About

Dr. Eric J Rashba is an academic cardiac electrophysiologist with over 25 years of experience in the field. His clinical practice focuses on the management of atrial fibrillation with ablation procedures and medication, reducing stroke and bleeding risk with left atrial appendage closure procedures, and the implantation and management of pacemakers, defibrillators, and loop recorders. He also specializes in the extraction of chronic pacemaker and defibrillator leads. His research interests include the prediction and prevention of sudden cardiac death and the development of new treatments for atrial fibrillation.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Internal medicine
• Cardiology
• Emergency medicine
• Pharmacology
• Demography
• Anatomy
• Pediatrics
• Anesthesia
• Radiology
• Endocrinology

Selected publications

• PO-03-015 A PILOT STUDY: EFFECTIVENESS OF VASCADE VS. MYNX CLOSURE DEVICES IN EARLY AMBULATION AFTER ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY PROCEDURES

  Heart Rhythm · 2026-04-01

  article
  PublisherDOI

• PO-02-083 BLANKING PERIOD AFTER ATRIAL FIBRILLATION CATHETER ABLATION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS

  Heart Rhythm · 2026-04-01

  articleSenior author
  PublisherDOI

• Treatment of Ventricular Tachycardia Storm with Transvenous Overdrive Pacing in a Patient with a Normal QT Interval

  Case Reports and Case Series in Cardiology Journal · 2026-01-23

  articleOpen access

  Background: Ventricular tachycardia (VT) storm is usually treated with anti-arrhythmics; however, it is unclear how to treat refractory cases. Case Summary: A 65-year-old man with CAD s/p CABG and ICM presented after multiple VF shocks from a wearable cardiac defibrillator, 3 weeks post-NSTEMI that was non-revascularizable. He received a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (S-ICD). Subsequently, he went into medication-refractory polymorphic VT storm. Given the appearance of R-on-T phenomenon during episodes of sinus bradycardia despite a normal QTc interval, a TVP was emergently placed, and the VT was eliminated with overdrive pacing. Reduction of the backup pacing rate reinitiated VT. The S-ICD was exchanged for a transvenous ICD, with no further VT or ICD shocks. Conclusion: This case highlights the diagnostic and therapeutic value of overdrive pacing in medication‑refractory VT storm, even without QT prolongation, by demonstrating how pacing can suppress PVC‑triggered arrhythmias by modifying myocardial excitability. Overdrive pacing should be considered early in refractory VT storm—particularly when PVC‑triggered arrhythmias occur in the setting of bradycardia.

  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• PO-03-202 PERCUTANEOUS REMOVAL OF AN EMBOLIZED AVEIR AR LEADLESS PACEMAKER: A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL REPORT

  Heart Rhythm · 2026-04-01

  article
  PublisherDOI

• PO-04-082 HAPTIC FEEDBACK SYSTEM FOR CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS

  Heart Rhythm · 2025-04-01

  articleOpen access
  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• PO-03-099 LOW DOSE COLCHICINE TO DECREASE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION RECURRENCE AFTER ABLATION (COLCHICINE AF): A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE BLINDED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL

  Heart Rhythm · 2025-04-01 · 1 citations

  articleOpen access
  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• Lyme Carditis Causing Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia and Cardiogenic Shock

  JACC Case Reports · 2025-07-01

  articleOpen accessSenior author

  BACKGROUND: Lyme carditis may cause complete heart block (CHB) usually at the level of the atrioventricular node, but rarely other arrhythmias. CASE SUMMARY: A 34-year-old man presented with chest pain and shortness of breath. An electrocardiogram revealed CHB. He had an episode of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (PMVT) arrest requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. A temporary transvenous pacemaker was inserted. Lyme IgM antibodies were positive; the patient was treated with antibiotics. Despite administration of antiarrhythmic agents, PMVT recurred. A subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator was ultimately implanted. DISCUSSION: This case highlights a rare presentation of Lyme carditis resulting in CHB with subsequent PMVT and severe biventricular failure necessitating mechanical circulatory support. The literature suggests that patients usually have resolution on antibiotic therapy with pacing rarely needed. Temporary pacing bridged our patient, and a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator was implanted because of recurrent PMVT. TAKE-HOME MESSAGE: PMVT and cardiogenic shock are rare complications of Lyme carditis.

  PublisherDOI

• PO-03-105 POSTERIOR WALL ISOLATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED FREEDOM FROM ALL ATRIAL TACHYARRHYTHMIAS AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS

  Heart Rhythm · 2025-04-01

  reviewOpen access
  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• PO-02-069 STATINS IMPROVE FREEDOM FROM ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AFTER CARDIOVERSION AND CATHETER ABLATION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS

  Heart Rhythm · 2025-04-01

  reviewSenior author
  PublisherDOI

• PO-07-061 IMPACT OF PCSK9 INHIBITORS ON ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA

  Heart Rhythm · 2025-04-01

  articleOpen accessSenior author
  PublisherOA PDFDOI

Recent grants

• NIH Grant K23HL067198

  NIH · $643k · 2006

• NIH Grant R01HL072906

  NIH · $1.2M · 2008

• NIH Grant U01HL077822

  NIH · $192k · 2010

Frequent coauthors

• Jean‐Philippe Couderc

  75 shared

• Gervasio A. Lamas

  50 shared

• Antônio Carlos Carvalho

  49 shared

• Joseph A. Kufera

  Capital Region Medical Center

  49 shared

• Christopher E. Buller

  St. Michael's Hospital

  49 shared

• Vladimír Džavík

  Health Net

  49 shared

• Judith S. Hochman

  New York University

  49 shared

• Witold Rużyłło

  49 shared

Education

• M.D., Medicine

  Stony Brook University

  2000

• B.S., Physics

  University of California, Berkeley

  1994