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Faculty Detail    
Name VLADIMIR G. FAST
  
Campus Address VH B140 Zip 0019
Phone  (205) 975-2119
E-mail  vfast@uab.edu
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Faculty Appointment(s)
Appointment Type Department Division Rank
Primary  Biomedical Engineering  Biomedical Engineering Professor
Center  Comprehensive Cardiovascular Ctr  Comprehensive Cardiovascular Ctr Professor

Graduate Biomedical Sciences Affiliations
Medical Scientist Training Program 

Biographical Sketch 
Vladimir G. Fast received M.S. degree in physics in 1983 and Ph.D. degree in biological physics in 1986, both from the Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology, Russia. After graduation, he was with the Institute of Biological Physics in Pushchino, Russia, and then with the Department of Physiology, University of Berne, Switzerland. He joined the UAB faculty in 1997.



Research/Clinical Interest
Title
Mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias and defibrillation
Description

Selected Publications 
Publication PUBMEDID
Kong W, Ideker RE, Fast VG. Transmural optical measurements of Vm dynamics during long-duration ventricular fibrillation in canine hearts. Heart Rhythm 2009;6:796-802.  19467507 
Kong W, Fakhari N, Sharifov OF, Ideker RE, Smith WM, Fast VG. Optical measurements of intramural action potentials in isolated porcine hearts using optrodes. Heart Rhythm 2007;4:1430-1436.  17954403 
Raman V, Pollard AE, Fast VG. Shock-induced changes of Cai2+ and Vm in myocyte cultures and computer model: dependence on the timing of shock application. Cardiovasc Res 2007;73:101-110.  17134687 
Fast VG, Cheek ER, Pollard AE, Ideker RE. Effects of electrical shocks on Cai2+ and Vm in myocyte cultures. Circ Res 2004;94:1589-1597.  15155528 
Sharifov OF, Fast VG. Intramural virtual electrodes in ventricular wall: effects on epicardial polarizations. Circulation 2004;109:2349-2356.  15117837 
Cheek ER, Fast VG. Nonlinear changes of transmembrane potential during electrical shocks: role of membrane electroporation. Circ Res 2004;94:208-214  14670844