Third Place Winner Siva Kumar Soma MD, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburg, PA.
Abstract Title: Can Late Gadolinium Enhancement in Pulmonary Hypertension Predict Adverse Clinical Events? A CMR Single Center Study.
Abstract Summary: They explored the prognostic value of Cardiac MRI in pulmonary hypertension patients by evaluating the significance of the presence of Late Gadolinium Enhancement (LGE) in the right ventricular (RV) wall. They found that LGE, a marker for myocardial fibrosis when present in RV or RV insertion points (RVIP) is a major predictor of adverse clinical events than standard CMR metrics. These results were from a retrospective chart review of 42 patients with pulmonary hypertension at a single center.
Dr. Andrea Natale
Dr. Andrea Natale is a board certified electrophysiology expert and practices at executive medical director of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center in Austin, Texas. Dr. Natale also is the Senior Medical Director at Pacific Atrial Fib and Arrhythmia Center in San Francisco. He visits MetroHealth in Cleveland, and Akron General, Ohio. He has pioneered a new circumferential ultrasound vein-ablation system to correct atrial fibrillation and performed the procedure on the world's first five patients. For further details Please visit :Link
Dr. Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy
Dr. Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD, F.A.C.C, FHRS. is a board certified electrophysiology expert and practices at Mid-America Cardiology and The University of Kansas Hospital Clinics in Kansas City, KS, USA. He has several distinctions in clinical and research career to his credit and serves as an associate editor for Journal of Atrial Fibrillation.For further details Please visit :Link
