Ian Law, MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics-Cardiology
Primary Office
Introduction
Dr. Law's research focuses on the management of arrhythmias in children and adults with congenital heart disease. Specifically, this is includes the diagnosis and management of syncope, supraventricular tachycardia, and ventricular arrhythmias. Research studies have investigated safety and efficacy of anti-arrhythmic therapy, surgical arrhythmia options, ablation procedures, and device therapy (pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators). Dr. Law is also involved in projects that evaluate the psychosocial outcomes of device therapy.
Current Positions
- Clinical Professor of Pediatrics - Cardiology
- Director, Pediatric Exercise/Holter Laboratory
Education
- BSE in Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
- MD in Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
- Internship in Pediatrics, The University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Resident in Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Fellow in Pediatric Cardiology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Fellow in Pediatric Cardiology Electrophysiology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Research Interests
- Cardiac resynchronization in pediatrics and adults with congenital heart disease
- Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in the Young
- Implant of anti-arrhythmic pacemakers- Medtronic AT500 Clinical Trial
- Intravenous amiodarone efficacy and pharmacokinetics in the pediatric population
- Heart rate variability as a predictor of poor outcome following surgery for congenital heart disease
- Intra-atrial reentrant tachycardia in the Fontan population
Licenses & Certifications
- Pediatric Cardiology, American Board of Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics, Subboard of Pediatric Cardiology, American Board of Pediatrics, Iowa
- Permanent Medical License, Iowa
- Permanent Medical License, South Dakota
- Permanent Medical License, Michigan
- Permanent Medical License, Wisconsin
- Permanent Medical License, Nevada
- Permanent Medical License, Illinois
- Board Certified, Pediatrics
Selected Publications
- Cohen, M. I., Triedman, J. K., Cannon, B. C., Davis, A. M., Drago, F., Janousek, J., Klein, G. J., Law, I. H., Morady, F. J., Paul, T., Perry, J. C., Sanatini, S. & Tanel, R. E. (2012). PACES/HRS expert consensus statement on the management of the asymptomatic young patient with a Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW, ventricular preexcitation) electrocardiographic pattern: developed in partnership between the Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society (PACES) and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS). Endorsed by the governing bodies of PACES, HRS, the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), the American Heart Association (AHA), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and the Canadian Heart Rhythm Society (CHRS). Heart Rhythm: The Official Journal of the Heart Rhythm Society 9 (6) 1006–1024. DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.03.050. PMID: 22579340.
- Law, I., Alam, O., Bove, E., Ohye, R., Bradley, D., Yu, S. & Dick, M. (2016). Follow-Up of a Prospective Surgical Strategy to Prevent Intra-Atrial Reentrant Tachycardia after the Fontan Operation. Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology 9 (12). DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.116.004478.
- Pierick, A. R., Law, I. H., Muldonado, J. R. & Von Bergen, N. H. (2017). Junctional ectopic tachycardia localization and procedural approach using cryoablation. Pacing Clin Eletrophysiol. DOI: 10.1111/pace.13022. PMID: 28097671.
- Lampert R, Olshansky B, Heidbuchel H, Lawless C, Saarel E, Ackerman M, Calkins H, Estes NAM, Link MS, Maron BJ, Marcus F, Scheinman M, Wilkoff BL, Zipes DP, Berul CI, Cheng A, Jordaens L, Law I, Loomis M, Willems R, Barth C, Broos K, Brandt C, Dziura J, Li F, Simone L, Vandenberghe K, Cannom D. Safety of Sports for Athletes With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: Long-Term Results of a Prospective Multinational Registry. Circulation. 2017 Jun 6;135(23):2310-2312. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.027828. PMID: 28584032.
- Kramer, C., Maldonado, J., Olson, M., Gingerich, J., Ochoa, L. & Law, I. (2018). Safety and efficacy of atrial antitachycardia pacing in congenital heart disease. (Vols. 15). (4), pp. 543-547. Heart Rhythm. DOI: 0.1016/j.hrthm.2017.12.016. PMID: 29246827.
- Etheridge, S., Escudero, C., Dubin, A., Ceresnak, S., Motonaga, K., Skinner, J., Marcondes, L., Perry, J., Collins, K., Seslar, S., Cabrera, M., Uzun, O., Cannon, B., Aziz, P., Kubus, P., Tanel, R., Valdez, S., Sami, S., Kertesz, N., Maldonado, J., Erickson, C., Moore, J., Asakai, H., Mill, L., Abcede, M., Spector, Z., Menon, S., Shwayder, M., Bradley, D., Cohen, M. & Sanatani, S. (2018). Life-threatening event risk in children with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome: A multicenter international study. (Vols. 4). (4), pp. 433-444. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2017.10.009. PMID: 30067481.
- Saarel, E., Law, I., Berul, C., Ackerman, M., Kanter, R., Sanatani, S., Cohen, M., Berger, S., Fischbach, P., Burton, D., Cannom, D., Olshansky, B., Heidbuchel, H., Lawless, C., Calkins, H., Estes, N., Link, M., Maron, B., Marcus, F., Wilkoff, B., Zipes, D., Cheng, A., Scheinman, M. & Lampert, R. (2018). Safety of sports for young patients with ICDs: Long-term results of the multinational ICD Sports Registry. (Vols. 11). pp. e006305. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.118.006305.
- Balaji, S., DiLorenzo, M. P., Fish, F. A., Aziz, P. F., Russell, M. W., Tisma, S., Pflaumer, A., Sreeram, N., Kubus, P., Law, I. H., Kantoch, M. J., Kertesz, N. J., Strieper, M., Erickson, C. C., Moore, J. P., Nakano, S. J., Singh, H. R., Chang, P., Cohen, M., Fournier, A., Ilina, M. V., Smith, R. T., Zimmerman, F., Horndasch, M., Li, W., Batra, A., Liberman, L., Hamilton, R., Janson, C. M., Sanatani, S., Zeltser, I., McDaniel, G., Blaufox, A. D., Garnreiter, J. M., Katcoff, H., Shah, M. & Etheridge, S. P. (2019). Risk factors for lethal arrhythmic events in children and adolescents with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and an implantable defibrillator: An international multicenter study. Heart rhythm. PMID: 31026510. DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2019.04.040.
- Daniels CJ, Rajpal S, Greenshields JT, Rosenthal GL, Chung EH, Terrin M, Jeudy J, Mattson SE, Law IH, Borchers J, Kovacs R, Kovan J, Rifat SF, Albrecht J, Bento AI, Albers L, Bernhardt D, Day C, Hecht S, Hipskind A, Mjaanes J, Olson D, Rooks YL, Somers EC, Tong MS, Wisinski J, Womack J, Esopenko C, Kratochvil CJ, Rink LD; Big Ten COVID-19 Cardiac Registry Investigators. Prevalence of Clinical and Subclinical Myocarditis in Competitive Athletes With Recent SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Results From the Big Ten COVID-19 Cardiac Registry. JAMA Cardiol. 2021 Sep 1;6(9):1078-1087. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2021.2065. PMID: 34042947; PMCID: PMC8160916.
- Kallas D, Roston TM, Franciosi S, Brett L, Lieve KVV, Kwok SY, Kannankeril PJ, Krahn AD, LaPage MJ, Etheridge S, Hill A, Johnsrude C, Perry J, Knight L, Fischbach P, Balaji S, Tisma-Dupanovic S, Law I, Atallah J, Backhoff D, Kamp A, Kubus P, Kean A, Aziz PF, Kovach J, Lau Y, Kron J, Clur SA, Sarquella-Brugada G, Wilde AAM, Sanatani S. Evaluation of age at symptom onset, proband status, and sex as predictors of disease severity in pediatric catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. Heart Rhythm. 2021 Nov;18(11):1825-1832. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2021.07.061. Epub 2021 Jul 29. PMID: 34333088.