Dr Sabine Ernst

Dr Ernst is a German cardiac electrophysiologist with a special expertise in complex arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmia both in paediatric and adult patients. Having studied Medicine in Germany, the United States and Switzerland, she worked for 10 years at the St. Georg Hospital in Hamburg, Germany. In 2005 she obtained her “Habiliation” on catheter ablation techniques for atrial fibrillation at the University of Hamburg-Eppendorf. In 2007, she accepted the position of Research Lead Electrophysiology at the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust in London and is a Reader in Cardiology at the National Heart and Lung Institute of Imperial College since 2012. She is one of the pioneers of remote magnetic navigation and has established this technique from its’ initiation to clinical routine using state of the art equipment including advanced 3D mapping techniques. Image integration from 3D acquisitions from magnetic resonance imaging or computed tomography assist her in performing her interventions. Especially patients with congenital heart disease, complex anatomy and drug-refractory arrhythmias are benefitting from these advances and form a major emphasis in Dr. Ernst’s clinical work. She is also a strong advocate for radiation protection measures which does not only benefit her patients but also the cath lab staff. She performs all of her procedures with low or ZERO fluoroscopy. Besides being well published in peer-reviewed journals, Dr Ernst published a book on “Anatomy for Cardiac Electrophysiologists” together with Prof. Siew Yen Ho (Cardiac Morphology, Imperial College) in 2012, which is now also available in Chinese. A second volume to this benchmark publication is currently in preparation. She serves in the editorial board of a number of scientific journals (Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Europace, Journal of Interventional Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, Herzschrittmacher + Elektrophysiologie). Since 2013, she is the Associate Editor of “Heart” for cardiac arrhythmias. In the last years, Dr Ernst’s research has focused on novel imaging techniques to visualize the autonomic nervous system to better understand its’ role for the initiation and maintenance of cardiac arrhythmia. Dr. Ernst has held several posts both in European (ESC & EHRA) and American (HRS) electrophysiology themed societies. She was a member of the board of the past EHRA president (Prof. J. Camm) as the Coordinator for “Women in Electrophysiology”. She is also a founding member of Electrophysiology International Community (EPIC), a global initiative to promote Women in Electrophysiology since 2008. In the same year, she joined the Executive Board of the British Arrhythmia Patient Charity (Arrhythmia Alliance UK).

Non-fluoroscopic ablation procedures, complex ablation procedures, atrial fibrillation ablation, ventricular arrhythmia ablation, ablation of arrhythmias in patients with congenital heart disease.