Attila Roka, MD, PhD

Department

Medicine

Position

Assistant Professor

Books

• How‐to Manual for Pacemaker and ICD Devices
  Roka Attila, Upadhyay Gaurav, Singh Jagmeet, Heist E. Kevin, How to Maximize CRT Response at Implant [Book Chapter] 2018
• Roka Attila, Vonend Oliver, Min Mart, Das Mithilesh R, Research collection on Pacemakers 2014
• Roka Attila, Roka Attila, Current issues and recent advances in pacemaker therapy 2012
• Roka Attila, Atrioventricular Conduction in Atrial Fibrillation : Pathophysiology and Clinical Implications [Book Chapter] 2012
• Roka Attila, Electrocardiographic Troubleshooting of Implanted Cardiac Electronic Devices [Book Chapter] 2012
• Béla Merkely, Attila Róka, Ritmuszavar és szívelégtelenség kezelése beültethető eszközökkel 2009

Publications

• Heart rhythm
  Khabsa Mariam, Harb Ahmad, Khabsa Abdulrahman, Aburmilah Anan, Roka Attila, PO-03-026 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PULSED-FIELD ABLATION CATHETERS: PROCEDURE EFFICIENCY AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN THE ERA OF DUAL-FUNCTION TECHNOLOGIES
  22:4, p. S347 - S348 2025
• The Journal of innovations in cardiac rhythm management (Print)
  Roka Attila, Srikanth Kishan K., Abuissa Hussam, Hidden in Plain Sight—An Unusual Case of Acute-onset Persistent Dyspnea
  14:7, p. 5504 - 5508 2023
• Heart rhythm
  Abusnina Waiel, Kousa Omar, Abuissa Hussam, Roka Attila, Halawa Ahmad, PO-04-087 NOT ALL THAT SHINES IS GOLD AND NOT EVERY LIGHT UP ON PET SCAN IS CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS
  20:5, p. S551 - S551 2023
• The Journal of innovations in cardiac rhythm management (Print)
  Abuissa Hussam, Roka Attila, How to Perform a Completely Fluoroless Ablation
  14:5, p. 5455 - 5464 2023
• Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  Ahmed Arslan, Roka Attila, Mohammed Selma, Abuissa Hussam, Halawa Ahmad, HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY AND LONG QT SYNDROME, RISK OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH, AND IMPORTANCE OF GENETIC TESTING - A CASE REPORT
  81:8, p. 3250 - 3250 2023
• Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  Roka Attila, Solsi Anup, Abuissa Hussam, Halawa Ahmad, MULTIPOINT ESOPHAGEAL TEMPERATURE MONITORING DURING COMPLETELY FLUOROLESS LEFT ATRIAL CATHETER ABLATION
  81:8, p. 201 - 201 2023
• Physiologia
  Roka Attila, Burright Isaac, Remodeling in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Targets—A Systematic Review
  3:1, p. 43 - 72 2023
• Cardio-oncology (London, England)
  Strobel George B., Ponamgi Shiva P., Roka Attila, Aboeata Ahmed S. A., Exercise-induced Brugada pattern and ventricular tachycardia during Capecitabine treatment
  8:1, p. 1 - 19 2022
• Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
  Alugubelli Navya, Abuissa Hussam, Roka Attila, Wearable Devices for Remote Monitoring of Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability—What We Know and What Is Coming
  22:22, p. 8903 2022
• Circulation (New York, N.Y.)
  Mai Phu, Kim Michael H, Roka Attila, Abstract 14028: Predictors of Atrial Fibrillation Free Survival in Patients With Implantable Cardiac Devices
  146:S_1, p. A14028 2022
• Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  Roka Attila, Kim Michael H., Matsuura Samuel, REGULARIZATION OF VENTRICULAR ACTIVATION DURING ATRIAL FIBRILLATION USING PARAHISIAN AND VENTRICULAR PACING
  79:9, p. 93 2022
• Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  Roka Attila, Abuissa Hussam, SAFETY OF SAME DAY DISCHARGES AFTER CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY PROCEDURES AND FACTORS AFFECTING NEED FOR URGENT CARE POST PROCEDURE
  79:9, p. 163 2022
• Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  Roka Attila, Cardiac resynchronization with dual capture during His bundle pacing in patients with intraventricular conduction delay
  75:11, p. 442 - 442 2020
• JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology
  Kutyifa Valentina, Kosztin Annamaria, Klein Helmut U., McNitt Scott, Biton Yitschak, Nagy Vivien Klaudia, Solomon Scott D., Zareba Wojciech, Merkely Bela, Goldenberg Ilan, Roka Attila, Moss Arthur J., Singh Jagmeet P., Left Ventricular Lead Location and Long-Term Outcomes in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Patients
  4:11, p. 1410 - 1420 2018
• American Journal of Cardiology
  Rozen Guy, Vaid Jeena, Hosseini Seyed Mohammadreza, Kaadan M. Ihsan, Rafael Allon, Roka Attila, Poh Yukkee C., Poh Ming Zher, Heist Edwin Kevin, Ruskin Jeremy Neil, Diagnostic Accuracy of a Novel Mobile Phone Application for the Detection and Monitoring of Atrial Fibrillation
  121:10, p. 1187 - 1191 2018
• Heart Failure Clinics
  Roka Attila, Borgquist Rasmus, Singh Jagmeet, Coronary Sinus Lead Positioning
  13:1, p. 79 - 91 2017
• Europace
  Merkely Bela, Kosztin Annamaria, Roka Attila, Geller Laszlo, Zima Endre, Kovacs Attila, Boros Andras Mihaly, Clemens Marcell, Klein Helmut, Wranicz Jerzy K., Hindricks Gerhard, Duray Gabor Z., Moss Arthur J., Goldenberg Ilan, Kutyifa Valentina, Rationale and design of the BUDAPEST-CRT Upgrade Study
  19:9, p. 1549 - 1555 2017
• European Heart Journal
  Chatterjee Neal A., Gold Michael R., Roka Attila, Lubitz Steven A., Daubert Claude, Mela Theofanie, Linde Cecilia, Steffel Jan, Singh Jagmeet P., Reduced appropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy after cardiac resynchronization therapy-induced left ventricular function recovery
  36:41, p. 2780 - 2789 2015
• Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
  Roka Attila, Heist E. Kevin, Refaat Marwan, Ruskin Jeremy, Mansour Moussa, Novel Technique to Prevent Phrenic Nerve Injury during Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using Preprocedural Imaging
  26:10, p. 1057 - 1062 2015
• Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  Kutyifa Valentina, Klein Helmut, McNitt Scott, Roka Attila, Zareba Wojciech, Singh Jagmeet, Goldenberg Ilan, Moss Arthur, Merkely Bela, Kosztin Annamaria, LEFT VENTRICULAR LEAD LOCATION IMPACTS LONG-TERM CLINICAL OUTCOME IN LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK PATIENTS
  65:10, p. A910 - A910 2015
• Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics
  Roka Attila, Borgquist Rasmus, Singh Jagmeet, Coronary Sinus Lead Positioning
  7:4, p. 635 - 647 2015
• Global heart
  Merkely Béla, Geller Laszlo, Zima Endre, Kosztin Annamaria, Szilagyi Szabolcs, Roka Attila, Nagy Klaudia Vivien, Molnar Levente, Szeplaki Gabor, Kutyifa Valentina, O152 Intraoperative right to left ventricular interlead delay predicts outcome in de novo CRT recipients
  9:1, p. e41 - e41 2014
• Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
  Roka Attila, Schoenfeld Mark H., The pathway to physician reimbursement for cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs)
  36:2, p. 137 - 144 2013
• Europace
  Kutyifa Valentina, Osztheimer István, Merkely Béla, Szilágyi Szabolcs, Zima Endre, Róka Attila, Király Ákos, Molnár Levente, Gellér László, Széplaki Gábor, Usefulness of electroanatomical mapping during transseptal endocardial left ventricular lead implantation
  14:4, p. 599 - 604 2012
• Heart Rhythm
  Roka Attila, Merkely Bela, Dual-chamber pacemaker implantation via both superior vena cavae in a patient with persistent left superior vena cava
  8:11, p. 1815 - 1816 2011
• The Journal of innovations in cardiac rhythm management (Print)
  Roka Attila, Schoenfeld Mark, Remote Monitoring of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices
  2:7, p. 381 - 393 2011
• Merkely Bela, Roka Attila, Assessment of heart rate recovery after exercise stress test 2011
• Europace
  Merkely Bela, Oto Ali, Boersma Lucas, Leenhardt Antoine, Lubinski Andrzej, Proclemer Alessandro, Brugada Josep, Vardas Panos E., Wolpert Christian, Kutyifa Valentina, Roka Attila, Tracing the European course of cardiac resynchronization therapy from 2006 to 2008
  12:5, p. 692 - 701 2010
• Orvoskepzes
  Béta Merkely, Attila Róka, A szívelégtelenség nem gyógyszeres kezelésének lehetöségei-beültethetö eszközök
  85:1, p. 65 - 74 2010
• Europace
  Apor Astrid, Kutyifa Valentina, Andrássy Péter, Hüttl Tivadar, Hubay Márta, Róka Attila, Merkely Béla, Szilágyi Szabolcs, Gellér László, Successful cardiac resynchronization therapy after heart transplantation
  10:8, p. 1024 - 1025 2008
• Journal of Electrocardiology
  Roka Attila, Merkely Bela, Szilagyi Szabolcs, Toth Erika, Electrical atrial fibrillation induction affects the characteristics of induced arrhythmia
  41:2, p. 131 - 137 2008
• Merkely Béla, Roka Attila, Geller Laszlo, Electrophysiologic practice in Hungary 2007
• Lege Artis Medicinae
  Béla Merkely, Attila Róka, A krónikus szívelégtelenség nem gyógyszeres kezelése
  17:6-7, p. 481 - 487 2007
• Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
  Szilagyi Szabolcs, Zima Endre, Merkely Bela, Roka Attila, Fulop Gabor, Apor Astrid, Kutyifa Valentina, Szucs Gabor, Becker David, Geller Laszlo, Stabilization of the coronary sinus electrode position with coronary stent implantation to prevent and treat dislocation
  18:3, p. 303 - 307 2007
• Acta Chirurgica Hungarica
  Béla Merkely, Attila Róka, Szabolcs Szilágyi, Endre Zima, Valentina Kutyifa, Astrid Apor, László Gellér, Gábor Szücs, Szívelégtelenség reszinkronizációs kezelése.
  60:1, p. 481 - 487 2007
• Experimental Biology and Medicine
  Dézsi Csaba A., Szucs Andrea, Becker David, Szucs Gábor, Róka Attila, Kiss Orsolya, Merkely Béla, Short-term effect of rate control on plasma endothelin levels of patients with tachyarrhythmias
  231:6, p. 852 - 856 2006
• Lege Artis Medicinae
  Attila Roka, György Acsády, Tamás Simor, Hajnalka Vágó, Csaba Minorics, Béla Merkely, Pacemakerfejlesztés biventricularis rendszerré, MR-vizsgálat segítségével
  15:7, p. 568 2005
• Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology
  Vágó Hajnalka, Róka Attila, Soós Pál, Zima Endre, Gellér László, Keltai Katalin, Kékesi Violetta, Juhász-Nagy Alexander, Merkely Béla, Changes of endothelin-1 and big endothelin-1 levels and action potential duration during myocardial ischemia-reperfusion in dogs with and without ventricular fibrillation
  44:SUPPL. 1, p. S376 - S379 2004
• Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology
  Szûcs Andrea, Keltai Katalin, Dezsi Andras Csaba, Gellér László, Merkely Béla, Vágó Hajnalka, Róka Attila, Soós Pál, Szilágyi Szabolcs, Effect of incessant ventricular tachyarrhythmias on serum endothelin and big-endothelin levels
  44:SUPPL. 1, p. S402 - S406 2004
• PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
  Róka Attila, Minorics Csaba, Simor Tamás, Vágó Hajnalka, Acsády György, Merkely Béla, Magnetic resonance imaging-based biventricular pacemaker upgrade
  27:7, p. 1011 - 1013 2004
• Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
  Vágó Hajnalka, Merkely Béla, Róka Attila, Acsády György, Parasympathetic cardiac nerve stimulation with implanted coronary sinus lead
  15:5, p. 588 - 590 2004
• Clinical Science
  Szucs Andrea, Róka Attila, Merkely Béla, Zima Endre, Vágó Hajnalka, Soós Pál, Szabolcs Zoltán, Gellér László, Keltai Katalin, Effects of implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation and shock application on serum endothelin-1 and big-endothelin levels
  103:SUPPL. 48, p. 233S - 236S 2002
• Journal of Physiology
  Petheo G. L., Molnár Z., Róka A., Makara J. K., Spät A., A pH-sensitive chloride current in the chemoreceptor cell of rat carotid body
  535:1, p. 95 - 106 2001

Presentations

• Roka A. Cardiac resynchronization with dual capture during His bundle pacing in patients with intraventricular conduction delay. J Am Coll Cardiol 2020; 3(75): 11(S1), 442. ACC/20 World Congress in Cardiology (virtual), March 24, 2020 2020
• Roka A. Use of an Automated Electrocardiogram Screening Application and Referral Process to Analyze and Enhance Utilization of Cardiac Electrophysiology Services. Poster presentation, ACC Cardiovascular Summit, Washington DC, February 6-8, 2020 2020

Awards

• M1 Summer Research Mentor Award
  M1 Summer Research Mentor Award ($1000), Creighton University Mentoring: M1 medical students
  Creighton University School of Medicine
• Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Center of Excellence Award - EP Team
  Commonspirit ‘Atrial Fibrillation ablation center of excellence award’ with the EP team – 2024
  Commonspirit Health