Discussion - session 2 (retrograde)

An interventional cardiology at University of Barcelona, Barcelona. Features in 9 videos on Wondr Medical. Ander Regueiro generally speaks on Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO), Coronary Interventions, Intracoronary Imaging, and Live Cases.

Prof Javier Escaned is Head of Interventional Cardiology Section at Hospital Clinico San Carlos (Madrid, Spain). He trained as a cardiologist the United Kingdom before moving to the Thoraxcenter / Rotterdam (The Netherlands), where he obtained his PhD degree in 1994. With over 30 years of experience as interventionalist, he regularly serves as live case operator and educationalist in global events. He is author of over 500 PubMed indexed scientific articles (h-index 74) on topics that include complex PCI in multivessel disease, left main and chronic total occlusions. His track record in coronary physiology includes being investigator on pivotal FFR trials like DEFER (1998), collaborator with Justin Davies in the validation and clinical implementation of iFR (since 2010), and developer of new methods for the assessment of microvascular and non-obstructive coronary disease. Editorial work includes two large textbooks (“Coronary Stenosis. Imaging, Structure and Physiology” and “Physiological Assessment of Coronary Stenoses and the Microcirculation) and editorial board positions in scientific journals. Board positions in scientific societies include EuroPCR, EAPCI, EuroCTO and the ESC Working Group of Coronary Pathophysiology and Microcirculation. Additional interest incllude music and phylosophy. He is a recipient of the ESC Silver Medal and the 2022 ESC Andreas Gruentzig Award.

Dr Javier Goicolea is chief of Interventional Cardiology at Hospital Puerta de Hierro/Majadahonda in Madrid, Spain. He has a long-standing implication in coronary interventions, has codirected the AHO workshop on CTO recanalization for more than 10 years and inspired the CTO Iberian registry. He is also Codirector the CSC Congress on interventional Cardiology and presided the Spanish Society in Interventional Cardiology.

An interventional cardiologist at University Hospital of Bellvitge, Hospitalet De Llobregat, Spain. Features in 3 videos on Wondr Medical. Luis Teruel Gila generally speaks on Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) and Coronary Interventions.

An interventional cardiologist at Clinical and Provincial Hospital of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Features in 8 videos on Wondr Medical. Manel Sabaté generally speaks on Coronary Interventions and Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO).

Dr Nieves Gonzalo is Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at the Interventional Cardiology Department at Clinico San Carlos University Hospital in Madrid. She obtained her Specialist Certification in Cardiology after training at Clinico San Carlos University Hospital in Madrid. Subsequently, she underwent a research fellowship at Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Netherlands) under the supervision of Professor Patrick Serruys, focused mainly in intracoronary imaging and bioabsorbable stents. In 2010 she obtained her PhD with the thesis “Optical coherence tomography for the assessment of coronary atherosclerosis and vessel response after stent implantation”. Her track record includes over 170 articles indexed in PubMed, as well as book chapters in Interventional Cardiology textbooks. Recent research projects as principal investigator includes a study about the assessment of neoatherosclerosis and its clinical impact in patients with restenosis (RIBS IV and V OCT substudy) and research regarding vessel injury and healing evaluation with different stent platforms evaluated with OCT (VISTA study). Dr Gonzalo is a dedicated educationalist with involvement in many areas of complex PCI, serving currently as Deputy Editor for Eurointervention and Committee Member of EuroPCR.