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 - 2019
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Gaeta, S, Schroder, JN, Daneshmand, MA, Thomas, KL, Hegland, DD, Piccini, JP, Daubert, JP, Koontz, JI, and Sun, AY. "Catheter Ablation of Mid-Myocardial Ventricular Tachycardia by Simultaneous Unipolar Radiofrequency Ablation With Half-Normal Saline Irrigation." Jacc. Clinical Electrophysiology 4, no. 9 (September 2018): 1263-1264.  Full Text
    • Roselli, C, Chaffin, MD, Weng, L-C, Aeschbacher, S, Ahlberg, G, Albert, CM, Almgren, P, Alonso, A, Anderson, CD, Aragam, KG, Arking, DE, Barnard, J, Bartz, TM, Benjamin, EJ, Bihlmeyer, NA, Bis, JC, Bloom, HL, Boerwinkle, E, Bottinger, EB, Brody, JA, Calkins, H, Campbell, A, Cappola, TP, Carlquist, J, Chasman, DI, Chen, LY, Chen, Y-DI, Choi, E-K, Choi, SH, Christophersen, IE, Chung, MK, Cole, JW, Conen, D, Cook, J, Crijns, HJ, Cutler, MJ, Damrauer, SM, Daniels, BR, Darbar, D, Delgado, G, Denny, JC, Dichgans, M, Dörr, M, Dudink, EA, Dudley, SC, Esa, N, Esko, T, Eskola, M, Fatkin, D, Felix, SB, Ford, I, Franco, OH, Geelhoed, B, Grewal, RP, Gudnason, V, Guo, X, Gupta, N, Gustafsson, S, Gutmann, R, Hamsten, A, Harris, TB, Hayward, C, Heckbert, SR, Hernesniemi, J, Hocking, LJ, Hofman, A, Horimoto, ARVR, Huang, J, Huang, PL, Huffman, J, Ingelsson, E, Ipek, EG, Ito, K, Jimenez-Conde, J, Johnson, R, Jukema, JW, Kääb, S, Kähönen, M, Kamatani, Y, Kane, JP, Kastrati, A, Kathiresan, S, Katschnig-Winter, P, Kavousi, M, Kessler, T, Kietselaer, BL, Kirchhof, P, Kleber, ME, Knight, S, Krieger, JE, Kubo, M, Launer, LJ, Laurikka, J, Lehtimäki, T, Leineweber, K, Lemaitre, RN, Li, M, Lim, HE, Lin, HJ, Lin, H, Lind, L, Lindgren, CM, Lokki, M-L, London, B, Loos, RJF, Low, S-K, Lu, Y, Lyytikäinen, L-P, Macfarlane, PW, Magnusson, PK, Mahajan, A, Malik, R, Mansur, AJ, Marcus, GM, Margolin, L, Margulies, KB, März, W, McManus, DD, Melander, O, Mohanty, S, Montgomery, JA, Morley, MP, Morris, AP, Müller-Nurasyid, M, Natale, A, Nazarian, S, Neumann, B, Newton-Cheh, C, Niemeijer, MN, Nikus, K, Nilsson, P, Noordam, R, Oellers, H, Olesen, MS, Orho-Melander, M, Padmanabhan, S, Pak, H-N, Paré, G, Pedersen, NL, Pera, J, Pereira, A, Porteous, D, Psaty, BM, Pulit, SL, Pullinger, CR, Rader, DJ, Refsgaard, L, Ribasés, M, Ridker, PM, Rienstra, M, Risch, L, Roden, DM, Rosand, J, Rosenberg, MA, Rost, N, Rotter, JI, Saba, S, Sandhu, RK, Schnabel, RB, Schramm, K, Schunkert, H, Schurman, C, Scott, SA, Seppälä, I, Shaffer, C, Shah, S, Shalaby, AA, Shim, J, Shoemaker, MB, Siland, JE, Sinisalo, J, Sinner, MF, Slowik, A, Smith, AV, Smith, BH, Smith, JG, Smith, JD, Smith, NL, Soliman, EZ, Sotoodehnia, N, Stricker, BH, Sun, A, Sun, H, Svendsen, JH, Tanaka, T, Tanriverdi, K, Taylor, KD, Teder-Laving, M, Teumer, A, Thériault, S, Trompet, S, Tucker, NR, Tveit, A, Uitterlinden, AG, Van Der Harst, P, Van Gelder, IC, Van Wagoner, DR, Verweij, N, Vlachopoulou, E, Völker, U, Wang, B, Weeke, PE, Weijs, B, Weiss, R, Weiss, S, Wells, QS, Wiggins, KL, Wong, JA, Woo, D, Worrall, BB, Yang, P-S, Yao, J, Yoneda, ZT, Zeller, T, Zeng, L, Lubitz, SA, Lunetta, KL, and Ellinor, PT. "Multi-ethnic genome-wide association study for atrial fibrillation." Nature Genetics 50, no. 9 (September 2018): 1225-1233.  Full Text
    • 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 15, no. 5 (May 2018): 651-657.  Full Text
    • Steinberg, BA, Shrader, P, Pieper, K, Thomas, L, Allen, LA, Ansell, J, Chan, PS, Ezekowitz, MD, Fonarow, GC, Freeman, JV, Gersh, BJ, Kowey, PR, Mahaffey, KW, Naccarelli, GV, Reiffel, JA, Singer, DE, Peterson, ED, Piccini, JP, and Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (ORBIT‐AF) II Investigators, . "Frequency and Outcomes of Reduced Dose Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Anticoagulants: Results From ORBIT-AF II (The Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation II)." Journal of the American Heart Association 7, no. 4 (February 16, 2018).  Full Text
    • Fudim, M, Boortz-Marx, R, Ganesh, A, Waldron, NH, Qadri, YJ, Patel, CB, Milano, CA, Sun, AY, Mathew, JP, and Piccini, JP. "Stellate ganglion blockade for the treatment of refractory ventricular arrhythmias: A systematic review and meta-analysis." Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology 28, no. 12 (December 2017): 1460-1467. (Review)  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
    • Christophersen, IE, Rienstra, M, Roselli, C, Yin, X, Geelhoed, B, Barnard, J, Lin, H, Arking, DE, Smith, AV, Albert, CM, Chaffin, M, Tucker, NR, Li, M, Klarin, D, Bihlmeyer, NA, Low, S-K, Weeke, PE, Müller-Nurasyid, M, Smith, JG, Brody, JA, Niemeijer, MN, Dörr, M, Trompet, S, Huffman, J, Gustafsson, S, Schurmann, C, Kleber, ME, Lyytikäinen, L-P, Seppälä, I, Malik, R, Horimoto, ARVR, Perez, M, Sinisalo, J, Aeschbacher, S, Thériault, S, Yao, J, Radmanesh, F, Weiss, S, Teumer, A, Choi, SH, Weng, L-C, Clauss, S, Deo, R, Rader, DJ, Shah, SH, Sun, A, Hopewell, JC, Debette, S, Chauhan, G, Yang, Q, Worrall, BB, Paré, G, Kamatani, Y, Hagemeijer, YP, Verweij, N, Siland, JE, Kubo, M, Smith, JD, Van Wagoner, DR, Bis, JC, Perz, S, Psaty, BM, Ridker, PM, Magnani, JW, Harris, TB, Launer, LJ, Shoemaker, MB, Padmanabhan, S, Haessler, J, Bartz, TM, Waldenberger, M, Lichtner, P, Arendt, M, Krieger, JE, Kähönen, M, Risch, L, Mansur, AJ, Peters, A, Smith, BH, Lind, L, Scott, SA, Lu, Y, Bottinger, EB, Hernesniemi, J, Lindgren, CM, Wong, JA, Huang, J, Eskola, M, Morris, AP, Ford, I, Reiner, AP, Delgado, G, Chen, LY, Chen, Y-DI, Sandhu, RK, Li, M, Boerwinkle, E, Eisele, L, Lannfelt, L, Rost, N, Anderson, CD, Taylor, KD, Campbell, A, Magnusson, PK, Porteous, D, Hocking, LJ, Vlachopoulou, E, Pedersen, NL, Nikus, K, Orho-Melander, M, Hamsten, A, Heeringa, J, Denny, JC, Kriebel, J, Darbar, D, Newton-Cheh, C, Shaffer, C, Macfarlane, PW, Heilmann-Heimbach, S, Almgren, P, Huang, PL, Sotoodehnia, N, Soliman, EZ, Uitterlinden, AG, Hofman, A, Franco, OH, Völker, U, Jöckel, K-H, Sinner, MF, Lin, HJ, Guo, X, METASTROKE Consortium of the ISGC, , Neurology Working Group of the CHARGE Consortium, , Dichgans, M, Ingelsson, E, Kooperberg, C, Melander, O, Loos, RJF, Laurikka, J, Conen, D, Rosand, J, van der Harst, P, Lokki, M-L, Kathiresan, S, Pereira, A, Jukema, JW, Hayward, C, Rotter, JI, März, W, Lehtimäki, T, Stricker, BH, Chung, MK, Felix, SB, Gudnason, V, Alonso, A, Roden, DM, Kääb, S, Chasman, DI, Heckbert, SR, Benjamin, EJ, Tanaka, T, Lunetta, KL, Lubitz, SA, Ellinor, PT, and AFGen Consortium, . "Large-scale analyses of common and rare variants identify 12 new loci associated with atrial fibrillation." Nature Genetics 49, no. 6 (June 2017): 946-952.  Full Text
    • Fudim, M, Boortz-Marx, R, Patel, CB, Sun, AY, and Piccini, JP. "Autonomic Modulation for the Treatment of Ventricular Arrhythmias: Therapeutic Use of Percutaneous Stellate Ganglion Blocks." Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology 28, no. 4 (April 2017): 446-449.  Full Text
    • Sun, AY, and Pitt, GS. "Long QT Syndrome and Seizures∗." JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology 2, no. 3 (June 2016): 277-278.  Full Text
    • Taylor, MR, Sun, AY, Davis, G, Fiuzat, M, Liggett, SB, and Bristow, MR. "Race, common genetic variation, and therapeutic response disparities in heart failure." JACC. Heart failure 2, no. 6 (December 2014): 561-572. (Review)  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 (January 2, 2013): e52087-null.  Full Text
    • 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 Metabolism 16, no. 1 (July 2012): 33-43.  Full Text
    • 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 : European Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Electrophysiology : Journal of the Working Groups on Cardiac Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology 13, no. 12 (December 2011): 1717-1722.  Full Text
    • 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." Circulation. Cardiovascular Genetics 4, no. 2 (April 15, 2011): 163-168.  Full Text
    • 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
    • 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

  • Book Sections

    • Sun, AY, and Wagner, GS. "Inherited arrhythmia disorders." In Marriott's Practical Electrocardiography: Twelfth Edition. October 24, 2013.

  • 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

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