{"id":278179,"date":"2026-08-20T17:46:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T22:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/doctors\/nitesh-sood-md\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T05:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T10:13:16","slug":"nitesh-sood-md","status":"publish","type":"doctors","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/doctors\/nitesh-sood-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Nitesh Sood MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 maincopy blogCore\">\n<p>O Dr. Sood \u00e9 o diretor do Atrial Fibrillation Wellness Program (Programa de bem-estar para a fibrilha\u00e7\u00e3o auricular) na Southcoast Health.\n<\/p>\n<p>Licenciou-se na Escola M\u00e9dica do Governo em Nagpur, \u00cdndia. Concluiu as eletivas cl\u00ednicas e uma bolsa de investiga\u00e7\u00e3o na Universidade de Georgetown, Washington DC, bem como um est\u00e1gio e resid\u00eancia em Medicina Interna e uma bolsa de estudos em Cardiologia no Centro de Sa\u00fade da Universidade de Connecticut. Concluiu depois uma bolsa de estudo em Eletrofisiologia na Lahey Clinic, Tufts University Medical Center em Burlington, Massachusetts.\n<\/p>\n<p>O Dr. Sood \u00e9 certificado em Medicina Interna e possui certifica\u00e7\u00f5es em Ecocardiografia, Medicina Nuclear, Doen\u00e7a Cardiovascular e Eletrofisiologia Card\u00edaca Cl\u00ednica. \u00c9 especialista na \u00e1rea da Eletrofisiologia.\n<\/p>\n<p>O Dr. Sood trabalha na Southcoast Health h\u00e1 mais de uma d\u00e9cada e tem estado envolvido em muitos estudos de investiga\u00e7\u00e3o cl\u00ednica seminais no dom\u00ednio da Eletrofisiologia.  Foi investigador principal e autor da Crioabla\u00e7\u00e3o para abla\u00e7\u00e3o de fibrilha\u00e7\u00e3o auricular publicada no New England Journal of Medicine em 2020. Isto levou \u00e0 indica\u00e7\u00e3o de classe 1 para a abla\u00e7\u00e3o como estrat\u00e9gia inicial na gest\u00e3o da fibrilha\u00e7\u00e3o auricular.  O Dr. Sood foi tamb\u00e9m investigador e coautor do PIVOTAL STUDY, o primeiro estudo cl\u00ednico IDE da FDA sobre a abla\u00e7\u00e3o por campo de impulsos como uma tecnologia para a abla\u00e7\u00e3o da fibrilha\u00e7\u00e3o auricular que levou \u00e0 sua aprova\u00e7\u00e3o como fonte de energia para a abla\u00e7\u00e3o AFIB.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00c9 especialista em abla\u00e7\u00f5es de arritmias complexas auriculares e ventriculares, incluindo abla\u00e7\u00f5es cir\u00fargicas h\u00edbridas, dispositivos card\u00edacos implant\u00e1veis, abla\u00e7\u00e3o cardioneural para s\u00edncope, extra\u00e7\u00e3o de fios a laser e implantes de dispositivos sem fios.\n<\/p>\n<p>No seu tempo livre, gosta de esquiar, jogar golfe e t\u00e9nis com a mulher e os dois filhos e \u00e9 um sommelier certificado.\n<\/p>\n<p>Ver uma lista completa das suas publica\u00e7\u00f5es aqui: https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=nitesh+sood.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":293705,"template":"","specialty":[414,6],"language":[],"keywords":[511,9,28,10,11,508,12,447,13,495,14,15,16,17,18,19,506,20,21,500,498,509,496,502,27,22,24,23,31,39,26,507,514,510,515,512,29,25,505,501,513,32,504,503,448,446,499,30,497,1113],"address":[543,355,413],"class_list":["post-278179","doctors","type-doctors","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","specialties-cardiac-electrophysiology","specialties-cardiology","keywords-ablation","keywords-acute-myocardial-infarction","keywords-aortic-stenosis","keywords-arrhythmia","keywords-atrial-fibrillation","keywords-biventricular-pacer","keywords-blood-pressure","keywords-bradycardia","keywords-cardiac","keywords-cardiology-acute-coronary-syndrome","keywords-cardiovascular-disease","keywords-chest-pain","keywords-chronic-heart-failure","keywords-congenital-heart-disease","keywords-congestive-heart-failure","keywords-coronary-artery-disease","keywords-defibrillator","keywords-ejection-fraction","keywords-electrocardiogram","keywords-electrophysiology-study","keywords-ep-study","keywords-event-monitor","keywords-exercise-test-cardiac-electrophysiology-atrial-fibrillation","keywords-fainting","keywords-heart-attack","keywords-heart-failure","keywords-heart-rate","keywords-heart-surgery","keywords-high-cholesterol","keywords-hyperlipidemia","keywords-hypertension","keywords-icd","keywords-implantable-device-therapy","keywords-implantable-event-monitor","keywords-left-atrial-exclusion","keywords-long-qt-interval","keywords-mitral-regurgitation","keywords-myocardial-infarct","keywords-pacemaker","keywords-palpitations","keywords-resynchronization-therapy","keywords-stress-test","keywords-supraventricular-tachycardia","keywords-svt","keywords-syncope","keywords-tachycardia","keywords-tilt-table","keywords-valvular-heart-disease","keywords-ventricular-tachycardia","keywords-watchman","addresses-47_262","addresses-47_264","addresses-88_116"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nitesh Sood, MD: Cardiac Electrophysiology | Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Meet Dr. Nitesh Sood, MD, a cardiac electrophysiologist in Fall River, MA, who directs the Atrial Fibrillation Wellness Program. 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