Recent Publications

• Mukhopadhyay K, Narang A, Chakrabarti S, et al. Gastro oesophageal reflux and pulmonary complications in a neonate – case report. Indian Paediatrics 1998:35(2) pp665-670.
• Chakrabarti S, Garvie D, RayChaudhuri K, Rao GG. Rationalising the use of polymerase chain reaction based tests for diagnosis of common viral infections of the central nervous system. J Clin Pathol. 2002;55(7):560.
• Chakrabarti S, Thomas E, Wright J, Vettukattil JJ. Congenital Coronary Dilatation Heart. 2003;89(6):595-6.
• Charkrabarti S, Keeton BR, Salmon AP, Vettukattil JJ. Acquired combined immunodeficiency following Protein Losing Enteropathy following  Fontan operation. Heart. 2003;89(6):1130-1131.
• Chakrabarti S, Brown EM, Salmon AP, et al. A novel use of atrial septostomy and stent implantation in a patient with complex cyanotic congenital heart disease and severe pulmonary hypertension. J Interv Cardiol. 2004;17(5):327-9.
• Chakrabarti S, Tsao S, Vettukattil JJ, Gnanapragasam JP. Pulmonary vein stenosis mimicking chronic lung disease in a neonate. Acta Paediatr. 2003;92(7):857-8.2005.
• Chakrabarti S, Stuart AG. Understanding cardiac arrhthymias. Arch Did Child 2005;90(10);1086-1090.
• Chakrabarti S, Stuart AG. Terminal arrhythymia in patient with Mustard operation. Cardiol Young. 2006;16(5):498-500.
• Chakrabarti S, Mittal R, Gnanapragasam JP, Martin RP. Acquired stenosis of normally connected pulmonary veins. Cardiol Young. 2007:1-6.
• Chakrabarti S, Szantho G, Turner MS, Stuart G, Martin RP. Use of radiofrequency perforation for lead placement in biventricular or conventional endocardial pacing after mustard or senning operations for D-transposition of the great arteries. Pacing Clin Electrophysio. 2000;32(9):1123-9.
• Kenny D, Chakrabarti S, Ranasinghe A, Chambers A, Martin R, Stuart G. Single-center use of implantable loop recorders in patients with congenital heart disease. Europace. 2009;11(3):303-7.
• Chakrabarti S, Morgan GJ, Kenny D, Walsh KP, Oslizlok P, Martin RP, Turner MS, Stuart AG. Initial experience of pacing with a lumenless lead system in patients with congenital heart disease. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2009;32(11):1428-33.
• Chakrabarti S, Kenny D, Morgan GJ, Curtis S, Hamilton MC, Wilde P, Tometzki AJ, Turner MS, Martin RP. Balloon Expandable Stent Implantation for Native and Recurrent Coarctation of the Aorta – Prospective Computerised Tomography Assessment of Stent Integrity, Aneurysm Formation and Stenosis Relief. Heart. 2010;96(15):1212-6.
• Chakrabarti S, Fraser J, Tsai-Goodman B. Accidental ingestion of dosulepin presenting as atrial flutter in a child. Eur J Pediatr. 2010;169(1):113-5.
• Dhandayuthapani G, Chakrabarti S, Ranasinghe A, Hunt L, Grant D, Martin RP, Kenny D. Short-term outcome of infants presenting to pediatric intensive care unit with new cardiac diagnoses. Congenit Heart Dis. 2010;5(5):444-9.
• Krahn AD, Healey JS, Simpson CS, Chauhan VS, Birnie DH, Champagne J, Gardner M, Sanatani S, Chakrabarti S, Yee R, Skanes AC, Leong-Sit P, Ahmad K, Gollob MH, Klein GJ, Gula LJ, Sheldon RS. Sentinel symptoms in patients with unexplained cardiac arrest: from the cardiac arrest survivors with preserved ejection fraction registry (CASPER). J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2012 Jan;23(1):60-6.
• Bennett M, Tung SK, Kerr CR, Yeung-Lai-Wah JA, Chakrabarti S. Unusual device function : at a loss . Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2013 Jan;36(1):119-21.
• Khoo C, Chakrabarti S. Three-dimensional retrograde atrial activation maps obtained during atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia provides insights into the location of nodal inputs. Europace. 2013 Feb;15(2):218
• Khoo C, Bennett M, Chakrabarti S, LeMaitre J, Tung SK.Using left-ventricular-only pacing to eliminate T-wave oversensing in a biventricular implantable cardiac defibrillator. Can J Cardiol. 2013 Feb;29(2):254.
• Bennett MT, Sanatani S, Chakrabarti S, Deyell MW, Krahn AD. Assessment of genetic causes of cardiac arrest. Can J Cardiol. 2013 Jan;29(1):100-10
• Chakrabarti S, Stuart AG : Terminal arrhythymia in patient with Mustard operation. Cardiol Young. 2006;16(5) :498-500.
• Khoo C, Chakrabarti S, Arbour L, Krahn AD. Recognizing life-threatening causes of syncope. Cardiol Clin. 2013 Feb;31(1):51-66.
• McKinney J, Chakrabarti S, Ling H. Defibrillation lead implantation in patient with occluded superior vena cava. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2013 Mar;36(3):381-2.
• Chakrabarti S, Chou A, Andrade JG, Bennett MT, Deyell MW, Tung SK, Krahn AD. Real-time transmission to real-time patient care: a tale of 4 devices. Can J Cardiol. 2013 Aug;29(8):1014.
• Deyell MW, Qi A, Chakrabarti S, Yeung-Lai-Wah JA, Tung S, Khoo C, Bennett MT, Qian H, Kerr CR. Prognostic impact of inappropriate defibrillator shocks in a population cohort. Heart. 2013 Sep;99(17):1250-5.
• Andrade JG, Gin K, Kerr C, Deyell MW, Chakrabarti S, Ramanathan K, Krahn AD. How to optimize rate control in clinical atrial fibrillation management. Can J Cardiol. 2013 Oct;29(10):1299-301.
• Vittoria Matassini M, Krahn AD, Gardner M, Champagne J, Sanatani S, Birnie DH, Gollob MH, Chauhan V, Simpson CS, Hamilton RM, Talajic M, Ahmad K, Gerull B, Chakrabarti S, Healey JS. Evolution of clinical diagnosis in patients presenting with unexplained cardiac arrest or syncope due to polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. Heart Rhythm. 2014 Feb;11(2):274-81.
• O’Brien J, Al-Hassan D, Ng J, Joshi M, Hague C, Chakrabarti S, Leipsic J. Three-dimensional assessment of left atrial appendage orifice geometry and potential implications for device closure. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 Apr;30(4):819-23
• Somani R, Krahn AD, Healey JS, Chauhan VS, Birnie DH, Champagne J, Sanatani S, Angaran P, Gow RM, Chakrabarti S, Gerull B, Yee R, Skanes AC, Gula LJ, Leong-Sit P, Klein GJ, Gollob MH, Talajic M, Gardner M, Simpson CS. Procainamide infusion in the evaluation of unexplained cardiac arrest: from the Cardiac Arrest Survivors with Preserved Ejection Fraction Registry (CASPER). Heart Rhythm. 2014 Jun;11(6):1047-54.
• Herman A, Bennett MT, Chakrabarti S, Krahn AD. Life threatening causes of syncope: channelopathies and cardiomyopathies. Auton Neurosci. 2014 Sep;184:53-9.
• Steinberg S, Chakrabarti S. H1N1 associated Sinus Node dysfunction . Heart Asia 2015;7:16-17.
• Steinberg C, Chakrabarti S, Krahn A , Bashir J . Nothing inside the heart – Combining epicardial pacing with the S-ICD. Heart Rhythm Case Reports. 2015 Nov ;1(6):419-23.
• Lauck SB, Sawatzky R, Johnson JL, Humphries K, Bennett MT, Chakrabarti S, Kerr CR, Tung S, Yeung-Lai-Wah JA, Ratner PA. Sex is associated with differences in individual trajectories of change in social health after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015 Mar;8(2 Suppl 1):S21-30.
• Padfield GJ, Steinberg C, Bennett MT, Chakrabarti S, Deyell MW, Bashir J, Krahn AD. Preventing cardiac implantable electronic device infections. Heart Rhythm. 2015 Nov;12(11):2344-56.
• Steinberg C, Padfield GJ, Hahn E, Flavelle S, McILROY C, VAN Bremen O, Yeung-Lai-Wah JA, Kerr CR, Deyell MW, Tung SK, Andrade JG, Bennett MT, Bashir JG, Krahn AD, Chakrabarti S. Lead Integrity Alert Is Useful for Assessment of Performance of Biotronik Linox Leads. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2015 Dec;26(12):1340-5.
• Birnie D, Ha AC, Gula LJ, Chakrabarti S, Beanlands RS, Nery P. Cardiac Sarcoidosis. Clin Chest Med. 2015 Dec;36(4):657-68.
• Chakrabarti S, Deyell M. Friendly Fire During RF: Be Firm But Gentle! J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2016 Mar;27(3):296-7.
• Herman AR, Cheung C, Gerull B, Simpson CS, Birnie DH, Klein GJ, Champagne J, Healey JS, Gibbs K, Talajic M, Gardner M, Bennett MT, Steinberg C, Janzen M, Gollob MH, Angaran P, Yee R, Leather R, Chakrabarti S, Sanatani S, Chauhan VS, Krahn AD. Outcome of Apparently Unexplained Cardiac Arrest: Results From Investigation and Follow-Up of the Prospective Cardiac Arrest Survivors With Preserved Ejection Fraction Registry. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2016 Jan;9(1).
• Herman A, Gardner M, Steinberg C, Yeung-Lai-Wah J, Healy J, Leong-Sit P, Krahn A, Chakrabarti S. Long term right ventricular implantable cardioverter defibrillator lead performance in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Heart Rhythm Journal. 2016 JuneDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2016.06.021
• Steinberg C , Al-Sabeq B, Padfield G, Krahn A, Leong-Sit P, Kerr C, Yeung-Wai-Lah, J, Deyell M, Bennett M, Andrade J, Laksman Z, Klein G, Chakrabarti S. Experience With Bisoprolol in Long-QT1 and Long-QT2 Syndrome. Journal of Invasive Cardiac Electrophysiology.2016.
• Wan D, Tsui, C, Grewal J, Kiess M, Barlow A, Human D, Krahn A, Chakrabarti S Thromboembolic Episodes Related to Atrial Arrhythmias in Adults with Transposition of Great Arteries. Manuscript submitted Journal of Congenital Cardiology. 2016.
• Wan D, Tsui C, Kiess M, Grewal J, Krahn AD, Chakrabarti S.Anticoagulation for Thromboembolic Risk Reduction in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease.Can J Cardiol. 2017 Dec;33(12):1597-1603.
• Steinberg C, Deyell MW, Chakrabarti S.Just flip it!-CRT implantation in a patient with dextrocardia and situs inversus totalis.J Arrhythm. 2018 Oct 6;34(6):656-658.
• Sakakibara BM, Chakrabarti S, Krahn A, Mackay MH, Sedlak T, Singer J, Whitehurst DG, Lear SA.Delivery of Peer Support Through a Self-Management mHealth Intervention (Healing Circles) in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR Res Protoc. 2019 Jan 11;8(1).
• Lee D, Levin A, Kiess M, Sexsmith G, Chakrabarti S, Barlow A, Human D, Grewal J. Chronic kidney damage in the adult Fontan population.Int J Cardiol. 2018 Apr 15;257:62-66.
• Deyell MW, Wen G, Laksman Z, Bennett MT, Chakrabarti S, Yeung-Lai-Wah JA, Krahn AD, Andrade JG.The impact of steerable sheaths on unblinded contact force during catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation.J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2019.
• Chakrabarti S, Mittal R, Gnanapragasam JP, Martin RP Acquired stenosis of normally connected pulmonary veins. Cardiol Young. 2007:1-6.
• When to close a patent foramen ovale. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2008;93:255-259 (I was involved in the planning and writing of this review article; acknowledged in final print).
• Chakrabarti S, Morgan GJ, Kenny D, Walsh KP, Oslizlok P, Martin RP, Turner MS, Stuart AG. Initial experience of pacing with a lumenless lead system in patients with congenital heart disease. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2009 ;32(11):1428-33.
• Chakrabarti S, Szantho G, Turner MS, Stuart G, Martin RP. Use of radiofrequency perforation for lead placement in biventricular or conventional endocardial pacing after mustard or senning operations for D-transposition of the great arteries. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2009 ;32(9):1123-9.
• Kenny D, Chakrabarti S, Ranasinghe A, Chambers A, Martin R, Stuart G. Single-centre use of implantable loop recorders in patients with congenital heart disesae. Europace. 2009 ;11(3):303-7.
• Chakrabarti S, Fraser J, Tsai-Goodman B.  Accidental ingestion of dosulepin presenting as atrial flutter in a child. Eur J Pediatr. 2010 ;169(1):113-5.
• Chakrabarti S, Kenny D, Morgan GJ, Curtis S, Hamilton MC, Wilde P, Tometzki AJ, Turner MS, Martin RP.  Balloon Expandable Stent Implantation for Native and Recurrent Coarctation of the Aorta – Prospective Computerised Tomography Assessment of Stent Integrity, Aneurysm Formation and Stenosis Relief. Heart. 2010;96(15):1212-6.
• Dhandayuthapani G, Chakrabarti S, Ranasinghe A, Hunt L, Grant D, Martin RP, Kenny D. Short-term outcome of infants presenting to pediatric intensive care unit with new cardiac diagnoses. Congenit Heart Dis. 2010 ;5(5):444-9.