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Job title: MD
Dr Rafail Kotroniasis an Academic Cardiology Trainee at the Oxford Heart Centre and the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford. He is aspiring to train as an interventional cardiologist with an interest in coronary artery and calcific aortic valve disease. His current research work focuses on invasive and non-invasive multimodality assessment of coronary artery disease… View more
Job title: Interventional Cardiologist and Cardiac CT Specialist
Dr Abdul Ihdayhid is anInterventional Cardiologist and Cardiac CT Specialist at theFiona Stanley Hospital, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, the University of Western Australia in Perth, Australia. Dr Ihdayhid completed his medical training at the Royal Perth Hospital, including six months in the advanced heart failure and cardiac transplantation unit at the Fiona Stanley Hospital. … View more
Job title: Director of Coronary Imaging and Atherosclerosis Research
Dr Yohinobu Onuma, MD, PhD is a leading expert in the field of noninvasive and invasive coronary imaging and novel coronary devices such as bioresorbable scaffolds. His expertise includes quantitative coronary angiography (2-dimensional, 3-dimensional and bifurcation-dedicated), Syntax Score and multi-slice computed tomography. He holds the position of professor of interventional cardiology at… View more
Author(s): Joanne D Schuijf Added: 3 years ago
Relationship Between Noninvasive Coronary Angiography With Multi-slice Computed Tomography and Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Schuijf JD, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol, 2006;48(12):2508–14. Epub 2006 Nov 28. The aim of this study was to perform a head-to-head comparison between multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT), which detects atherosclerosis, and myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), which detects… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Author(s): W Kevin Tsai , Kathleen M Holohan , Kim Allan Williams Added: 3 years ago
Coronary artery disease (CAD) represents a tremendous financial and health burden as the leading cause of death in the US.1 Acute coronary syndrome and its subsequent manifestations, including heart failure and need for cardiac transplantation, are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Hypertension, dyslipidemia, tobacco abuse, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and family history… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Job title: Cardiologist, Assistant Professor of Cardiology
Michele Pighi is a Cardiologist, MD, with 10+ years’ experience in Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Cardiology. He is an Interdisciplinary Physician-Researcher with publications on high-impact journals and recipient of research awards. Interventional cardiology; Computed Tomography Imaging; Research in multimodality imaging, coronary and transcatheter valve therapies. View more
Author(s): Frans J Th Wackers , Janice A Davey Added: 3 years ago
Diabetes mellitus is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Moreover, cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes for morbidity and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The high mortality rate is partly due to the diabetic state per se, above and beyond the clustering of other risk factors such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, and obesity. Over the last decade, the… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): George A Beller Added: 3 years ago
A significant amount of data has accumulated over the past 20 years, demonstrating the value of exercise or pharmacologic stress non-invasive cardiovascular imaging techniques for the diagnostic and prognostic assessment of patients with suspected or known cardiovascular disease.1-8 Stress can be induced by either multistage exercise testing that is symptom-limited or by pharmacologic means with… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Mahadevappa Mahesh Added: 3 years ago
Coronary artery disease (CAD) represents the major cause of morbidity and mortality in Western populations.1 The prime diagnostic tool that allowed the development of rational treatment techniques for this disease is invasive coronary angiography ((CA) an X-ray fluoroscopy guided procedure), which is associated with a low rate of life-threatening complications.2 More than 40% of the invasive CA… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Job title: Director