University of Pennsylvania

Cardiology

Dr. Kent J. Volosin practices Cardiology. He graduated from Wake Forest School of Medicine. He received 2 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow (FACC)". Kent J. Volosin is a published doctor. He has 33 publications published. The most current publication "Effects of exercise on signal-averaged electrocardiogram." Kent Volosin accepts all Medicare patients.

Publications

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• Tachycardia detection performance of implantable loop recorders: results from a large 'real-life' patient cohort and patients with induced ventricular Arrhythmias.
• Combining shock reduction strategies to enhance ICD therapy: a role for computer modeling.
• Asystole following left ventricular pacing.
• Experience with a dual chamber implantable defibrillator.
• Subgroup analysis of a randomized controlled trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of cardiac contractility modulation in advanced Heart failure.
• A randomized controlled trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of cardiac contractility modulation in advanced Heart failure.
• Combined Atrial and ventricular antitachycardia pacing as a novel method of rhythm discrimination: the Dynamic Discrimination Download Study.
• Influence of left ventricular lead location on outcomes in the COMPANION study.
• Appropriate and inappropriate ventricular therapies, quality of life, and mortality among primary and secondary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillator patie...
• Prospective randomized multicenter trial of empirical antitachycardia pacing versus shocks for spontaneous rapid ventricular tachycardia in patients with implantable c...
• Prospective randomized comparison of 50%/50% versus 65%/65% tilt biphasic waveform on deFibrillation in humans.
• Amiodarone therapy: role of early and late electrophysiologic studies.
• Tocainide: a new drug for ventricular Arrhythmias.
• Pacemaker-mediated tachycardia from a single chamber temperature sensitive pacemaker.
• VOOR--nondemand rate modulated pacing necessitated by myopotential inhibition.
• Swallowing-induced tachycardia: electrophysiologic and pharmacologic observations.
• Use of external muscle stimulation in a patient with a unipolar DDD pacemaker.
• "Pseudo" loss of Atrial sensing by a DDD pacemaker.
• The effects of direct current countershock on ventricular late potentials.
• Complete atrioventricular block during cardiac catheterization: two cases reports in patients without pre-existing conduction abnormalities.
• Effect of cigarette smoke on sinus node automaticity.
• Rate-modulated pacemakers.
• Spontaneous changes in ventricular tachycardia cycle length.
• Chronic ischemic Heart disease: symptomatic ventricular arrhythmias.
• Differentiation of Arrhythmias by measurement of intracardiac pressures in man.
• Refusal of implantable cardioverter defibrillator generator replacement: the nurse's role.
• Effects of exercise on signal-averaged electrocardiogram.
• Signal-averaged ECG prior to and serially after thrombolytic therapy for Acute myocardial infarction.
• Use-dependent prolongation of ventricular tachycardia cycle length by type I antiarrhythmic drugs in humans.
• Tocainide associated agranulocytosis.
• The effects of atrial pacing on the signal-averaged electrocardiogram in patients with Coronary artery disease.
• Critical analysis of dual-chamber implantable cardioverter-defibrillator arrhythmia detection : results and technical considerations.

Schools

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• Wake Forest University School Of Medicine Medical Center Boulevard

• Thos Jefferson University Hospital

Procedures Preformed

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• Ablation for Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
• Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Implantation
• Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
• Cardiac Imaging
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Conditions Treated

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• Aneurysm and Dissection of Heart
• Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
• Aortic Aneurysm
• Aortic Dissection
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Doctors Specialties

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• Cardiology

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
• Fellow (FACC)

Education

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• Thomas Jefferson University
• Wake Forest School of Medicine

Hospital

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• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
• Pennsylvania Hospital

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1760418479
NPPES Provider LastName		VOLOSIN
NPPES Provider FirstName		KENT
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		191042640
NPPES Provider State		PA
Specialty Description		Cardiac Electrophysiology
Total Claim Count		286.0
Distinct Opioid Count		0.0
Opioid Claim Count		0.0
Percent Opioid Claims		0.0

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1760418479
Last Name Of The Provider	VOLOSIN
First Name Of The Provider	KENT
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