Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellow in Cardiology, Medicine, Duke University 2006 - 2007
  • Medical Resident, Medicine, Duke University 2003 - 2006
  • M.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey 2003
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2007 - 2008
  • Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2007
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • S-ICD PAS awarded by Boston Scientific Corporation 2014 - 2021
  • ARVC awarded by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 2015 - 2018
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Conference Papers

    • Zhang, H, Sun, AY, Kim, JJ, Graham, V, Finch, EA, Nepliouev, I, Zhao, G, Li, T, Lederer, WJ, Stiber, JA, Pitt, GS, Bursac, N, and Rosenberg, PB. "STIM1-Ca2+ signaling modulates automaticity of the mouse sinoatrial node." October 2015.  Full Text

  • Journal Articles

    • Black-Maier, E, Ren, X, Steinberg, BA, Green, CL, Barnett, AS, Rosa, NS, Al-Khatib, SM, Atwater, BD, Daubert, JP, Frazier-Mills, C, Grant, AO, Hegland, DD, Jackson, KP, Jackson, LR, Koontz, JI, Lewis, RK, Sun, AY, Thomas, KL, Bahnson, TD, and Piccini, JP. "Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction." Heart rhythm (December 5, 2017).  Full Text
    • Black-Maier, E, Pokorney, SD, Barnett, AS, Zeitler, EP, Sun, AY, Jackson, KP, Bahnson, TD, Daubert, JP, and Piccini, JP. "Risk of atrioesophageal fistula formation with contact force-sensing catheters." Heart rhythm 14, no. 9 (September 2017): 1328-1333.  Full Text
    • Mohanty, S, Santangeli, P, Mohanty, P, Di Biase, L, Trivedi, C, Bai, R, Horton, R, Burkhardt, JD, Sanchez, JE, Zagrodzky, J, Bailey, S, Gallinghouse, JG, Hranitzky, PM, Sun, AY, Hongo, R, Beheiry, S, and Natale, A. "Outcomes of atrioesophageal fistula following catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation treated with surgical repair versus esophageal stenting." Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology 25, no. 6 (June 2014): 579-584.  Full Text
    • Sun, AY, and Piccini, JP. "Validation of non-contact and point-to-point mapping in a single electroanatomic map." Europace 16, no. 3 (March 2014): 371-.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Mohanty, S, Santangeli, P, Mohanty, P, Biase, LD, Trivedi, C, Bai, R, Horton, R, Burkhardt, JD, Sanchez, JE, Zagrodzky, J, Bailey, S, Gallinghouse, JG, Hranitzky, PM, Sun, AY, Hongo, R, Beheiry, S, and Natale, A. "Outcomes of atrioesophageal fistula following catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation treated with surgical repair versus esophageal stenting." Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology 25, no. 6 (January 1, 2014): 579-584.  Full Text
    • Swan, C, Sun, AY, Cooney, S, Ray, J, and Atwater, BD. ""typical" cavotricuspid isthmus-dependent atrial flutter without the cava." Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology 25, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 103-104.  Full Text
    • Ajijola, OA, and Sun, AY. "The genetics of the J wave patterns." Journal of electrocardiology 46, no. 5 (September 2013): 395-398. (Review)  Full Text
    • Zeitler, EP, and Sun, AY. "The J wave patterns and risk of sudden cardiac death in patients with coronary artery disease." Journal of electrocardiology 46, no. 5 (September 2013): 446-450. (Review)  Full Text
    • Chen, BJ, Jiao, Y, Zhang, P, Sun, AY, Pitt, GS, Deoliveira, D, Drago, N, Ye, T, Liu, C, and Chao, NJ. "Long-term in vivo imaging of multiple organs at the single cell level." PLoS One 8, no. 1 (2013): e52087-.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Stephens, SB, Schisler, JC, Hohmeier, HE, An, J, Sun, AY, Pitt, GS, and Newgard, CB. "A VGF-derived peptide attenuates development of type 2 diabetes via enhancement of islet β-cell survival and function." Cell Metab 16, no. 1 (July 3, 2012): 33-43.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Lodder, EM, Scicluna, BP, Milano, A, Sun, AY, Tang, H, Remme, CA, Moerland, PD, Tanck, MWT, Pitt, GS, Marchuk, DA, and Bezzina, CR. "Dissection of a quantitative trait locus for PR interval duration identifies Tnni3k as a novel modulator of cardiac conduction." PLoS Genet 8, no. 12 (2012): e1003113-.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Sun, AY, and Nilsson, KR. "Early repolarization: A sword in the haystack?." Heart Rhythm 9, no. 8 (2012): 1301-1302.  Full Text
    • Williams, ES, Shah, SH, Piccini, JP, Sun, AY, Koontz, JI, Al-Khatib, SM, and Hranitzky, PM. "Predictors of mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease and an implantable defibrillator: an EPGEN substudy." Europace 13, no. 12 (December 2011): 1717-1722.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Sun, AY, Koontz, JI, Shah, SH, Piccini, JP, Nilsson, KR, Craig, D, Haynes, C, Gregory, SG, Hranitzky, PM, and Pitt, GS. "The S1103Y cardiac sodium channel variant is associated with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator events in blacks with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction." Circ Cardiovasc Genet 4, no. 2 (April 2011): 163-168.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Sun, AY, and Pitt, GS. "Pinning down the CaMKII targets in the L-type Ca(2+) channel: an essential step in defining CaMKII regulation." Heart Rhythm 8, no. 4 (April 2011): 631-633.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Koontz, JI, Haithcock, D, Cumbea, V, Waldron, A, Stricker, K, Hughes, A, Nilsson, K, Sun, A, Piccini, JP, Kraus, WE, Pitt, GS, Shah, SH, and Hranitzky, P. "Rationale and design of the Duke Electrophysiology Genetic and Genomic Studies (EPGEN) biorepository." Am Heart J 158, no. 5 (November 2009): 719-725.  Full Text  Link to Item

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