Keynote Lecture: Using transthoracic ultrasound to aid diagnosis of obstructive coronary disease

Dr Fausto Rigo graduated in Medicine in 1982 and specialized in Cardiovascular Diseases and in Sports Medicine at the University of Padua. From 1985 to 2011, he was a consultant Cardiologist at the Division of Cardiology of Umberto I Hospital of Mestre-Venice. Since 2011, Dr Rigo was Head of Division of Cardiology of dell’Angelo Hospital in Mestre-Venice, Italy. In 2022, Dr Fausto became Head of Center of Cardiology in Villa Salus Hospital/Santa Camillo IRCSS in Venice. He is author of co-author of over 130 papers all registered in PubMed, published and peer reviewed international journals, and over 250 original or inviter oral presentations, at the main scientific events. Impact factor > 500. Author of numerous chapters of books on Imaging in Cardiology. Field of interest: Coronary artery disease, Cardiomyopathy, Heart failure, Expert in Echocardiography/Stress Echocardiography, Magnetic Resonance and CT-Scan, and pioneer in the implementation of coronary flow and reserve assessment with ultrasound.