James P. Daubert, MD
Department / Division
Medicine /
Medicine - Cardiology
Address
DUMC 3174
Durham, NC 27710
Appointment Telephone
919-681-5816
Office Telephone
919-681-4294
Fax Telephone
919-681-9260
- MD, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University (Pennsylvania), 1984
- Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 1984-1987 (Chief Resident, 1988-1989)
- Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, 1987-1991
- Electrophysiology, Duke University Medical Center, 1991-1992
- Cardiac Pacemaker, Duke University Medical Center, 1991-1992
Clinical Interests
General electrophysiology; catheter ablation of the spectrum of arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, Wolff-Parkinson White syndrome, AV nodal reentrant tachycardia, and atrial flutter; pacemaker and ICD lead extraction and implantation; consultation regarding inherited arrhythmia and sudden death syndromes (long QT syndrome, Brugada, catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia) and certain inherited cardiomyopathies prone to arrhythmias (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic RV dysplasia [ARVD])
Research Interests
Atrial fibrillation ablation.
Cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Implantable defibrillator, including inappropriate shocks.
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Long QT syndrome
Sudden cardiac arrest and resuscitation.
Ventricular tachycardia
This faculty member (or a member of their immediate family) has a working relationship (i.e. consulting, research, and/or educational services) with the companies listed below. These relations have been reported to the health system leadership and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts.
- Bard
- Biosense Webster (Johnson & Johnson)
- Biotronik
- Boston Scientific Corporation
- CardioFocus, Inc.
- Gilead Sciences, Inc.
- Medtronic Inc.
- Premier, Inc. (Premier, Inc. is owned primarily by not-for-profit hospital and health care organizations. .... Premier, Inc. and other Premier-related entities are not publicly traded)
- Sanofi-Aventis
- Sorin Group (Sorin SpA)
- St. Jude Medical, Inc.
Representative Publications
Atwater, BD; Wallace, TW; Kim, HW; Hranitzky, PM; Bahnson, TD; Hegland, DD; Daubert, JP. Pulmonary vein contraction before and after radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 2011;22:169-174.
(2011)
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Barsheshet, A; Goldenberg, I; Moss, AJ; Eldar, M; Huang, DT; McNitt, S; Klein, HU; Hall, WJ; Brown, MW; Goldberger, JJ; Goldstein, RE; Schuger, C; Zareba, W; Daubert, JP. Response to preventive cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with ischaemic and nonischaemic cardiomyopathy in MADIT-CRT. European Heart Journal. 2011;32:1622-1630.
(2011)
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Daubert, JP; Schuger, C. Percutaneous intravascular defibrillator: preliminary data and many questions. Heart Rhythm. 2011;8:293-294.
(2011)
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Singh, JP; Klein, HU; Huang, DT; Reek, S; Kuniss, M; Quesada, A; Barsheshet, A; Cannom, D; Goldenberg, I; McNitt, S; Daubert, JP; Zareba, W; Moss, AJ. Left ventricular lead position and clinical outcome in the multicenter automatic defibrillator implantation trial-cardiac resynchronization therapy (MADIT-CRT) trial. Circulation. 2011;123:1159-1166.
(2011)
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Williams, ES; Hall, B; Traub, D; Bahnson, T; Hranitzky, P; Zareba, W; Daubert, JP. Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in the elderly. Current Opinion in Cardiology. 2011;26:25-29.
(2011)
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Zareba, W; Klein, H; Cygankiewicz, I; Hall, WJ; McNitt, S; Brown, M; Cannom, D; Daubert, JP; Eldar, M; Gold, MR; Goldberger, JJ; Goldenberg, I; Lichstein, E; Pitschner, H; Rashtian, M; Solomon, S; Viskin, S; Wang, P; Moss, AJ; MADIT-CRT Investigators. Effectiveness of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy by QRS Morphology in the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial-Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (MADIT-CRT). Circulation. 2011;123:1061-1072.
(2011)
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Aguila, A; Funderburk, M; Guler, A; McNitt, S; Hallinan, W; Daubert, JP; Delehanty, JM; Aktas, MK. Clinical predictors of survival in patients treated with therapeutic hypothermia following cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 2010;81:1621-1626.
(2010)
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Atwater, BD; Daubert, JP. Can we improve the identification of ventricular scar to guide substrate-based ventricular tachycardia ablation?. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 2010;21:685-687.
(2010)
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Marcus, FI; McKenna, WJ; Sherrill, D; Basso, C; Bauce, B; Bluemke, DA; Calkins, H; Corrado, D; Cox, MG; Daubert, JP; Fontaine, G; Gear, K; Hauer, R; Nava, A; Picard, MH; Protonotarios, N; Saffitz, JE; Sanborn, DM; Steinberg, JS; Tandri, H; Thiene, G; Towbin, JA; Tsatsopoulou, A; Wichter, T; Zareba, W. Diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia: proposed modification of the Task Force Criteria. European Heart Journal. 2010;31:806-814.
(2010)
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Parikh, SS; Jons, C; McNitt, S; Daubert, JP; Schwarz, KQ; Hall, B. Predictive capability of left atrial size measured by CT, TEE, and TTE for recurrence of atrial fibrillation following radiofrequency catheter ablation. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 2010;33:532-540.
(2010)
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Wallace, TW; Atwater, BD; Daubert, JP; Voora, D; Crowley, AL; Bahnson, TD; Hranitzky, PM. Prevalence and clinical characteristics associated with left atrial appendage thrombus in fully anticoagulated patients undergoing catheter-directed atrial fibrillation ablation. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 2010;21:849-852.
(2010)
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Daubert, JP. Why are (only) some infarcted hearts arrhythmogenic?. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2009;54:174-175.
(2009)
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Daubert, JP; Winters, SL; Subacius, H; Berger, RD; Ellenbogen, KA; Taylor, SG; Schaechter, A; Howard, A; Kadish, A; Defibrillators In Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy Treatment Evaluation (DEFINITE) Investigators. Ventricular arrhythmia inducibility predicts subsequent ICD activation in nonischemic cardiomyopathy patients: a DEFINITE substudy. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 2009;32:755-761.
(2009)
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Kadish, AH; Bello, D; Finn, JP; Bonow, RO; Schaechter, A; Subacius, H; Albert, C; Daubert, JP; Fonseca, CG; Goldberger, JJ. Rationale and design for the Defibrillators to Reduce Risk by Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evaluation (DETERMINE) trial. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 2009;20:982-987.
(2009)
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Marcus, FI; Zareba, W; Calkins, H; Towbin, JA; Basso, C; Bluemke, DA; Estes, NA; Picard, MH; Sanborn, D; Thiene, G; Wichter, T; Cannom, D; Wilber, DJ; Scheinman, M; Duff, H; Daubert, J; Talajic, M; Krahn, A; Sweeney, M; Garan, H; Sakaguchi, S; Lerman, BB; Kerr, C; Kron, J; Steinberg, JS; Sherrill, D; Gear, K; Brown, M; Severski, P; Polonsky, S; McNitt, S. Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia clinical presentation and diagnostic evaluation: results from the North American Multidisciplinary Study. Heart Rhythm. 2009;6:984-992.
(2009)
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Moss, AJ; Hall, WJ; Cannom, DS; Klein, H; Brown, MW; Daubert, JP; Estes, NA; Foster, E; Greenberg, H; Higgins, SL; Pfeffer, MA; Solomon, SD; Wilber, D; Zareba, W; MADIT-CRT Trial Investigators. Cardiac-resynchronization therapy for the prevention of heart-failure events. New England Journal of Medicine. 2009;361:1329-1338.
(2009)
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Anthony, R; Daubert, JP; Zareba, W; Andrews, ML; McNitt, S; Levine, E; Huang, DT; Hall, WJ; Moss, AJ; Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial-II Investigator. Mechanisms of ventricular fibrillation initiation in MADIT II patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 2008;31:144-150.
(2008)
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Daubert, JP; Sheu, SS. Mystery of biphasic defibrillation waveform efficacy is it calcium?. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2008;52:836-838.
(2008)
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Daubert, JP; Zareba, W; Cannom, DS; McNitt, S; Rosero, SZ; Wang, P; Schuger, C; Steinberg, JS; Higgins, SL; Wilber, DJ; Klein, H; Andrews, ML; Hall, WJ; Moss, AJ; MADIT II Investigators. Inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks in MADIT II: frequency, mechanisms, predictors, and survival impact. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2008;51:1357-1365.
(2008)
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Feld, GK; Daubert, JP; Weiss, R; Miles, WM; Pelkey, W; Cryoablation Atrial Flutter Efficacy Trial Investigators. Acute and long-term efficacy and safety of catheter cryoablation of the cavotricuspid isthmus for treatment of type 1 atrial flutter. Heart Rhythm. 2008;5:1009-1014.
(2008)
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Levine, E; Rosero, SZ; Budzikowski, AS; Moss, AJ; Zareba, W; Daubert, JP. Congenital long QT syndrome: considerations for primary care physicians. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 2008;75:591-600.
(2008)
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Sherrid, MV; Daubert, JP. Risks and challenges of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in young adults. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 2008;51:237-263.
(2008)
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Tandri, H; Macedo, R; Calkins, H; Marcus, F; Cannom, D; Scheinman, M; Daubert, J; Estes, M; Wilber, D; Talajic, M; Duff, H; Krahn, A; Sweeney, M; Garan, H; Bluemke, DA; Multidisciplinary Study of Right Ventricular Dysplasia Investigators. Role of magnetic resonance imaging in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia: insights from the North American arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD/C) study. American Heart Journal. 2008;155:147-153.
(2008)
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Daubert, JP. Iatrogenic left atrial tachycardias: where are we?. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2007;50:1788-1790.
(2007)
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Daubert, JP; Zareba, W; Rosero, SZ; Budzikowski, A; Robinson, JL; Moss, AJ. Role of implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy in patients with long QT syndrome. American Heart Journal. 2007;153:53-58.
(2007)
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Huang, DT; Sesselberg, HW; McNitt, S; Noyes, K; Andrews, ML; Hall, WJ; Dick, A; Daubert, JP; Zareba, W; Moss, AJ; MADIT-II Research Group. Improved survival associated with prophylactic implantable defibrillators in elderly patients with prior myocardial infarction and depressed ventricular function: a MADIT-II substudy. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 2007;18:833-838.
(2007)
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Maron, BJ; Spirito, P; Shen, WK; Haas, TS; Formisano, F; Link, MS; Epstein, AE; Almquist, AK; Daubert, JP; Lawrenz, T; Boriani, G; Estes, NA; Favale, S; Piccininno, M; Winters, SL; Santini, M; Betocchi, S; Arribas, F; Sherrid, MV; Buja, G; Semsarian, C; Bruzzi, P. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and prevention of sudden cardiac death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association. 2007;298:405-412.
(2007)
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Sesselberg, HW; Moss, AJ; McNitt, S; Zareba, W; Daubert, JP; Andrews, ML; Hall, WJ; McClinitic, B; Huang, DT; MADIT-II Research Group. Ventricular arrhythmia storms in postinfarction patients with implantable defibrillators for primary prevention indications: a MADIT-II substudy. Heart Rhythm. 2007;4:1395-1402.
(2007)
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Daubert, JP; Zareba, W; Hall, WJ; Schuger, C; Corsello, A; Leon, AR; Andrews, ML; McNitt, S; Huang, DT; Moss, AJ; MADIT II Study Investigators. Predictive value of ventricular arrhythmia inducibility for subsequent ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation in Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial (MADIT) II patients. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2006;47:98-107.
(2006)
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Daubert, JP; Hoyt, RH; John, R; Chinitz, L; Martin, DT; Fellows, C; Feld, G; Pelkey, W; Sehra, R; CryoCor Atrial Flutter Investigators. Performance of a new cardiac cryoablation system in the treatment of cavotricuspid valve isthmus-dependent atrial flutter. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 2005;28 Suppl 1:S142-S145.
(2005)
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Leon, AR; Abraham, WT; Curtis, AB; Daubert, JP; Fisher, WG; Gurley, J; Hayes, DL; Lieberman, R; Petersen-Stejskal, S; Wheelan, K; MIRACLE Study Program. Safety of transvenous cardiac resynchronization system implantation in patients with chronic heart failure: combined results of over 2,000 patients from a multicenter study program. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2005;46:2348-2356.
(2005)
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Moss, AJ; Windle, JR; Hall, WJ; Zareba, W; Robinson, JL; McNitt, S; Severski, P; Rosero, S; Daubert, JP; Qi, M; Cieciorka, M; Manalan, AS. Safety and efficacy of flecainide in subjects with Long QT-3 syndrome (DeltaKPQ mutation): a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology. 2005;10:59-66.
(2005)
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Singh, JP; Hall, WJ; McNitt, S; Wang, H; Daubert, JP; Zareba, W; Ruskin, JN; Moss, AJ; MADIT-II Investigators. Factors influencing appropriate firing of the implanted defibrillator for ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation: findings from the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial II (MADIT-II). Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2005;46:1712-1720.
(2005)
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Steinberg, JS; Fischer, A; Wang, P; Schuger, C; Daubert, J; McNitt, S; Andrews, M; Brown, M; Hall, WJ; Zareba, W; Moss, AJ; MADIT II Investigators. The clinical implications of cumulative right ventricular pacing in the multicenter automatic defibrillator trial II. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 2005;16:359-365.
(2005)
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Kadish, A; Dyer, A; Daubert, JP; Quigg, R; Estes, NA; Anderson, KP; Calkins, H; Hoch, D; Goldberger, J; Shalaby, A; Sanders, WE; Schaechter, A; Levine, JH; Defibrillators in Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Treatment Evaluation (DEFINITE) Investigators. Prophylactic defibrillator implantation in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. New England Journal of Medicine. 2004;350:2151-2158.
(2004)
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Zareba, W; Moss, AJ; Daubert, JP; Hall, WJ; Robinson, JL; Andrews, M. Implantable cardioverter defibrillator in high-risk long QT syndrome patients. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 2003;14:337-341.
(2003)
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Moss, AJ; Daubert, J; Zareba, W. MADIT-II: clinical implications. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology: an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing. 2002;6:463-465.
(2002)
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Moss, AJ; Zareba, W; Hall, WJ; Klein, H; Wilber, DJ; Cannom, DS; Daubert, JP; Higgins, SL; Brown, MW; Andrews, ML; Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial II Investigators. Prophylactic implantation of a defibrillator in patients with myocardial infarction and reduced ejection fraction. New England Journal of Medicine. 2002;346:877-883.
(2002)
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Daubert, JP; Frazier, DW; Wolf, PD; Franz, MR; Smith, WM; Ideker, RE. Response of relatively refractory canine myocardium to monophasic and biphasic shocks. Circulation. 1991;84:2522-2538.
(1991)
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