About

Rakesh C Arora is a Professor in the Department of Surgery and Anesthesiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. His professional profile is associated with the Northwestern Medicine system, and he is part of the faculty at the Feinberg School of Medicine's Department of Anesthesiology. The page indicates his role as a faculty member within the department, but does not provide specific details about his research focus, background, or key contributions.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Internal medicine
• Cardiology
• Emergency medicine
• Computer Science
• Telecommunications
• Pediatrics
• Biomedical engineering
• Physical therapy
• Intensive care medicine
• Control engineering
• Anesthesia
• Engineering
• Surgery
• Electrical engineering
• Radiology

Selected publications

• PO-04-158 ANTEROGRADE TRANSSEPTAL VERSUS RETROAORTIC APPROACHES IN PATIENTS WITH MITRACLIP DEVICES UNDERGOING LEFT VENTRICULAR CATHETER ABLATION FOR VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA AND PREMATURE VENTRICULAR COMPLEXES

  Heart Rhythm · 2026-04-01

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• PO-02-337 CHRONIC RAPID ATRIAL PACING INDUCES FATTY-ACID OXIDATION IMPAIRMENT AND PURINE–PYRIMIDINE DEPLETION: AN UNTARGETED METABOLOMICS STUDY

  Heart Rhythm · 2026-04-01

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• 26-A-15070-ACC THE ANTIARRHYTHMIC EFFECTS OF ADD-ON GLP-1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS VERSUS OTHER ANTIDIABETIC THERAPIES: A NATIONWIDE COHORT STUDY

  Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2026-03-27

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• PO-01-182 EXPLORATION OF DEEP SEPTAL PACING (DSP) PATTERNS AND OUTCOMES AFTER ATTEMPTED CONDUCTION SYSTEM PACING (CSP)

  Heart Rhythm · 2026-04-01

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• PO-02-265 NOX2-DEPENDENT OXIDATIVE INJURY PROMOTES ATRIAL AUTONOMIC HYPERINNERVATION THROUGH FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT UPREGULATION OF NGF IN A CANINE MODEL OF PERSISTENT AF

  Heart Rhythm · 2026-04-01

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• PO-04-214 CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL OF THE WORLD’S SMALLEST LEADLESS PACEMAKERS FOR BIVENTRICULAR PACING AND RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY

  Heart Rhythm · 2026-04-01

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• PO-01-324 CARDIONEUROABLATION FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH RECURRENT VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE AND SYMPTOMATIC BRADYARRHYTHMIAS: INSIGHTS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CNA-FWRD PROSPECTIVE REGISTRY

  Heart Rhythm · 2026-04-01

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• PO-04-131 COMPARATIVE OUTCOMES OF PURKINJE DENETWORKING ABLATION VERSUS BILATERAL CARDIAC SYMPATHETIC DENERVATION FOR VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION STORM

  Heart Rhythm · 2026-04-01

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• DH-534540-004 EFFECTIVE TRIAGE OF REMOTE MONITORING DEVICE DATA THROUGH USE OF A THIRD-PARTY AGGREGATOR

  Heart Rhythm · 2026-04-01

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• PO-02-340 METABOLIC HETEROGENEITY IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: REGIONAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE AND POSTERIOR WALL IN A CANINE MODEL

  Heart Rhythm · 2026-04-01

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Recent grants

• NIH Grant K08HL074192

  NIH · $628k · 2008

• Pathophysiological Significance of Atrial Fibrillation Electrogram Patterns

  NIH · $2.4M · 2015–2021

• Oxidative stress contributes to atrial fibrillation by causing remodeling of the autonomic nervous system

  NIH · $2.3M · 2018–2021

• Disruption of Autonomic Pathways in the Left Atrium by Inhibition of G-proteins

  NIH · $2.5M · 2009–2015

Frequent coauthors

• Bradley P. Knight

  114 shared

• Rod Passman

  91 shared

• Anna Pfenniger

  Northwestern University

  83 shared

• Jeffrey J. Goldberger

  76 shared

• Shin Yoo

  Northwestern University

  67 shared

• Jason Ng

  North Shore University Hospital

  65 shared

• J. Andrew Wasserstrom

  47 shared

• Markus Rottmann

  44 shared

Education

• M.D., Anesthesiology

  University of Illinois at Chicago

  1995

• B.S., Biology

  University of Illinois at Chicago

  1991