Paco E. Bravo, MD

Radiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Call 800-789-7366
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Director of Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging
  • Associate Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Associate Professor of Medicine

My education and training

  • Medical School: Universidad del Valle
  • Residency: University of Alabama Medical Center
  • Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • Fellowship: University of Washington Hospitals
  • Fellowship: Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center - Chestnut Hill

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Princeton Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Bravo is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Bravo PE, Vita TS, Taqueti V, Veillet-Chowdhury M, Steigner M, Skali H, Dorbala S, Di Carli MF, Blankstein R. Detection of Myocardial Inflammation by T2-weighted Imaging on Cardiac MRI versus FDG PET Among Patients with Suspected Cardiac Sarcoidosis. , 22nd Annual Scientific Session of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology: 2017

Bravo PE, Fujijura K, Kijewski MF, Jacob S, Sticka W, Dubey S, Belanger A, Park M, Di Carli MF, Falk RH, Dorbala S. Apical Sparing of Longitudinal Strain Cannot be Explained by Regional Differences in Florbetapir Retention in Cardiac Amyloidosis. ASNC, 22nd Annual Scientific Session. , 22nd Annual Scientific Session of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology: 2017

Bravo PE, Raghu G, Rosenthal DG, Elman S, Petek BJ, Soine LA, Maki JH, Branch KR, Masri SC, Patton KK, Caldwell JH, Krieger EV Risk assessment of patients with clinical manifestations of cardiac sarcoidosis with positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging , International Journal of Cardiology, 15(241): 2017,457-462

Gupta A, Taqueti VR, van de Hoef TP, Bajaj NS, Bravo PE, Murthy VL, Osborne MT, Seidelmann SB, Vita TS, Bibbo CF, Harrington M, Hainer J, Rimoldi O, Dorbala S, Bhatt DL, Blankstein R, Camici PG, Di Carli MF Integrated Non-invasive Physiological Assessment of Coronary Circulatory Function and Impact on Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease , Circulation, 136(24): 2017,2325-2336

Bravo PE, Di Carli MF, Dorbala S Role of PET to evaluate coronary microvascular dysfunction in non-ischemic cardiomyopathies , Heart Failure Reviews, 22(4): 2017,455-464

Bravo PE, Dorbala S. Targeted Nuclear Imaging Probes for Cardiac Amyloidosis. , Current Cardiology Reports, 19(7): 2017,59

Bravo PE, Taqueti VR Cardiac MRI vs. PET for the Evaluation of Cardiac Sarcoidosis: Consider MRI First , American College of Cardiology: 2017

Bravo PE, Tahari A, Pozios I, Luo HC, Bengel FM, Wahl RL, Abraham MR, Abraham TP Apparent Left Ventricular Cavity Dilatation during PET/CT in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Clinical Predictors and Potential Mechanisms , Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, 23(6): 2016,1304-1314

Seidelmann SB, Claggett B, Bravo PE, Gupta A, Farhad H, Klein BE, Klein, R, Di Carli MF, Solomon SD Retinal Vessel Calibers in Predicting Longterm Cardiovascular Outcomes: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study , Circulation, 134(18): 2016,1328-1338

Okada DR, Bravo PE, Vita T, Agarwal V, Osborne MT, Taqueti V, Skali H, Chareonthaitawee P, Dorbala S, Stewart G, Di Carli M, Blankstein R. Isolated cardiac sarcoidosis: A focused review of an under-recognized entity , J Nucl Cardiol, 25(4): 2016,1136-1146

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