Research summary
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally—and more than 10 million catheter-based procedures are performed worldwide annually to diagnose and treat them. Dr. Ali Tavallaei, Canada Research Chair in Systems and Devices for Cardiovascular Interventions, is studying the use of minimally invasive, image-guided interventions to improve the management of this disease and reduce its burden on patients and health-care providers.
He and his research team are using imaging information to characterize and predict device performance in cardiovascular interventions. They are also designing and developing novel devices to improve how treatments are delivered along with new imaging tools to improve diagnostic accuracy and guide procedures.