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Selcuk Adabag, MD, MS

Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Minneapolis VA Health Care System
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota
Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health , University of Minnesota
Telephone: 612-467-3662
Email: selcuk.adabag@va.gov
Education
- Undergraduate, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
- MS, University of Minnesota
- MD, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Research Interests
- Sudden cardiac death: risk stratification, epidemiology
- Appropriate utilization of Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillators
- Outcomes of cardiac arrhythmias and ablation procedures in cardiac electrophysiology
- Outcomes after cardiac surgery
Selected Publications
- Adabag S, Huxley RR, Lopez FL, Chen LY, Sotoodehnia N, Siscovick D, Deo R, Konety S, Alonso A, Folsom AR. Obesity-Related Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Heart 2015;101:215-221
- Adabag S, Rector TS, Anand IS, McMurray JJ, Zile M, Komajda M, McKelvie RS, Massie B, Carson PE. A Prediction Model for Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients with Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction. Eur J Heart Fail 2014;176:595-9
- Jain R, Duval S, Adabag S. How accurate is the “eyeball test”? A comparison of physician’s subjective assessment versus statistical methods in estimating mortality risk after cardiac surgery. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2014;7:151-6
- Naksuk N, Saab A, Li JM, Florea V, Akkaya M, Anand IS, Benditt DG, Adabag S. Incidence of appropriate shock in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patients with improved ejection fraction. J Card Fail 2013;19:426-30
- Ko B, Garcia S, Mithani S, Tholakanahalli V, Adabag S. Risk of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients who Undergo Coronary Angiography and Cardiac Surgery in Close Succession. Eur Heart J 2012;33:2065-70
- Adabag AS, Luepker RV, Roger VL, Gersh BJ. Sudden Cardiac Death: Epidemiology and Risk Factors. Nat Reviews Cardiol 2010;7:216-25
- Adabag AS, Peterson G, Apple FS, Titus J, King R, Luepker RV. Etiology of Sudden Death in the Community: Results of Anatomic, Metabolic and Genetic Evaluation. Am Heart J 2010;159:33-9
- Adabag AS, Gersh BJ, Therneau TM, Weston SA, Roger VL. Sudden Death after Myocardial Infarction in the Community: Role of Inter-current Cardiac Events. JAMA 2008;300:2022-2029
- Adabag AS, Maron BJ, Appelbaum E, Harrigan CJ, Buros JL, Gibson CM, Lesser JR, Hanna CA, Udelson JE, Manning WJ, Maron MS. Occurrence and Frequency of Arrhythmias in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Relation to Delayed Enhancement on Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2008;51:1369-74

















