Functional coronary angiography: a new approach to ischemia-driven revascularization

Simone Biscaglia has worked as an Interventional Cardiologist at Ferrara University Hospital... Simone Biscaglia has worked as an Interventional Cardiologist at Ferrara University Hospital since 2015. He graduated from Bologna University School of Medicine and Ferrara University School of Cardiology. He is also a Researcher in the field of coronary physiology, myocardial infarction, frailty, bioresorbable vascular scaffolds, physical activity and neural interfaces. He has 90 articles indexed on Pubmed and is the Principal Investigator of the ongoing international randomised FIRE trial which recently concluded the enrollment of 1400 older MI patients with MVD. 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 Hitoshi Matsuo is currently President of Gifu Heart Center,
and Clinical Visiting Professor... Prof Hitoshi Matsuo is currently President of Gifu Heart Center,
and Clinical Visiting Professor of Cardiology in Aichi Medical University. He graduated from Jichi Medical School in 1986 and completed his residency in Gifu Prefectural Gifu Hospital. In 1987, during his residency period, Prof Hitoshi Matsuo spent one year at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore as a research fellow in the Nuclear Medicine Department under the supervision of Professor Henry N Wagner Jr. From 1988, he returned to Gifu Prefectural Hospital where he dedicated clinical research work on physiology and interventional cardiology using nuclear medicine and pressure wires. He received an annual award of Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine in 1995 and the Clinical Research Award of Japanese Society of Interventional Cardiology in 2004. Thereafter, he moved to Toyohashi Heart Center as co-director of the catheterization laboratory from 2007 and returned to Gifu as the Director of Cardiovascular Medicine in 2009. Dr Matsuo now participates and contributes to many international multi-center trials including DEFINE-FLAIR, the international multicenter FFRCT registry (ADVANCE registry), 3V-FFR FRIENDS study and FAVOR2 Europe and Japan, DEFINE FLOW study. Read more Show less

A cardiologist at Research Center for Coronary Heart Disease,Fuwai Hospital. Features in 1 video... A cardiologist at Research Center for Coronary Heart Disease,Fuwai Hospital. Features in 1 video on Cerebria. Lei Song generally speaks on Coronary Angiograpy, Angio FFR/iFR, Instantaneous wave-Free Ratio (iFR), Stable Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), and IMR. Read more Show less