Title:Senior Consultant
Degree/diploma:M.D., Ph.D.
Doctoral/master's supervisor:Master's supervisor
Areas of focus:
Catheter ablation for atrial arrhythmia, such as paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT), atrial flutter (AFL), atrial fibrillation (AF) and premature ventricular contraction (PVC), etc.
Left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) for patients with atrial fibrillation.
Biographical sketch
After graduating from Zhejiang University School of Medicine in 2002, Dr. YU Lu obtained his doctorate in cardiology in 2012. Then he went to University of Chicago as a visiting scholar in 2019.
He specializes in the interventional diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmias with a focus on basic and clinical research of electrophysiology (EP). He performs over 500 EP procedures in the hospital each year. He has been responsible for or participated in multiple national and provincial medical research projects, including projects funded by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province. He has more than 10 research papers published online as the first author and 2 papers as the main corresponding author with the highest impact factor of 15.
Professional memberships
Member of the Heart Failure Group of the Cardiovascular Physician Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctors Association
Member of the Anti-Arrhythmic Medicine Professional Group of the Eighth Committee of Pacing and Electrophysiology Branch, Chinese Medical Association
Member of the Pacing and Electrophysiology Branch of the Zhejiang Medical Association