Use of iFR and IVUS Co-registration to simplify PCI decision-making

Dr. Kern is Chief of Medicine, VA Long Beach Health Care System, Professor of Medicine, University California, Irvine. He continues to perform and teach cardiac catheterization and PCI. Dr. Kern is ABIM Certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology and is a past president and now a Master Fellow of the SCAI. His research interests in coronary blood flow, intravascular physiology, intravascular ultrasound, vulnerable plaque and evaluation of cardiovascular hemodynamics. He has authored several textbooks, notably The Cardiac Catheterization Handbook, 6th ed. and its companion The Interventional Cardiac Cath Handbook, 4th ed.

Arnold Seto MD MPA is the Director of Interventional Cardiology Research at University of California, Irvine and Cath Lab Director at the Long Beach Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He was an active participant in the DEFINE-FLAIR and DEFINE-PCI trials, and a steering committee member for DEFINE-PCI. He has published multiple manuscripts in coronary artery disease, coronary physiology, and vascular access especially in the areas of accurate measurement of FFR and ultrasound guidance for radial and femoral access.