Author: Cecilia Gonzalez Corcia

Université de Montréal

In September 2022, I have relocated my professional affiliation to Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Sainte Justine, in Montréal, Canada. This new position allows me to deepen the research in inherited cardiac condition, including the Pediatric Brugada Syndrome Registry. With a degree of associated professor to the University of Montréal, and attached to the “Centre de Recherche Sainte-Justine”, this is the ideal configuration to allow a combined clinical practice and a scientific career in the field of cardiovascular clinical research.

Meeting my Bristish colleagues in Birmingham, an opportunity to discuss the “Updates on the Paediatric Brugada National Registry”.

Back to HRS after 3 years! A great opportunity to meet colleagues and learn from updates in our field.

My presentation this year was “Finding Real Pediatric Brugada in a Field of Look-alike”.

What a privilege to be part of this incredible team of experienced doctors and nurses travelling to Nablus for a full week of open heart surgery in small children born with Congenital Heart Disease. Thank you also to the great local team at An-Najah National University Hospital for making every effort for this mission to be a definitive success, with 9 patients undergoing cardiac surgery! In these challenging times of pandemics and war, this mission gave us all hope that there is indeed a way to work together in service to contribute with our joined efforts to make the world a better place.

Corcia MCG. Brugada syndrome – minimizing overdiagnosis and over treatment in children. Curr Opin Cardiol. 2022 Jan 1;37(1):80-85. doi: 10.1097/HCO.0000000000000941. PMID: 34654031.

Congratulations to PACES on this great international collaboration! It is a major step in the field of Pediatric Electrophysiology to have age-appropriate guidelines by a great team of international experts.

Writing Committee Members, Silka MJ, Shah MJ, Silva JNA, Balaji S, Beach CM, Benjamin MN, Berul CI, Cannon B, Cecchin F, Cohen MI, Dalal AS, Dechert BE, Foster A, Gebauer R, Gonzalez Corcia MC, et al. 2021 PACES Expert Consensus Statement on the Indications and Management of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices in Pediatric Patients: Executive Summary. Heart Rhythm. 2021 Nov;18(11):1925-1950. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2021.07.051. Epub 2021 Jul 29. PMID: 34363987.

Great team and great achiement to see this multicentric collaboration come to light!

Corcia MCG, Stuart G, Walsh M, Radulescu C, Spera F, Tijskens M, Heidbuchel H, Sarkozy A. Redo accessory pathway ablation in the pediatric population. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2021 Nov 22. doi: 10.1007/s10840-021-01064-1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34811627.

Congratulations to Lucia Cocomelo and the whole group in this new publication!
Cocomelo L, Sinha S, Gonzalez Corcia MC, Baquedano M, Benedetto U, Caputo M. Determinants of QRS duration in patients with Tetralogy of Fallot after pulmonary valve replacement. J Card Surg. 2021;36:1958-1968. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.15469.

Great news Heart Rhythm Society Congress will be taking place in July in Boston!

Thank you Dr Mitch Cohen for inviting me to join the webinar of Congenital Heart Academy! An honor to be part of the great faculty.