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.
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Author(s):
Jolanta Siller-Matula,Mamas A Mamas,Kimberly Atianzar,et al
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3 years ago
A substantial number of patients develop a subclinical leaflet thrombosis (SLT) after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).
The thrombus forms on the leaflets, which can lead to valve dysfunction and possibly to early valve degeneration. Multidetector computed tomography is the most sensitive imaging technique at detecting SLT.
Patients on antiplatelet drugs are at higher risk to…
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Job title: Cardiologist and Instructor of Medicine
Personal History
Dr Sanjay Divakaran is a Cardiologist from New York based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Academic History
In 2008, he completed a B.S. in Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then obtained his M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 2012. He was an Internal Medicine Resident (2012 - 2015), Chief Medical Resident (2017 - 2018), Cardiovascular Medicine…
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Job title: Cardiologist
ProfPasquale Perrone-Filardi is a cardiologist atUniversità degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, IT.
He is specialised in Cardiology.
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Job title: Head of Cardiology
Personal History
Dr Lilia M. Sierra-Galan is based in Mexico City, Mexico, where she works as the head of cardiology at the Santa Fe Campus of the American British Cowdray Medical Center.
Academic History
Dr Lilia M. Sierra-Galan, MD earned her MD in Mexico and her cardiovascular imaging fellowship at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Washington DC and InCor in Sao Paulo,…
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Author(s):
Frans J Th Wackers,
Janice A Davey
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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…
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Author(s):
Charalampos Kriatselis
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3 years ago
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common form of cardiac arrhythmia and is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality.1 AF can be paroxysmal or persistent, and remains asymptomatic in some cases. However, in more severe and persistent cases AF may cause congestive heart failure, palpitations, syncope, and chest pains. Additionally, patients with AF have a significantly higher risk…
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Author(s):
Michael F Morris,
Philip A Araoz
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3 years ago
Mitral valve dysfunction is the most common cause of valvular disease in the US.1 Although echocardiography is the primary non-invasive modality for visualizing the mitral valve, advances in technology continue to allow for improved evaluation of mitral disease with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT).2,3 Currently, the role for MRI and CT assessment of the mitral valve…
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