David S. Spar, MD
- Pediatric Cardiologist, Electrophysiology
- Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
- david.spar@cchmc.org
- Board Certified
About
MD: University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, 2005.
Residency: Pediatrics, Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital, New Haven, CT, 2008.
Fellowship: Pediatric Cardiology, Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2011.
Pediatric Electrophysiology Fellowship: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2012.
Interests
Electrophysiology; Cardiac Step-Down Unit
Services and Specialties
Cardiomyopathy, Arrhythmia
Locations (2)
Insurance Information
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Publications
Wearable cardioverter-defibrillators in pediatric cardiomyopathy: A cost-utility analysis. Heart Rhythm. 2020; 17:287-293.
Characteristics and Outcomes of Pediatric Patients Who Undergo Placement of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators: Insights From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 2018; 11:e006542.
The US Experience of the Wearable Cardioverter-Defibrillator in Pediatric Patients. Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 2018; 11:e006163.
Utility and safety of the SafeSept™ transseptal guidewire for electrophysiology studies with catheter ablation in pediatric and congenital heart disease. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology: an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing. 2017; 48:369-374.
Proper Electronic Order Linkage of Electrocardiograms at a Large Children's Hospital Improves Reporting and Revenue. BMJ quality improvement reports. 2017; 6:u217231.w6746.
Ambulatory Monitoring and Arrhythmic Outcomes in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease. 2016; 5:e002620.
Usefulness of ventricular premature complexes in asymptomatic patients ≤21 years as predictors of poor left ventricular function. American Journal of Cardiology. 2015; 115:652-655.
Consequence of use of lower dose flat plate fluoroscopy in pediatric patients undergoing ablation for supraventricular tachycardia. American Journal of Cardiology. 2013; 112:85-89.
A Look Beyond the Sports Field: A Paradigm of Shared Decision Making in Everyday Life. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2023; 82:612-614.
Atrial arrhythmias following lung transplant: a single pediatric center experience. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 2023; 11:1161129.
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