Lin Yee Chen

Biography

 I am a tenured Associate Professor of Medicine, an ABIM board-certified cardiac electrophysiologist, and an NIH-funded clinical investigator. My research on atrial fibrillation (AF) is focused on 2 themes: (1) To discover novel strategies to prevent AF, reduce AF burden, and prevent AF-related outcomes, and (2) To characterize the relationship of AF to outcomes such as stroke, dementia, and sudden cardiac death, and to elucidate the underlying mechanisms. As an Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) and Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) investigator, I have published and co-authored numerous papers on AF using ARIC and MESA data. Currently, I am the PI of a large multi-center project (R01HL126637) that uses the Zio XT Patch—an ambulatory heart rhythm monitor—to define the prevalence of subclinical AF in the elderly and elucidate the prognostic significance of subclinical AF and AF burden. Clinically, I provide comprehensive, evidence-based, and state-of-the-art care to patients with AF which includes performing catheter ablation to maintain sinus rhythm and left atrial appendage occlusion to prevent cardioembolic stroke.

Research Interest

Cardiac disorders.