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Professor Petr Widimsky

Charles University of Prague, Prague (Czechia)

Member of:

European Society of Cardiology

Petr Widimsky is cardiologist working at the University Hospital "Kralovske Vinohrady" in Prague, Czech Republic as head of the Cardiocenter (large academic center with cardiology and cardiac surgery departments). His main professional interests are interventional cardiology, acute coronary syndromes, acute ischemic stroke and antithrombotic treatments. He is the founder and leader of the "PRAGUE Study Group" - informal academic community of Czech cardiologists cooperating on the series of randomized investigator-initiated trials. Since 2018 he is the Dean of the Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague. Between 2004-18 he had numerous roles within the European Society of Cardiology up to the vice-president position and in 2008 he was one of the three candidates for the ESC president position. He founded Stent for Life in 2008 and Council on Stroke in 2016. He published over 600 papers, his SCI is over 50000 and H-index 98.

Meet the Experts: saving the brain during acute ischaemic stroke

Event: ESC Congress 2022

Topic: Stroke

Session type: Meet the Experts

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Acute coronary syndromes pathophysiology and mechanisms: what's new?

Event: ESC Congress 2021 - The Digital Experience

Topic: Acute Coronary Syndromes

Session type: Abstract Sessions

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Coronary revascularisation focusing on outcomes

Event: ESC Congress 2021 - The Digital Experience

Topic: Interventional Cardiology

Session type: Abstract Sessions

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Treatment of ischemic heart disease patients in 2018

Event: ESC Congress 2018

Topic: Coronary Artery Disease (Chronic) / Chronic Coronary Syndromes (CCS)

Session type: Satellite Symposium

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Prevention and management of stroke: an interdisciplinary challenge

Event: ESC Congress 2018

Topic: Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome

Session type: Symposium

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Prevention and management of acute stroke

Event: ESC Congress 2017

Topic: Stroke

Session type: Advances in Science

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Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF) and beyond ‒ Current guidelines and evolving concepts

Event: ESC Congress 2017

Topic: Stroke

Session type: Satellite Symposium

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Etiologic approach to stroke prevention and treatment

Event: ESC Congress 2017

Topic: Stroke

Session type: Symposium

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New insights in stroke

Event: ESC Congress 2016

Topic: Stroke

Session type: Rapid Fire Abstracts

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Treating angina at the heart of cardiac cells

Event: ESC Congress 2016

Topic: Angina pectoris stable

Session type: EBAC Accredited Educational Programme

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