Doctor Francesca Cortese

Francesca Cortese was graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Bari in October 2009. She took the specialization in cardiology at the University of Bari in October 2015. He obtained his PhD degree in Biomolecular Pharmaceutical and Medical Sciences at the University of Bari in May 2020. Expert in clinical cardiology, electrocardiography, echo color Doppler ultrasound, transthoracic, transesophageal echocardiography (mono-bi dimensional and 3D), stress echocardiography. Specific skills: echocardiographic assessment of acute and chronic ischemic heart disease, of candidates to cardiac resynchronization therapy, cardiomyopathies (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the arrhythmogenic one, dilated cardiomyopathy, restrictive cardiomyopathy) heart valve diseases. Active in clinical research in the field of primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases, cardiac and vascular ultrasound and endothelial function using the technique FMD (flow mediated dilation).