Evolving approaches to planning and guiding complex PCI - discussion

Dr Justin Davies is a honorary 
interventional cardiologist at Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial... Dr Justin Davies is a honorary 
interventional cardiologist at Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College NHS Trust, London. After training at Imperial College, he won a prestigious BHF research fellowship to study arterial haemodynamics. Since then he has continued to
work on the development of mathematical algorithms to aid understanding of large artery physiology and to develop new tools to assess arterial disease. The holder of several patents,
he has published widely in the field of hypertension, coronary and large artery physiology and is the winner of many national and international awards. He has several international collaborations, and is the developer of iFR and the co-principal investigator of the ADVISE studies, the DEFINE-FLAIR, ORBITA and DEFINE-PCI studies. Justin also has an interest in renal denervation, and has lead the first-in-man studies to evaluate the safety of this technique to patients with chronic systolic heart failure (REACH studies). Read more Show less

Prof Javier Escaned is Head of Section (Interventional Cardiology Section) at Hospital Clinico... Prof Javier Escaned is Head of Section (Interventional Cardiology Section) at Hospital Clinico San Carlos / Complutense University (Madrid, Spain). He trained in the United Kingdom as Specialist in Cardiology and obtained his PhD in The Netherlands. Author of >600 indexed scientific articles on interventional cardiology, imaging and physiology (h-index 90) and over 30 years of experience as PCI operator, he regularly lectures and performs live cases at major scientific and educational meetings. He is a recipient of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Silver Medal and the Andreas Grüntzig Award for his contributions to the fiedl fo Interventional Cardiology. Main areas of expertise include complex PCI, intracoronary diagnostics and functional coronary angiography. His track record in coronary physiology comprises being investigator on pioneer FFR trials like DEFER (1998), collaborator with Justin Davies in the validation and clinical implementation of iFR, and developer of new tools for the assessment of coronary microcirculation. Editorial roles include Deputy Editor EHJ, Advisory Editor Eurointervention, editor of the textbooks “Coronary Stenosis: Imaging, Structure and Physiology” and “Physiological Assessment of Coronary Stenoses and the Microcirculation". Recent board positions include EAPCI board / Education Committee Chair, ESC WG Coronary Pathophysiology and Microcirculation, EuroCTO Board. Recent trials as Principal Investigator include ADVISE II, DEFINE FLAIR, SYNTAX II, PIONEER IV, Cerebral-Coronary-Connection (C3), DCR4Contrast, INOCA LongCovid and AID ANGIO. Additional interests are philosophy and music. Read more Show less

Prof Andrew Sharp qualified from Edinburgh Medical School in 1998 and is Professor of Cardiology... Prof Andrew Sharp qualified from Edinburgh Medical School in 1998 and is Professor of Cardiology at the University Hospital of Wales and Cardiff University in the U.K. He conducted his early training at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, before moving to London for his senior clinical training. He completed the prestigious Milan-Imperial Interventional Cardiology Fellowship programme, having spent a year in San Raffaele and Columbus Hospitals, Milan, Italy, under the tutelage of Professor Antonio Colombo. He also spent three years training in interventional cardiology at Imperial College Hospitals in London. Prof Sharp was awarded an MD postgraduate research degree from the University of Edinburgh for his work on the hypertensive heart and his research interests include intracoronary imaging and physiology. as well as the use of device-based treatments for hypertension and pulmonary embolism. Read more Show less

Jeroen Sonck is co-director of the Cardiovascular Center Aalst in Belgium. He is also director of... Jeroen Sonck is co-director of the Cardiovascular Center Aalst in Belgium. He is also director of CoreAalst BV, conducting research mainly in coronary interventions and physiology with a strong focus on innovation. He was trained in UZ Brussels University Hospital, Catharina Hospital Eindhoven and joined the Aalst team in 2018. His main clinical activities concentrate on complex PCI and the use of non-invasive coronary imaging and coronary physiology to guide coronary revascularization. Dr. Sonck has renowned proficiency in coronary CT, CT-derived FFR and was involved in the early development and validation of virtual PCI using the FFR-CT Planner. He participated in innovative research bringing coronary CT in the cathlab (CT-guided PCI) and developed with his colleague Dr. Carlos Collet the Pullback Pressure Gradient describing the pattern of CAD to improve physiology-guided PCI. He served as the PI of several studies. Together with the interventional team in Aalst Jeroen Sonck has already trained multiple fellows in imaging, physiology and PCI. Read more Show less