University Hospital of Patras, Rio-Patras (Greece)
Member of:
Michail (Michael) I. Papafaklis, M.D., Ph.D., FESC is a licensed Cardiologist both in Greece and the United Kingdom (GMC Specialist Register), and currently works as Asst.Professor of Cardiology in the University of Patras. Nucleus Member, WG of Interventional Cardiology, Hellenic Society of Cardiology. ■ Training in Interventional Cardiology at Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital in London, UK (2017-2018). EAPCI Certification in Interventional Cardiology (2018 & 2023). EACVI Certification in Echocardiography (2018). ■ Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School & Research Affiliate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (2009-2013). Visiting scientist, Interventional Department, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC, Netherlands (2005). ■ Research awards from the Academy of Athens (2013) and the Hellenic Cardiological Society (2014). Winner of the Young Investigator Award (Coronary Pathophysiology & Microcirculation), ESC (2011).
Prediction of culprit lesions in patients with acute coronary syndrome by assessing the hemodynamic forces acting on plaques: a three-dimensional frequency-domain optical coherence tomography study
Event:
ESC Congress 2016
Topic:
Vulnerable plaque
Session:
Unstable plaque: morphology and physiology
Systemic inflammation potentiates the effect of low endothelial shear stress and leads to a higher-risk plaque phenotype in stable coronary artery disease: Implications from the PREDICTION Study