Michel Haissaguerre

Michel Haïssaguerre
Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévèque, Bordeaux-Pessac

Michel Haïssaguerre is a prominent French cardiac electrophysiologist. His present position is Professor at the Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévèque, Bordeaux-Pessac. Prof. Haïssaguerre serves on the editorial boards of many major journals of cardiology. His numerous honours and awards include the Prix Robert Debré (1982), the Prix de l'Information Cardiologique (1990), the Prix Ela Medical (1992) the Nylin Award 2002 (Swedish Society of Cardiology), the Best Scientist Award Grüntzig 2003 (European Society of Cardiology), the Pioneer in Cardiac Electrophysiology award 2004 (North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology), and the Mirowski Award 2009 for excellence in clinical cardiology and electrophysiology. His scientific and clinical work focuses on cardiovascular electrophysiology, particularly on atrial fibrillation. He was the first to detect the importance of pulmonary vein triggers and drivers in the genesis of atrial fibrillation. In addition, he was first to propose the technique of pulmonary vein isolation, which underlies current methods used throughout the world for atrial fibrillation cure. He and his colleagues have extended these observations to include ablative lesions between the veins and to the mitral annulus - left atrial isthmus blocks. Haïssaguerre has published more than 412 publications in the leading peer-reviewed cardiology journals dealing mainly with radiofrequency current endocardial ablation of tachyarrhythmias.