Interventional cardiologist
University Hospital Marquês de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
Medical degree in 1991 and Doctorate PhD in 2001.
Author in 204 manuscripts for peer-review journals, but also from the perspective of the editorial duties, currently serving as:
- Founder and Editor in Chief of REC: Interventional Cardiology,
- Editorial consultant in JACC Interventions,
- Section editor in Eurointervention
- Member of the editorial committee of Revista Española de Cardiologia (REC) among others.
Devoted to multicenter collaborative and nation-wide registries and trials since 2004, starting with the leading role for the LITRO and ESTROFA study groups and now as scientific coordinator in EPIC foundation conducting up to 15 multicenter studies in last 5 years. Participation in over 75 clinical trials. Main research topics have been mostly focused on drug-eluting stents, intravascular imaging, left main PCI, but also other areas such as antithrombotic therapies after PCI, management of elderly population with coronary artery disease and TAVR.