Biography
Dr. Jason Andrade is a cardiac electrophysiologist at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) with joint appointment at the Montreal Heart Institute. He is an associate professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia, and an assistant professor at the Université de Montréal.
Dr. Andrade is the director of the Electrophysiology Laboratory and director of the Atrial Fibrillation Clinic at VGH. He is co-chair of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines committee, chair of the Canadian Heart Rhythm Society (CHRS) Device Committee and medical chair for Heart Rhythm Disease for the Cardiovascular Disease Network in the province of British Columbia.
Dr. Andrade has authored over 200 scientific publications, predominantly in the domain of atrial fibrillation. His publications can be found in journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), The Lancet, and Heart Rhythm. In addition, he is also the author of several textbooks, book chapters and medical apps.
Research Studies
Testing the effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure
Comparing ablation strategies to treat atrial fibrillation
PULSED AF
Early Aggressive Invasive Intervention for Atrial Fibrillation (EARLY-AF)
Blinded Randomized Trial of Anticoagulation to Prevent Ischemic Stroke and Neurocognitive Impairment in Atrial Fibrillation (BRAIN-AF)
News and Awards
Publications
- The Canadian journal of cardiology -
- JACC. Clinical electrophysiology -
- Journal of electrocardiology -
- The New England journal of medicine -
- Circulation -