Gavino Casu, MD, is Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Diseases at the University of Sassari and Director of the Complex Unit of Clinical and Interventional Cardiology at the Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria of Sassari, Italy. His clinical and academic activity is primarily focused on interventional cardiology, structural heart disease, invasive hemodynamics, and technology-driven innovation in cardiovascular medicine. He has extensive expertise in coronary and structural interventions, including primary percutaneous coronary intervention, carotid artery stenting, left atrial appendage occlusion, transseptal procedures, percutaneous treatment of congenital interatrial defects, transcatheter aortic valve implantation, percutaneous mitral and tricuspid valve repair, and percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation. His technological expertise encompasses advanced cardiovascular imaging and intraprocedural tools, including intracardiac echocardiography, IVUS, OCT, FFR, rotational atherectomy, intravascular lithotripsy, and mechanical circulatory support systems. Professor Casu has an h-index of 27. His research activity includes leadership roles as principal investigator and local principal investigator in several funded projects in cardiovascular medicine, with a particular focus on digital health, telemedicine, virtual reality-based cardiac rehabilitation, pulmonary hypertension, Brugada syndrome, and the epidemiology and genetics of sudden cardiac death.