
Jorge Belardi
EDUCATION AND ACTIVE AREAS OF RESEARCH
Dr. Jorge Belardi completed his medical degree at the University of Buenos Aires, Faculty of Medicine, in December 1971 and is a Cardiologist and Interventional Cardiologist in Argentina. Having trained at Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, USA), Dr. Belardi is currently Director of the Division of Cardiology at Instituto Cardiovascular de Buenos Aires as well as Head of Cardiovascular Department at Sanatorio Anchorena, Buenos Aires.
He became specialised in Clinical Cardiology in 1985 and in Interventional Cardiology from 1989. He was also Director of the Interventional Cardiology Sector at Instituto Cardiovascular de Buenos Aires from 1995 to 2012.
EDUCATION RESPONSIBILITIES AND MEETING ORGANISATION
Dr. Jorge Belardi is a member of a number of societies, namely: Sociedad Argentina de Cardiología (SAC), Stent Save a Life (SSL), Sociedad Latino Americana de Cardiología Intervencionista (SOLACI), European Society of Cardiology (ESC), Colegio Argentino de Cardiología Intervencionista (CACI), American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the International Andreas Grüentzig Society (IAGS).
Latest contributions
Managing complex STEMI patients in diverse healthcare systems - Adapting best practices to local realities
20 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Addressing the complexities of STEMI management across diverse healthcare systems, this session highlights challenges and adaptive strategies tailored to geographic and resource-specific realities. Learn from regional experts on thrombus burden, late presentations, cardiogenic shock, and multivessel disease management.

STEMI Vignettes - The global classroom
18 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Through these cases, explore global STEMI management and understand various geographic challenges and complication management approaches.

SOLACI research - Developing original research across Latin America
17 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
In these slides, get an insight into real-world bifurcation lesion management in Latin America, diverse STEMI reperfusion access in this region, and limitations to widespread TAVI adoption, along with the Latin America TAVI guidelines.

How to deal with complications during primary PCI
19 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Watch these videos to learn more about the management of complications during primary PCI, such as coronary perforations, multiple acute-re-occlusions, stent dislodgment, acute thrombosis, and more!

NSTEMI PCI: LIVE case from St Thomas' Hospital - London, United Kingdom
17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Watch the case of a 65-year-old ex-smoker, male patient, with hypertension and cholesterol, who presented with chest pain at rest, symptomatic with nausea and dizziness, and find out how this NSTE-ACE patient was treated.

EuroPCR 2022 Hotlines / Late-Breaking Trials in coronary artery disease: MASTER DAPT, CRUZ-HBR, DISCO RADIAL, and more!
17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Find out more about various studies & registries in coronary artery disease! Abbreviated DAPT after complex PCI in high bleeding risk patients, comparing conventional and haemostatic dressings in radial access, angio-based QFR virtual PCI vs. conventional angio-guided PCI, CRUZ-HBR, CT-guided invasive coronary angiography in patients with...

Balloons that would not deflate: what works and what does not work!
22 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019
Consult this session to learn more about balloons that would not deflate, and discover the innovative techniques used to face this challenge, thanks to various compelling cases.

Crushed, dislodged and compressed: features of complicated stent deployment - Part 1
22 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019
Consult this session to learn more about how to manage complicated stent deployment, thanks to compelling clinical cases, such as: the rescue of malformed left main ostium stent, stent entrapment in the left anterior descending artery, and more!

No flow!
22 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019
Consult this session to learn more about the management of no-reflow (particularly following PCI or coronary stenting), thanks to a selection of compelling cases.

Unusual STEMI cases
21 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019
Consult this session to discover unusual STEMI cases, such as a septic coronary emboli from prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis, an inferior STEMI in situs inversus dextrocardia, and more!

Stent - Save A Life! 10th Anniversary Forum - Welcome
20 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019
Consult this session to discover the slides of the welcome ceremony of Stent - Save A Life! 10th Anniversary Forum, and learn about the 2019 program and the future perspectives.
