Thorsten Lewalter

Department of Medicine-Cardiology, University of Bonn, Germany

Thorsten Lewalter is Professor of Medicine at the Department of Medicine-Cardiology, University of Bonn. He became Director of the electrophysiological laboratories at the University Clinic Bonn in 2000.

His research focuses on tachycardia mechanisms, mapping techniques and catheter ablation of supraventricular and ventricular tachycardias. He is also interested in pharmacological and interventive therapy of atrial fibrillation and pacemaker and ICD therapy.

He is a member of the German Cardiac Society and the Working Group on Arrhythmias of the European Society of Cardiology, and he is also a member of the editorial boards of Zeitschrift für Kardiologie and Herzschrittmacher und Elektrophysiologie. Professor Lewalter has received the Travel Award for Fellows in 1996 of the North American Society for Electrophysiology and Pacing (NASPE) and was repetitively selected as a faculty member of the NASPE scientific sessions.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Cardiovascular Disorders > Arrhythmias, Electrophysiology & Pacing (since 15 November 2005)

All recent recommendations

• 3.0
  Complete isolation of the pulmonary veins and posterior left atrium in chronic atrial fibrillation. Long-term clinical outcome.
  Recommended by Thorsten Lewalter
  
• 6.0
  Substrate modification combined with pulmonary vein isolation improves outcome of catheter ablation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation: a prospective randomized comparison.
  Recommended by Thorsten Lewalter
  
• 3.0
  Amiodarone infusion in the treatment of acute atrial fibrillation or flutter: high versus low dose treatment.
  Recommended by Thorsten Lewalter