Mari A. Watanabe, MD, PhD

• Research Interests

  • Heart rate turbulence: This is a baroreflex based predictor of general mortality, cardiac mortality, and arrhythmic mortality. Wikipedia entry

  • QT dynamicity as a predictor of arrhythmic mortality.

  • Circadian rhythms in cardiovascular parameters.

  • Applied mathematics. E.g., iterated maps. This is a non-linear dynamics technique that can explain many electrocardiographic phenomena to a first approximation.

• Recent Publications: see this list

• Current Research Projects

  • Study of the relationship between ventricular ectopy timing, heart rate turbulence, and blood pressure in patients receiving electrophysiology study or implantable defibrillators (ongoing).

  • Study of the relationship between hemodynamic and electrocardiographic measures in congestive heart failure.

• Personal Interests

  • Prevention of heart disease in the community (Advocate for American Heart Association on issues such as tobacco legislation, research funding legislation) See text of letters published in the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
    See public comment given to St. Louis Aldermen regarding proposed bill 46 in favor of banning smoking in public places.
    

  • Offering editing/translation support to Japanese cardiologists trying to get English language publications.
    

  • Human Rights (member of Amnesty International) See text of letter published in the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
    

  • Tibetan Independence (former president, Glasgow Friends of Tibet)

• Wanted: Warm people with PYTHON programming skills and an interest in cardiology research

Phone: 314-577-8332

Email: watanabe@slu.edu

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