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James R. Hopson, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine-Cardiovascular Medicine

Current Positions

  • Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine-Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Medical Director, ECG Lab, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

Education

  • MD, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Resident, Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Fellow, Cardiology, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Fellow, Cardiac Electrophysiology, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa

Selected Publications

  • Ayinde, H., Schweizer, M. L., Crabb, V., Ayinde, A., Abugroun, A. & Hopson, J. (2018). Age modifies the risk of atrial fibrillation among athletes: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis. IJC Heart and Vasculature 18 25-29. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2018.01.002.
  • Arnar, D. O., Van Why, K. J., Gleed, K., Foreman, B., Hopson, J. R., Lee, H. C. & Martins, J. B. (1997). Effect of beta-adrenergic stimulation on the QRS duration of the signal-averaged electrocardiogram. American heart journal 134 (3) 395-8. DOI: 10.1016/s0002-8703(97)70072-3. PMID: 9327693.
  • Hopson, J. R., Buxton, A. E., Rinkenberger, R. L., Nademanee, K., Heilman, J. M. & Kienzle, M. G. (1996). Safety and utility of flecainide acetate in the routine care of patients with supraventricular tachyarrhythmias: results of a multicenter trial. The Flecainide Supraventricular Tachycardia Study Group. The American journal of cardiology 77 (3) 72A-82A. DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)89121-7. PMID: 8607395.
  • Hopson, J. R., Kienzle, M. G., Aschoff, A. M. & Shirkey, D. R. (1993). Noninvasive prediction of efficacy of type IA antiarrhythmic drugs by the signal-averaged electrocardiogram in patients with coronary artery disease and sustained ventricular tachycardia. The American journal of cardiology 72 (3) 288-93. DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(93)90674-2. PMID: 8342506.
  • Hopson, J. R., Rea, R. F. & Kienzle, M. G. (1993). Alterations in reflex function contributing to syncope: orthostatic hypotension, carotid sinus hypersensitivity and drug-induced dysfunction. Herz 18 (3) 164-74. PMID: 8330851.
  • Hopson, J. R. & Martins, J. B. (1992). Hemodynamic and reflex sympathetic control of transmural activation and rate of ventricular tachycardia in ischemic and hypertrophic ventricular myocardium of the dog. Circulation 86 (2) 618-27. DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.86.2.618. PMID: 1353421.
  • Hopson, J. R. & Kienzle, M. G. (1992). Evaluation of patients with syncope. Separating the 'wheat' from the 'chaff'. Postgraduate medicine 91 (5) 321-8, 333, 336. DOI: 10.1080/00325481.1992.11701298. PMID: 1561170.
  • Hopson, J. & Kienzle, M. (1992). Radio-frequency catheter ablation for cardiac arrhythmias. Iowa medicine : journal of the Iowa Medical Society 82 (2) 74-76.
  • Martins, J. B., Constantin, L., Kienzle, M. G., Brownstein, S. L. & Hopson, J. R. Mechanisms of Ventricular Tachycardia Unassociated with Coronary Artery Disease. In Cardiac Electrophysiology: Cell to Bedside. Saunders.