William P. Batsford

Professor
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine

Clinical/Research Interests

Radiofrequency Ablation for SVT; Atrial Fib.; Ventricular Tachycardia; Pacemaker/ICD Therapy.

Lampert R, Jain D, Burg M, Batsford W, McPherson C. Destabilizing Effects of Mental Stress on Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators. Circulation; 101(2):158-64, 2000.

Schreibman DS, Rosenfeld LE, McPherson CA, Patsford WP, Lampert R. Procainamide challenge significantly increases the yield of electrophysiologic testing for rish assessment without loss of positive value. J Am Cardiol; 39:117A, 2002.

Goldberger ZD, Rosenfeld LE, Batsford WP, McPherson CA, Lampert R. Combining clinical and electrophysiologic criteria effectively determines the need for dual chamber device in patients receiving implantable cardioverter defibrillators. PACE; 24:664, 2002.

Education:	B.S., Cornell University, 1965 M.D., Albany Medical College, 1969
Training:	Residency: Medical Residency, Hospital University of Pennsylvania 1969-1972 Fellow: Research, USPHS, Staten Island, New York 1972-1974 Cardiology, Yale University 1974-1976

Contact

Campus Address
Department of Internal Medicine
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine
Yale University
School of Medicine
Box 208017
New Haven, CT
06520-8017

E-mail
william.batsford@yale.edu

Telephone
203.785.4114