Wu CT

Chia-Tung Wu ,M.D.
Intitution: Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital / Chang-Gung university
Position: Physician/Lecturer
Department: Cardiology Dept.
Mail Address: No.5, Fusing St., Gueishan Township, Taoyuan County 333, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel: +886-3-3281200 ext.8162 Fax：+886-3-3271192
E-mail: f12349@adm.cgmh.org.tw

Focus of Interest:

• Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
• Electiophysiology and Ionic Channels

Employment Records:
Internship : Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou : July 1999 – June 2000
Resident : Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou : August 2000 - July 2003
Chief Resident : Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou : August 2003 - July 2004
Fellow of Cardiology : Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou : August 2004 – July 2005
Research Fellow: Electrophiology Department, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, U.S.A. March 2007 – July 2007
Research Fellow: Montreal Heart Institute Research Center, Montreal, Canada August 2010 – August 2013
Attending Physician of Cardiology：Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou: August 2005 – now

Education:
June 2000, Chang-Gung University, department of medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan


Selected Publications:

1. Disease and region related cardiac fibroblast potassium current variations and potential functional significance.

Cardiovasc Res. 2014 Mar 4. [Epub ahead of print]
Wu CT, Qi XY, Huang H, Naud P, Dawson K, Yeh YH, Harada M, Kuo CT, Nattel S.

2. Congestive heart failure effects on atrial fibroblasts phenotype: Differences between freshly-isolated and cultured cells
PLoS One. 2012, 7(12): Epub 2012 Dec 14
Wu CT, Dawson K, Qi XY, Nattel S

3. Pacing Related Acute Pulmonary Edema and Mechanical Asynchrony Illustrated by Three- Dimensional Echocardiography.

Europace, 2007, 9(5): 325-327
Wu CT, Wang CL, Luqman N, Kuo CT

4. Three-Dimensional Automatic Contour Detection for Global Systolic Dyssynchrony Index Measurement.

Acta Cardiolgica Sinica, 2008, 24: 136-143
Wu CT, Kuo CT, Luqman N, Wang CL, Ho WJ, Hsu LA, Chang CJ

5. Activation of Histone Deacetylase-6 (HDAC6) Induces Contractile Dysfunction through Derailment of α-Tubulin Proteostasis in Experimental and Human Atrial Fibrillation.

Circulation 2014, 129(3): 346-58
Zhang D, Wu CT, Qi XY, Meijering RA, Hoogstra-Berends F, Tadevosyan A, Cubukcuoglu Deniz G, Durdu S, Akar AR, Sibon OC, Nattel S, Henning RH, Brundel BJ.

Full Publication List


Board Certification/Professional Affiliations:
License of medicine in Taiwan
Taiwan Society of Internal Medicine
Taiwan Society of Cardiology: (94)
Specialist of electrophysiology and catheter ablation

Ongoing Projects:
Repeated Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Episodes Remodel Ionic Currents and Promote Atrial Fibrillation in Dogs