LonWCastleMD

Cardiology • Avon, OH

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiac Electrophysiology

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Office
33100 Cleveland Clinic Blvd
Avon, OH 44011
Phone+1 440-695-4000

Fax+1 440-695-4649
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Education & Training

Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1971 - 1973
Geisinger Health System (Danville)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1966 - 1969
Geisinger Health SystemInternship, Transitional Year, 1965 - 1966
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple UniversityClass of 1965

Certifications & Licensure

OH State Medical License 1973 - 2025
PA State Medical License 1966 - 1972
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

8 citations
Arrhythmias and Adaptations of the Cardiac Conduction System in Former National Football League Players
Philip Aagaard, Shishir Sharma, David A. McNamara, Parag H. Joshi, Colby Ayers, James A. de Lemos, Andrew E. Lincoln, Bryan Baranowski, Kyle Mandsager, Elizabeth Hill,...> ;Journal of the American Heart Association. 2019 Aug 6
1 citations
Appropriateness of Prescription and Safety of Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillators: A Single-center Experience.
Murtaza Sundhu, Sajjad Gul, Mubbasher Syed, Omer Afzal, Bhavan Shah, Lon W. Castle> ;Cureus. 2019 Jun 7
Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Ischemic and Non-Ischemic Complete Heart Block
Murtaza Sundhu, Mehmet Yildiz, Mubbasher Syed, Bhavan Shah, Sajjad Gul, Omer Afzal, Lon W. Castle> ;Cureus. 2017 May 12
109 citations
Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among National Football League Players
Andrew M. Tucker, Robert A. Vogel, Andrew E. Lincoln, Reginald E. Dunn, Debra C. Ahrensfield, Thomas Wesley Allen, Lon W. Castle, Robert Heyer, Elliot J. Pellman, Patr...> ;JAMA. 2009 May 27
40 citations
Three-dimensional reconstruction of pulmonary veins in patients with atrial fibrillation and controls: morphological characteristics of different veins.
Alejandro Perez-Lugones, Paulo R. Schvartzman, Robert A. Schweikert, Patrick J. Tchou, Walid Saliba, Nassir F. Marrouche, Lon W. Castle, Richard D. White, Andrea Natale> ;Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 2003 Jan 1
176 citations
The Cox-Maze procedure: the Cleveland Clinic experience.
Patrick M. McCarthy, A. Marc Gillinov, Lon W. Castle, Mina K. Chung, Delos M. Cosgrove> ;Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2000 Jan 1
40 citations
Nonthoracotomy- versus thoracotomy-implantable defibrillators. Intention-to-treat comparison of clinical outcomes.
James M. Kleman, Lon W. Castle, Gregory A. Kidwell, James D. Maloney, Victor A. Morant, Richard G. Trohman, Bruce L. Wilkoff, Patrick M. McCarthy, Sergio L. Pinski> ;Circulation. 1994 Dec 1
12 citations
Safety and diagnostic yield of noninvasive ventricular stimulation performed via tiered therapy implantable defibrillators
Sergio L. Pinski, Jeannie Shewchick, Michelle G Tobin, Lon W. Castle> ;Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 1994 Dec 1
17 citations
Single-chamber ventricular pacing is not associated with worsening heart failure in sick sinus syndrome
Elena B. Sgarbossa, Sergio L. Pinski, Richard G. Trohman, Lon W. Castle, James D. Maloney> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 1994 Apr 1
5 citations
Durability of bipolar coaxial endocardial pacemaker leads compared with unipolar leads.
Marcelo E. Helguera, Sergio L. Pinski, James D. Maloney, Javier R. Woscoboinik, Richard G. Trohman, Victor A. Morant, Bruce L. Wilkoff, Lon W. Castle> ;Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 1994 Jan 1
51 citations
Long-Term Performance of Endocardial Pacing Leads
Marcelo E. Helguera, James D. Maloney, Sergio L. Pinski, Javier R. Woscoboinik, Bruge L. Wilkoee, Lon W. Castle> ;Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 1994 Jan 1
146 citations
Chronic atrial fibrillation and stroke in paced patients with sick sinus syndrome. Relevance of clinical characteristics and pacing modalities.
Elena B. Sgarbossa, Sergio L. Pinski, James D. Maloney, Tony W. Simmons, Bruce L. Wilkoff, Lon W. Castle, Richard G. Trohman> ;Circulation. 1993 Sep 1
63 citations
Initial experience with the maze procedure for atrial fibrillation.
Patrick M. McCarthy, Lon W. Castle, James D. Maloney, Richard G. Trohman, Tony W. Simmons, Richard D. White, Allan L. Klein, Delos M. Cosgrove> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 1993 Jun 1
10 citations
Is absolute hypovolemia a risk factor for vasovagal response to head-up tilt?
Fredrick J. Jaeger, James D. Maloney, Lon W. Castle, Fetnat M. Fouad-Tarazi> ;Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 1993 Apr 1
8 citations
Long-Term Performance of Epimyocardial Pacing Leads in Adults: Comparison with Endocardial Leads
Marcelo E. Helguera, James D. Maloney, Javier R. Woscoboinik, Richard G. Trohman, Patrick M. McCarthy, Victor A. Morant, Bruce L. Wilkoff, Lon W. Castle, Sergio L. Pinski> ;Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 1993 Mar 1
15 citations
The Maze procedure: surgical therapy for refractory atrial fibrillation.
Patrick M. McCarthy, Lon W. Castle, Richard G. Trohman, Tony W. Simmons, James D. Maloney, Allan L. Klein, Richard D. White, James L. Cox> ;Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 1993 Mar 1
39 citations
Combined treatment of mitral regurgitation and atrial fibrillation with valvuloplasty and the Maze procedure.
Patrick M. McCarthy, Delos M. Cosgrove, Lon W. Castle, Richard D. White, Allan L. Klein> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 1993 Feb 15
17 citations
Pacing Lead Survival: Performance of Different Models
Javier R. Woscoboinik, James D. Maloney, Marcelo E. Helguera, Nawwar Mercho, Lori A. Alexander, Bruce L. Wilkoff, Tony W. Simmons, Victor A. Morant, Lon W. Castle> ;Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 1992 Nov 1
13 citations
Incidence and predictors of loss of pacing in the atrium in patients with sick sinus syndrome.
Elena B. Sgarbossa, Sergio L. Pinski, Lon W. Castle, Richard G. Trohman, James D. Maloney> ;Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 1992 Nov 1
11 citations
Effect of atrioventricular synchrony on stroke volume during ventricular tachycardia in man.
James D. Maloney, Dirar S. Khoury, Tony W. Simmons, Bruce L. Wilkoff, Victor A. Morant, Richard G. Trohman, Lon W. Castle> ;American Heart Journal. 1992 Jun 1
89 citations
Long-term multicenter experience with a second-generation implantable pacemaker-defibrillator in patients with malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias
Sanjeev Saksena, Maria Poczobutt-Johanos, Lon Castle, Richard N. Fogoros, Barry L. Alpert, Jack Kron, Antonio Pacifico, Jerry C. Griffin, Jeremy N. Ruskin, Richard F. ...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 1992 Mar 1
7 citations
Flecainide therapy in patients treated for supraventricular tachycardia with near normal left ventricular function.
Michael M. Hughes, Richard G. Trohman, Tony W. Simmons, Lon W. Castle, Bruce L. Wilkoff, Victor A. Morant, James D. Maloney> ;American Heart Journal. 1992 Feb 1
15 citations
Analysis of Deaths in Patients with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
Thomas B. Edel, James D. Maloney, Stephen L. Moore, Hugh Mcallister, Douglas Gohn, Jeannie Shewchik, Lori A. Alexander, Michael S. Firstenberg, Lon W. Castle, Tony W. ...> ;Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 1992 Jan 1
23 citations
Six-year clinical experience with the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator
Thomas B. Edel, James D. Maloney, Stephen L. Moore, W. Patrick Mcguinn, Douglas Gohn, Deborah Williams, Bruce L. Wilkoff, Patrick M. McCarthy, Victor A. Morant, Gregor...> ;Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 1991 Nov 1
20 citations
Implantable cardioverter defibrillator implanted by nonthoracotomy approach: initial clinical experience with the redesigned transvenous lead system.
Stephen L. Moore, James D. Maloney, Thomas B. Edel, Wm. P. Mcguinn, Douglas Gohn, Victor A. Morant, Richard G. Trohman, Tony W. Simmons, Bruce L. Wilkoff, Lon W. Castle> ;Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 1991 Nov 1
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