Simplify the Challenge: Bifurcation PCI Planning and Management. A Complex Calcified Bifurcation

Dr Frankie Tam graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 2005. He received his training in Cardiology in Queen Mary Hospital Hong Kong and went to Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland, USA for overseas training in advanced interventional cardiology. He is currently the Consultant in Queen Mary Hospital and Honorary clinical assistant professor in University of Hong Kong. His special interest is in management of acute coronary syndrome, complex coronary intervention and structural heart disease intervention.

Interventional Cardiologist in Interventional cardiology department of Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A.Gemelli. Professor and university researcher in cardiovascular science and thoracic department in University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. An interventional cardiologist at Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy. Features in 11 videos on Wondr Medical. Francesco Burzotta generally speaks on Bifurcation, Left Main Stem (LMS), Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS), Coronary Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), and Calcified Lesions.

He is currently an interventional and structural cardiologist in Queen Elizabeth Hospital.  He has performed numerous complex coronary, structural interventions and cutting edge hemodynamic support including LAVA ECMO, Transcaval Mechanical circulatory support(MCS), etc. He has published extensively in various high impact factor journal including the JACC series, CCI, JIC, etc. He, along with the QEH Cardiac team, has pioneered the orbital-tripsy technique in tackling heavily calcified coronary disease, which was been published in JACC series. His special interest is in Trans-Caval access and has over 60 cases of Transcaval experience. He has pioneered in modification of the Transcaval technique to tackle difficult Transcaval access featured in JACC Intervention. He has extended the use of Transcaval access for various interventions including AngioVac, MCS, etc. He is also the inventor of Transcaval LAVA ECMO, which has now been featured in TCT and ACC lives cases. He is also the first implanter of LAVA ECMO in Southeast-Asia.