Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Getting it Right First Time

Professor Marc Dweck is the Professor of Clinical Cardiology and Consultant at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He is an EACVI Board Member with clinical interests in multi-modality imaging and cardiac device implantation His research program is centred around the use of multi-modality imaging (echo, CT, CMR, PET) to improve our understanding of cardiovascular pathophysiology and ultimately to improve patient assessment, care and outcomes. In particular he has focused on coronary atherosclerosis, aortic stenosis and cardiomyopathy. He has published in many of the leading medical and cardiovascular journals and is the recipient of numerous national and international awards (e.g. Michael Davies Award; Sir Jules Thorn Award; BHF Outstanding Investigator Award, Parmley Prize JACC). He is currently the Chief Investigator of two ongoing RCTs trials of novel therapeutic strategies in aortic stenosis (SALTIRE 2 NCT02132026 & EVOLVED NCT03094143).

Dr Milind Desai works as the Director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center at the Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute at Cleveland Clinic. He also serves as a Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. 

Alongside holding the Haslam Family Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine, Dr Desai has dual appointments in the Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine, within the Section of Cardiovascular Imaging, and Radiology. He is also a visiting professor at the University of Oxford, UK.

Dr Desai's clinical interests are heart valve disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, aortic disorders, complex coronary artery disease, pericardial disease, and radiation heart disease. Dr Desai has a special interest in multimodality cardiovascular imaging, including echocardiogram, computed tomography (CT) scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Prof Robin Nijveldt is Professor of Cardiovascular Imaging and Cardiologist at the Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen, NL and connected to the Radboud Institute for Health Sciences. He works at the department of Cardiology and focusses on the Vascular damage research theme, with a special interest in Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance imaging, CT and echocardiography, and in close collaboration with the department of Radiology. He explores new imaging techniques and innovative strategies on today’s scientific health challenges, and aims to improve patient outcome in a personalised approach.

Dr Carolyn Ho is the medical director of the Cardiovascular Genetics Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr Ho is also an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Dr Ho’s clinical interests include cardiomyopathy, echocardiography, and cardiovascular genetics.