Fausto Rigo

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.