Evgeny N. Mikhaylov, MD, PhD, FESC

Professor of cardiology;
Head, Neuromodulation research laboratory; Dean, Faculty of postgraduation education

H-index RSCI: 23; Scopus: 16; WoS: 13
ORCID ID: 0000—0002—6553-9141.
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Research areas of main interest: electrophysiological, neuro-dependent and structural mechanisms of development and progression of cardiac arrhythmias, heart failure and other cardiovascular system dysfunctions. Interventional treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and heart failure, cardiac pacing. Complex approaches to interventional correction of arrhythmias in structural pathology of the heart. Neuromodulation for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Prevention of sudden cardiac death. Observational studies in arrhythmias. Processing and algorithmization of the analysis of electrocardiographic signals. Development of new catheter ablation technologies for the treatment of arrhythmias and denervation, non-invasive methods for correcting blood pressure and heart failure management.

Clinical areas of main interest: management of cardiac arrhythmias (catheter ablation for complex tachyarrhythmias, especially in severe structural heart diseases; drug therapy), implantation of devices for the correction of cardiac conduction disturbances, treatment of heart failure and prevention of sudden death.

• Since 2024, Dean, faculty of postgraduate education, Almazov Centre
• 2022 – awarded the Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology title
• 2021—2024, Deputy director, Institute of Heart and Vessels, Almazov Centre
• Since 2014, head of the Neuromodulation research laboratory within the Arrhythmology Department.
• 2012, doctoral thesis in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery on the topic “Improvement and effectiveness evaluation of interventional treatment of atrial fibrillation”.
• 2008, PhD thesis in Cardiology.
• 2006—2013, trained in cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology in the USA (Yale University clinics, New Haven, CT), Netherlands (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam), Germany (Leipzig Heart Center), Hungary (Gottsegen National Cardiovascular Center, Budapest).
• 2005 — 2007, residency in Cardiology at Almazov Centre.
• 2004 — 2005, fellowship, Internal Medicine.
• 2004, graduated with honors from the Pavlov St. Petersburg First State Medical University.

Several PhD theses have been successfully defended under the mentorship of prof. Mikhaylov.

A number of scientific clinical and experimental studies are underway, new approaches and methods of interventional treatment of cardiovascular diseases are being developed. Research studies by PhD students and staff members of the neuromodulation laboratory have been repeatedly awarded professional prizes: the prize of the Russian Society of Cardiology, Russian Society of Arrhythmology, Committee for Science and Higher Education of St. Petersburg.

Membership in national and international professional societies

Member of the Russian Society of Cardiology.

Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC).

Member of the Presidium of the All-Russian Scientific Society of Arrhythmology.

Member of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA).

National Ambassador, Young Electrophysiologists of the European Heart Rhythm Association (Young EP EHRA, 2018—2020).

Participation in the development of clinical practice guidelines

Russian Society of Cardiology guidelines, approved by the Russian Ministry of Health:

• 2022 Dilated cardiomyopathy
• 2020 Ventricular rhythm disorders, ventricular tachycardias and sudden cardiac death.
• 2020 Bradiarrhythmias and conductivity disorders.
• 2020 Supraventricular tachycardias in adults.
• 2020 Atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter.

European Society of Cardiology guidelines (member of the group of reviewers representing national professional societies):

• 2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS).
• 2019 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with supraventricular tachycardia.
• 2016 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS.
• 2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death.

Participation in major national and international projects

Large scientific project “Development of new technologies for the prevention and treatment of heart failure based on neuromodulation” with the support from the Russian Ministry of Education and Science (agreement No. 075-15-200-800).

NEUROPREVENT: Modification of cardiac inNErvations dURing myOcardial revascularization for the PREVENTion of Ventricular Tachycardia in patients with remote myocardial infarction

CARDIOBOOST: CARDIOneuroablation for Bradyarrhythmia: a multicentre contrOlled interventiOnal randomiSed Trial

Prospective registry of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation using the “Ablation Index” technology.

National prospective registry for cryoballoon ablation of atrial fibrillation.

ESC EORP atrial fibrillation III registry.

BERLIN-VT: early ablation of ischemic ventricular tachycardia.

ATTEST, atrial fibrillation progression trial.

ESC EORP atrial fibrillation ablation long-term registry.

RE-CIRCUIT, anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation catheter ablation.

EPILOGUE, combimed endo-epicardial catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia versus stepwise approach.

Dissertation Council

Member of Dissertation Council No. 21.1.028.02 at Almazov Centre in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery.

Membership in editorial boards of scientific journals

Journal of Geriatric Cardiology, Editorial Board member.

Journal of Arrhythmology, Deputy Editor.

Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, Review Editor.

Russian Journal of Cardiology, Editorial Board member.

Translational Medicine, Editorial Board member.

Personal achievements

2023 — awarded a certificate of honor from the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

2020 — Certificate of Acknowledgment from the Chairman of the Russian Federation Council

2017 — Certificate of Acknowledgment from the Russian Ministry of Health

2011 — ranked 1st in the research competition of the All-Russian Scientific Society of Arrhythmology

2010 – Award of the St. Petersburg Health Committee for Excellence in Healthcare