Cardiac Electrophysiology is an exciting field because of the newer treatments available to help our patients with arrhythmias lead better lives. At the same time, the most rewarding part of my job is the opportunity to communicate with each patient in an understandable way so that she/he can actively participate in our treatment plan. My belief is to treat each patient with clarity, care, and compassion - the same way that I would want my family to be treated.
Dr. Liu was born in southern China and grew up in New York City, where he attended Stuyvesant High School. He received his undergraduate education at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY; then returned to New York City to earn his medical degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Liu completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. He then moved to Philadelphia to complete fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology at the University of Pennsylvania before returning to New York City to join the NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center as a full-time faculty member in the Division of Cardiology subspecializing in Cardiac Electrophysiology.
Dr. Liu specializes in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythms) and provides care in all areas of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology. This includes specialized management of the following conditions:
-Atrial fibrillation
-Atrial flutter (including atypical arrhythmias occurring after previous surgery or ablation)
-Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT): including AV nodal reentrant tachycardia, atrial tachycardia, and arrhythmias associated with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
-Ventricular arrhythmias: including ventricular ectopy (PVCs), ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation, and ICD shocks related to these arrhythmias
-Potentially high risk of malignant arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death: including patients with cardiomyopathy (weak heart muscle), previous myocardial infarction (heart attack), and high-risk congenital or hereditary conditions such as long QT syndrome, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Brugada syndrome
-Refractory congestive heart failure (consideration for cardiac resynchronization therapy)
-Palpitations.
Dr. Liu is specially trained to perform these procedures using the most advanced technology:
-Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (using 3-dimensional mapping systems and intracardiac echocardiography) and atrial flutter- including refractory arrhythmias
-Catheter ablation of all types of supraventricular tachycardias (listed above) using radiofrequency and cryo-ablation
-Catheter ablation of all types of ventricular arrhythmias: including PVCs and ventricular tachycardia (with or without ICD shocks)
-Epicardial ablation of supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias (those which cannot be ablated via the conventional approach)
-Diagnostic electrophysiologic testing, including provocative medication infusion
-Implantation of pacemakers, defibrillators (ICDs), and cardiac resynchronization devices (CRT).
