James J. Bailey's Home Page

James J. Bailey

Tel: (301) 402-5829

General Information

Senior Medical Officer.
1. Medical Informatics: clinical application of digital processing of biological signals and images, e.g. electrocardiography.
2. Bioinformatics: interpretation of microarray data.

Research Projects

Development of a National ECG Database Resource (with Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, NHLBI)

Interfacing protein analysis programs with websites with Analytical Biostatistics

Determination of Autonomic Dysregulation in Syncopal Teenagers using Heart Period and Blood Pressure Variability (with Cardiology Department at National Childrens Medical Center).

Recent Publications (DCB Publications List)

Bailey JJ, Hodges M, Church TR: Decision to implant a cardioverter defibrillator after myocardial infarction: the role of ejection fraction v. other risk factors markers. Med Decis Making. 2007 Mar-Apr; 27(2):151-6

Paul Kligfield, MD, FAHA, FACC; Leonard S. Gettes, MD, FAHA, FACC; James J. Bailey, MD; Rory Childers, MD; Barbara J. Deal, MD, FACC; E. William Hancock, MD, FACC; Gerard van Herpen, MD, PhD; Jan A. Kors, PhD; Peter Macfarlane, DSc; David M. Mirvis, MD, FAHA; Olle Pahlm, MD, PhD; Pentti Rautaharju, MD, PhD; Galen S. Wagner, MD: Recommendations for the standardization and interpretation of the electrocardiogram: Part I: The Electrocardiogram and its technology. (A statement by the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the Heart Rhythm Society of America.). J Am Coll Cardiol 2007; 49:1109-27

Bailey JJ: The triangular wave test for electrocardiographic devices: a historical perspective. J J Electrocardiol. 2004; 37 Suppl:71-3.

Moak JP, Bailey JJ, Makhlouf FT. Simultaneous heart rate and blood pressure variability analysis. Insight into mechanisms underlying neurally mediated cardiac syncope in children. J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 Oct 16; 40(8):1466-74

ANSI/AAMI EC71 Standard Communications Protocol - Computer Assisted Electrocardiography (SCP-ECG) October, 2001.

Bailey JJ, Berson AS, Handelsman Hodges M: Utility of current risk stratification tests for predicting major arrhythmic events after myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001; 38:1902-11

Hodges M, Bailey JJ: Ambulatory electrocardiography: Use in arrhythmia risk assessment. In RISK OF ARRHYTHMIA AND SUDDEN DEATH. (Ed. Malik M) BMJ Publishing, Ltd. London, 2001, pp 194 - 201

Bailey JJ, Berson AS, Handelsman H: Dysrhythmia hazard after hospitalization for myocardial infarction: Prognosis by ejection fraction compared with signal-averaged ECG. Computers in Cardiology 2000; 27: 765-8.

ANSI/AAMI EC13 Cardiac monitors, heart rate meters, and alarms, 2ed (Harmonized with IEC 60601-2-27) October 2000.

Technical Information Report: TIR 24: Acquisition and use of physiological waveform databases for testing of medical devices.: Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, Arlington, Virginia August, 2000

Bailey JJ, Berson AS, Handelsman H: Dysrhythmia hazard after hospitalization for myocardial infarction: Two ECG prognostic methods compared. J Electrocardiol 2000; 33 Suppl: 151-154

Laks MM, Arzbaecher R, Geselowitz DB, Bailey JJ, Berson AS: Revisiting the question: Will relaxing safe current limits for electromedical equipment increase hazards to patients? Circulation 2000; 103:823-5.

Technical Information Report: TIR 23: Signal averaging electrocardiography: Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, Arlington, Virginia June, 2000

American National Standard: Ambulatory electrocardiographs, 2nd ed. ANSI/ANSI/AAMI EC38: Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, Arlington, Virginia November, 1999

American National Standard: Testing and reporting performance results of cardiac rhythm and ST measurement algorithms, 2nd ed. ANSI/ANSI/AAMI EC57: Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, Arlington, Virginia 1999

Burklow TR, Moak JP, Bailey JJ, Maklouf FT: Neurally mediated cardiac syncope: autonomic modulation after normal saline infusion. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1999; 33(7):2059-66.

Norman JE, Bailey JJ, Berson AS, Haisty WK, Levy D, Macfarlane PM, Rautaharju PM: NHLBI workshop on the utilization of ECG databases: Preservation and use of existing ECG databases and development of future resources. J. Electrocardiol 1998; 31(2):83-89.

Bailey JJ, Moak JP: Simultaneous Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Variability Analysis: Insight into Possible Mechanisms Underlying Vasodepressor Syncope. J. Electrocardiol 1997; 30:54

Laks MM, Arzbaecher R, Bailey JJ, Geselowitz DB, Berson AS: Special report: Recommendations for safe current limits for electrocardiographs - Response. Circulation 1997;95: (1) 277-278

Laks MM, Arzbaecher R, Bailey JJ, Geselowitz DB, Berson AS: Recommendations for safe current limits for electrocardiographs. A statement for healthcare professionals from the Committee on Electrocardiography, American Heart Association. Circulation 1996;93: 837-9