Department of Medicine
University of Wisconsin
CESAR ALBERTE
Contact Information
600 HIGHLAND AVE
MADISON, WI 53792
Mail Code: 3248
Biography
Director of the Electrophysiology Program
Cesar Alberte joined the Section of Cardiovascular Medicine in July 2003, as an electrophysiologist. He received his medical degree from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain in 1994. Dr. Alberte completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago. He completed his Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship and his Electrophysiology Fellowship at Indiana University, Indianapolis in 2003.
He was a recipient of a Physician-Scientist Award by the American Heart Association Midwest Affiliate for the study of atrial arrhythmias in heart failure. He is the Director of the Electrophysiology Services and the Coronary Care Unit at the William S. Middleton VA Medical Center.
Dr. Alberte is active in a wide range of therapeutic modalities for patients with arrhythmias including radiofrequency ablation and implantation of medical devices. His research interests include prevention of sudden cardiac death and interventional management of cardiac arrhythmias.
Search for Cesar Alberte's literature abstracts on PubMed
Miller JM, Das MK, Yadav AV, Bhakta D, Nair G, Alberte C. Value of the 12-Lead ECT in Wide QRS Tachycardia. Cardiol Clin. 2006 Aug; 24(3): 439-51
Miller JM, Das M, Arora R, Alberte-Lista C, Wu J. Differential diagnosis of wide QRS complex tachycardia. Cardiovascular Electrophysiology: from cell to bedside. Zipes D, Jalife J 4th Edition. 2004
Alterte C, Zipes D. The use of non-antiarrhythmic drugs for prevention of sudden cardiac death. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol September 2003, Vol. 14, Suppl, S87-95
Alberte C, Zipes D. Who needs an ICD? ACC Current Journal Review September/October 2002; 11, No. 5 77-81
Alberte C, Hadian D, Miller JM, Olgin JE. A changing tachycardia that did not change. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol July 2002; 13, No. 7: 727-729