Stimulation to Facilitate Catheter Ablation of Premature Ventricular Complexes.
Timothy M Markman, Cory M Tschabrunn, David Callans, Francis E Marchlinski, Saman Nazarian
JAMA Cardiology. 2024-12-23

Journal Articles

Outcomes of Percutaneous Trans–Right Atrial Access to the Left Ventricle for Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients with Mechanical Aortic and Mitral...
Pasquale Santangeli, Matthew C Hyman, Kalyanam Shivkumar, Francis E Marchlinski, JAMA Cardiology
Case Series of Transcutaneous Magnetic Stimulation for Ventricular Tachycardia Storm
Timothy M Markman, Francis E Marchlinski, JAMA
P‐Wave Morphology and Multipolar Intracardiac Atrial Activation to Facilitate Non‐Pulmonary Vein Trigger Localization
Sanjay Dixit, Francis E Marchlinski, David S Frankel, Pasquale Santangeli, Erica S Zado, Gregory E Supple, Cory M Tschabrunn, David Lin, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
Epicardial Ventricular Tachycardia in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: Prevalence, Electrophysiological Characteristics, and Long‐Term Ablation Outcomes
Fermin C Garcia, Gregory E Supple, Andres Enriquez, Jeffrey Arkles, Pasquale Santangeli, Robert D Schaller, Francis E Marchlinski, Sanjay Dixit, David Lin, Erica S Zad..., Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
Lead I R‐Wave Amplitude to Differentiate Idiopathic Ventricular Arrhythmias with Left Bundle Branch Block Right Inferior Axis Originating from the Left Versus Right Ve...
Francis E Marchlinski, Sanjay Dixit, David S Frankel, Gregory E Supple, Fermin C Garcia, Pasquale Santangeli, David Lin, Robert D Schaller, David J Callans, Erica S Zado, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
Percutaneous Cryoablation for Papillary Muscle Ventricular Arrhythmias After Failed Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation
Robert D Schaller, David S Frankel, Jeffrey P Gordon, Fermin C Garcia, Erica S Zado, Pasquale Santangeli, Francis E Marchlinski, Gregory E Supple, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
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Lectures

Reporting AF Recurrence After Catheter Ablation the Burden Is on Us to Get It Right
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 9/10/2012
Reporting AF Recurrence After Catheter Ablation the Burden Is on Us to Get It Right
Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland, Ohio / The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Denver, Colorado - 5/7/2013

Authored Content

Summary of Persistent AF Ablation with Contact-Force-Sensing Catheter: The Prospective Multicenter PRECEPT TrialJuly 2020
Summary of Persistent AF Ablation with Contact-Force-Sensing Catheter: The Prospective Multicenter PRECEPT TrialJuly 2020
Reporting AF Recurrence After Catheter Ablation the Burden Is on Us to Get It RightJune 2020
Reporting AF Recurrence After Catheter Ablation the Burden Is on Us to Get It RightJune 2020
Reporting AF Recurrence After Catheter Ablation the Burden Is on Us to Get It RightJune 2020
What Is the Biological Relationship Between Left Atrial Fibrosis and Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation?February 2018
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