Professor Richard Schilling

Research

I have been the lead of the academic department of cardiac electrophysiology since my appointment at St Bartholomew’s and Queen Mary University of London. On my arrival at St Barts academic activity had been dormant for some years. The department has concentrated on clinical research and has been successful in gaining funding from both peer reviewed grants and industry allowing us to grow steadily over the last 5 years. We now have 2 offices which house 3 research fellows, 3 nurses and a research administrator. In addition we have acquired the following clinical research equipment: Electroanatomical 3-D cardiac mapping system, non-contact mapping research analysis station, ECG machine, 3 Holters (7-day), VO2 max measurement equipment, bedside BNP monitoring, Hansen robotic ablation system. My research interests focus on elucidating the mechanism of complex cardiac arrhythmia in the human heart and the development of percutaneous treatments for them. All of my research has been performed in vivo on the intact human heart. Clinical conditions we have investigated include ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation in structural heart disease, congenital heart disease, atrial fibrillation and cardiac dyssynchrony in heart failure. 

Publications

• Ahluwalia N, Honarbakhsh S, Joshi A et al. (2025). The Restitution Threshold Index Characterizes the Association Between Atrial Fibrillation Ventricular Rate and Ejection Fraction. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2024.10.020

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/102909
• Ahluwalia N, Honarbakhsh S, Abbass H et al. (2024). Characterisation of patients who develop atrial fibrillation-induced cardiomyopathy. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2024-002955

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/102911
• Ammentorp B, Darius H, De Caterina R et al. (2014). Differences among western European countries in anticoagulation management of atrial fibrillation. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1160/th13-12-1007

  
  

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• Finlay MC, Mosse CA, Colchester RJ et al. (publicationYear). Through-needle all-optical ultrasound imaging in vivo: a preclinical swine study. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2017.103

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/59840
• Rodríguez-Mañero M, Sacher F, Asmundis CD et al. (2016). Monomorphic ventricular tachycardia in patients with Brugada syndrome: A multicenter retrospective study. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.10.038

  
  

  QMRO: qmroHref
• Sawhney V, Campbell NG, Brouilette SW et al. (2016). Telomere shortening and telomerase activity in ischaemic cardiomyopathy patients – Potential markers of ventricular arrhythmia. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.01.066

  
  

  QMRO: qmroHref
• Finlay MC, Lall K, Hunter RJ et al. (2016). Endocardial biventricular defibrillator implantation in a patient with superior vena cava obstruction. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1093/europace/euv052

  
  

  QMRO: qmroHref
• PRABHU S, LING L, ULLAH W et al. (2016). The Impact of Known Heart Disease on Long‐Term Outcomes of Catheter Ablation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction: A Multicenter International Study. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1111/jce.12899

  
  

  QMRO: qmroHref
• Ullah W, Ling L-H, Prabhu S et al. (2016). Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure: impact of maintaining sinus rhythm on heart failure status and long-term rates of stroke and death. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1093/europace/euv440

  
  

  QMRO: qmroHref
• Domenichini G, Rahneva T, Diab IG et al. (2016). The lung impedance monitoring in treatment of chronic heart failure (the LIMIT-CHF study). nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1093/europace/euv293

  
  

  QMRO: qmroHref

Collaborators

Internal

• Professor Ken Suzuki