Expertises

Vascular disease; surgical and medical treatment of cardiovascular disease; diagnosis of vascular disease; vascular ultrasonography; treatment of atherosclerosis, early diagnosis and quantification of atherosclerosis; ultrasound core-lab in several trials;

Leadership

Main research areas

Vascular disease (carotid disease, aortic aneurysm, peripheral arterial disease); clinical research; 2D and 3D vascular ultrasonography; contrast enhanced ultrasonography; translational research; device and drugs trials in vascular disease; 

Current research

3D ultrasound for surveillance of small, unoperated aortic aneurysms; 3D ultrasound for detection and monitoring of early atherosclerosis, drug treatment of aortic aneurysms, binding proteins to ultrasound contrast bubbles, ultrasound contrast targeted diagnosis, international multicentre study comparing 3D ultrasound to 3D CT for quantification of aortic aneurysms