Live case – Bristol Heart Institute, Bristol

Claudia Cosgrove is an interventional cardiologist working at St George’s Hospital in London. She trained in Australia before undertaking a fellowship in complex and CTO PCI at St George's. She is involved in research in calcific coronary artery disease, left main stem PCI and intravascular imaging.

Dr Julian Strange is a consultant interventional cardiologist at Bristol Heart Institute, UK. His specialty and research interests are in coronary disease and include coronary angioplasty, complex PCI and chronic total occlusions (CTO) as well as advanced heart attack and cardiac arrest therapies.

Dr Tom Johnson is an interventional cardiologist and recently appointed Associate Professor at the Bristol Heart Institute & University of Bristol, UK. He is an active member of the EAPCI, currently sitting on the Education & Training, and the Scientific programme committees, with responsibilities for writing the new interventional curriculum and exam. He is a member of the European Bifurcation Club, the ESC ACCA SCAD study group, co-authoring the European position paper, and sits on the UK Societi scientific committee for Kawasaki disease. His academic interests include developing the role of intracoronary imaging in PCI, optimising bifurcation results and platelet pharmacology in acute coronary syndromes. He plays an active role in local, national, and international educational initiatives in developing PCI skills.