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Rafail Kotronias
Clinical Research Fellow
I am a Clinical Research Fellow in Cardiology at the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford. My academic clinical training has been supported by prestigious scholarships from the British Heart Foundation, the National Institute for Health and Care Research, and the Onassis Foundation, which have enabled me to specialize in advanced invasive and non-invasive coronary and myocardial phenotyping techniques.
I am currently pursuing a Doctorate of Philosophy focused on developing novel photon-counting detector computed tomography for non-invasive coronary and myocardial characterization. Leveraging my expertise in multimodal imaging and intervention, I aim to advance personalized cardiovascular medicine for patients with coronary disease by integrating cutting-edge imaging techniques within the hybrid acute multidisciplinary imaging and intervention center to trial innovative pharmacological and device therapies.
Key publications
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Inflammatory risk and cardiovascular events in patients without obstructive coronary artery disease: the ORFAN multicentre, longitudinal cohort study.
Journal article
Chan K. et al, (2024), Lancet, 403, 2606 - 2618
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Photon-counting computed tomography: 'one-stop shop' for coronary stenosis, inflammation, and myocardial assessment in ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome.
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Kotronias RA. et al, (2024), Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging, 25
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Benchmarking Photon-Counting Computed Tomography Angiography Against Invasive Assessment of Coronary Stenosis: Implications for Severely Calcified Coronaries.
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Kotronias RA. et al, (2025), JACC Cardiovasc Imaging
Recent publications
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Stent-Retriever Thrombectomy in STEMI With Large Thrombus Burden: The RETRIEVE AMI Randomized Trial.
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Kotronias RA. et al, (2025), JACC Adv, 4
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Coronary stent retriever-assisted thrombectomy.
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Walsh JL. et al, (2025), EuroIntervention, 21, e379 - e380
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Benchmarking Photon-Counting Computed Tomography Angiography Against Invasive Assessment of Coronary Stenosis: Implications for Severely Calcified Coronaries.
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Kotronias RA. et al, (2025), JACC Cardiovasc Imaging
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Development of an optimised method for the analysis of human blood plasma samples by atmospheric solids analysis probe mass spectrometry
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Eardley-Brunt ASJ. et al, (2025), International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 508
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Comparison of a Fully Angiography-Derived Versus a Hybrid of Angiography and Pressure-Wire-Derived Approach to Assess Coronary Microvascular Resistance: The Oxford Acute Myocardial Infarction Hybrid (OxAMI-HYBRID) Study.
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Chai J. et al, (2025), Catheter Cardiovasc Interv, 105, 81 - 90