Dr Francesca Pugliese

Profile

ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7497-6266

I qualified from Medical School of University of Genoa in 2000. My clinical training in imaging took place in Genoa. I was awarded my certificate of completion of speciality training in 2004. I then joined the non-invasive cardiac imaging group at the Thoraxcentre/Erasmus MC University Medical Centre Rotterdam (the Netherlands) and received my PhD with honors in 2008 entitled “Computed tomography of the coronary arteries”. Supported by a grant from the European Society of Cardiology, I moved to the UK in 2008. Since then I have worked for the Royal Brompton hospital and in the Cardiology group of the Medical Research Council (MRC) Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, at Hammersmith Hospital, in cardiovascular hybrid imaging (PET/CT). After contributing to the clinical service of the Essex Cardiothoracic Centre in Essex in 2009, I joined the Centre for Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging and the NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit at Barts as a Senior Clinical Lecturer in May 2010.

Research

My research interests are directed towards the development, technical optimization and clinical implementation of multimodal non-invasive imaging, including computed tomography, positron emission tomography/hybrid imaging and magnetic resonance imaging in a range of heart conditions with a focus on ischaemic heart disease.

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Publications

• Vrints C, Andreotti F, Koskinas KC et al. (2024). 2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of chronic coronary syndromes.. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1714/4375.43725

  
  

  QMRO: qmroHref
• Ramasamy A, Parasa R, Sokooti H et al. (publicationYear). Computed tomography versus near-infrared spectroscopy for the assessment of coronary atherosclerosis.. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.4244/eij-d-24-00096

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/103385
• Kelham M, Beirne A-M, Rathod KS et al. (2024). CTCA Prior to Invasive Coronary Angiography in Patients With Previous Bypass Surgery: Patient-Related Outcomes, Imaging Resource Utilization, and Cardiac Events at 3 Years From the BYPASS-CTCA Trial. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.124.014142

  
  

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• Ramasamy A, Pugliese F, Tanboga IH et al. (2024). Head-to-Head Comparison of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy–Intravascular Ultrasound and Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in Assessing Atheroma Characteristics. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2024.07.005

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/99914
• Vrints C, Andreotti F, Koskinas KC et al. (2024). 2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of chronic coronary syndromes. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehae177

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/99887
• Yap NAL, Ramasamy A, Tanboga IH et al. (2024). Implications of coronary calcification on the assessment of plaque pathology: a comparison of computed tomography and multimodality intravascular imaging. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1007/s00330-024-10996-x

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/100557
• Soschynski M, Storelli R, Birkemeyer C et al. (2024). CT Myocardial Perfusion and CT-FFR versus Invasive FFR for Hemodynamic Relevance of Coronary Artery Disease.. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1148/radiol.233234

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/99889
• Vandermolen S, Saberwal B, Khanji M et al. (2024). Plaque Burden Via Ctca Does Not Help Identify Lesions Of Intermediate Stenosis Severity Associated With Myocardial Ischaemia. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2024.05.174

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/99890
• Nieman K, García-García HM, Hideo-Kajita A et al. (2024). Standards for quantitative assessments by coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) An expert consensus document of the society of cardiovascular computed tomography (SCCT). nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2024.05.232

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/99888
• Chan K, Wahome E, Tsiachristas A et al. (2024). Inflammatory risk and cardiovascular events in patients without obstructive coronary artery disease: the ORFAN multicentre, longitudinal cohort study. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(24)00596-8

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/97228

Collaborators

• Prof Magdi Yaqoob (WHRI)
• Dr Andrew Wragg
• Dr Saidi Mohiddin
• Dr Fabrizio Smeraldi
• Dr Lourdes Agapito (London, UK)
• Dr Damini Dey (Los Angeles, CA)
• Dr Alexia Rossi
• Prof Pim J de Feyter
• Prof MG Myriam Hunink (Rotterdam, NL)
• Joerg  Hausleiter (Munich, DE)
• Prof Hans-Erik Boetker
• Dr Bjarne Linde-Norgaard (Arhus, DK)
• Prof Joerg Hausleiter