ESC 365 - Professor Jan Kovac

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Professor Jan Kovac

University Hospital of Leicester, Leicester (United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland)

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Trained in Czechoslovakia (the Charles University) , USA and moved to the UK in 1995. Subspecialised in interventional cardiology, one of the structural interventions pioneers (performed the first TAVI procedure in the UK in January 2007), active in the field of coronary and structural interventions. The NHS service UK the National Innovator in 2009. Active in the ESC bodies, first the valve council board member, currently the Immediate Past Chair of the Stroke Council. Contributed to several guidelines and position statements eg Stroke and percutaneous structural interventions. Active in specialist teaching, training, proctoring around the world. actively performing coronary, structural valvular and stroke related interventions. Research concentrated in novel percutaneous cardiac interventions replacing open heart surgery.

Sessions Presentations Events Articles

Personalised stroke management

Event: ESC Congress 2024

Topic: Stroke

Session type: Official Joint Session

2023 Updates in Acute Stroke Management

Event: ESC Heart & Stroke 2023

Topic: Stroke

Session type: Teaching Course

Wrap up

Event: ESC Heart & Stroke 2023

Topic: Stroke

Session type: Teaching Course

Welcome and Introduction

Event: ESC Heart & Stroke 2023

Topic: Stroke

Session type: Teaching Course

Impact of Brain Injury due to Invasive Cardiovascular Procedures

Event: ESC Heart & Stroke 2023

Topic: Stroke

Session type: Teaching Course

Stroke management dilemmas and the cardiologist

Event: ESC Congress 2023

Topic: Clinical

Session type: Symposium

Left atrial appendage occlusion news: hot off the press

Event: ESC Congress 2022

Topic: Stroke

Session type: Symposium

Cardiology consult in the stroke patient: state of the art

Event: ESC Congress 2022

Topic: Stroke

Session type: Official Joint Session

Trends in aortic valve replacement

Event: ESC Congress 2022

Topic: Intervention

Session type: Moderated ePosters

Defying the odds of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation: dealing with the left atrium

Event: ESC Congress 2021 - The Digital Experience

Topic: Stroke

Session type: Official Joint Session

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