Dr. Nicolas Foin is a postgraduate research fellow in the Cardiology
group. His research is directed at the application of biomedical engineering in the field of
cardiovascular research.
Nowadays, treatment of coronary narrowing is often performed by angioplasty, ie devices
are advanced through the vasculature to treat the patient heart. Such procedures are
used to treat patient with chest pain and save live of patient with acute heart problems.
Although these are effective in most situations, in more complex procedures, devices may
not perform as well as expected which may cause complications. We are trying to better
understand device behavior and potential risk of complication using intravascular in-vivo
imaging and custom models. This will help clinicians anticipating device behavior during
intervention and selecting an optimal treatment strategy for patients.
‘ As an engineer, my aim is to develop models that will help clinicians performing better cardiac interventions. ’.
Dr Nicolas Foin