Victor A. Ferrari, MD
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Staff Echocardiographer, Cardiovascular Noninvasive Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia PA
Co-Director, Visiting Fellowship in Cardiac and Vascular Magnetic Resonance , Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Chair, Penn Cardiovascular Imaging Council, University of Pennsylvania Cardiovascular Medicine Division, Penn Cardiovascular Institute, and Department of Radiology
Department: Medicine
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
11-136 South Pavilion
3400 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
11-136 South Pavilion
3400 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 662-2912
Fax: (215) 615-3652
Fax: (215) 615-3652
Publications
Education:
B.S. (Electrical Engineering)
Drexel University, College of Engineering, Philadelphia, PA, Matriculated in five-year Cooperative Education Program., 1982.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1986.
Permanent linkB.S. (Electrical Engineering)
Drexel University, College of Engineering, Philadelphia, PA, Matriculated in five-year Cooperative Education Program., 1982.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1986.
Description of Research Expertise
Echocardiography, Cardiac MRI, Cardiac CTDescription of Clinical Expertise
Noninvasive cardiac imaging, ventricular remodeling, pulmonary hypertensionSelected Publications
Shuvaev VV, Tam YK, Lee BW, Myerson JW, Herbst A, Kiseleva RY, Glassman PM, Parhiz H, Alameh MG, Pardi N, Muramatsu H, Shuvaeva TI, Arguiri E, Marcos-Contreras OA, Hood ED, Brysgel TV, Nong J, Papp TE, Eaton DM, Riley R, Palanki R, Musunuru K, Brenner JS, Mitchell MJ, Ferrari VA, Mui BL, Semple SC, Weppler SA, Atluri P, Margulies KB, Weissman D, Muzykantov VR: Systemic delivery of biotherapeutic RNA to the myocardium transiently modulates cardiac contractility in vivo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122(29): e2409266122, July 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1073/pnas.2409266122.Fessehaie NA, Bediako H, Kallan MJ, Levin M, Adusumalli S, Bravo P, Pieretti J, Scherrer-Crosbie M, Ferrari VA, Denduluri S, Anyanwu E, Julien H, Eberly LA: Utilization rates and determinants of PYP and CMR among patients with unexplained left ventricular hypertrophy on echocardiography. International Journal of Cardiology Page: Epub ahead of print, June 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133562.
Oraii A, Hanumanthu BKJ, Petzl A, Liao TW, Afzalian A, Rodriguez-Queralto O, Chaumont C, Spears J, Markman TM, Hyman MC, Tschabrunn CM, Guandalini G, Enriquez A, Shivamurthy P, Kumareswaran R, Deo R, Ferrari VA, Riley MP, Lin D, Callans DJ, Supple GE, Schaller RD, Frankel DS, Garcia FC, Nazarian S, Dixit S, Marchlinski FE: Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with cardiac amyloidosis and sarcoidosis: procedural findings and outcomes. Europace 27(6): euaf100, June 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1093/europace/euaf100.
Ravindra K, Vanchiere C, Ferrari VA: A rare cause of constrictive pericarditis: Primary pericardial mesothelioma. Journal of the American College of Cardiology Case Reports 30(16): 103802, June 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2025.103802.
Fogel MA, Faerber JA, Mahmood A, Reddy K, Zhang X, Goldmuntz E, Harris MA, Biko D, Partington S, Paridon S, Mcbride M, Ferrari V, Whitehead KK, Mercer-Rosa L: Clinical outcome prediction model in Tetralogy of Fallot without pulmonary valve replacement using contraction fraction from the SCOUT-TOF Registry. Journal of the American Heart Association Page: 13:e037983, May 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1161/JAHA.124.037983.
Rodriguez-Queralto O, Chaumont C, Oraii A, Wasiak M, Lopez-Martinez H, Hu R, Ferrari VA, Stiffler JA, Marchlinski FE: Impact of right pulmonary vein anatomical variations on the phrenic nerve trajectory and pulmonary vein isolation strategy: Preprocedural imaging and 3D mapping insights. Heart Rhythm S1547-5271(25)00203-6, February 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.02.033.
Shiwani H, Davies RH, Topriceanu CC, Ditaranto R, Owens A, Raman B, Augusto J, Hughes RK, Torlasco C, Dowsing B, Artico J, Joy G, Miranda I, Witschey W, Rodriguez-Palomares JF, Badia-Molins C, Crotti L, Cortina-Borja M, Chuang ML, Kwong RY, Kramer CM, Manning W, Ho CY, Kellman P, Hughes AD, Biagini E, Mohiddin S, Lopes L, Litt H, Ferrari VA, Captur G, Moon JC; PRECISION-HCM Collaborative: Demographic-based personalized left ventricular hypertrophy thresholds for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy diagnosis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 85(7): 685-695, February 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2024.10.082.
Ge Y, Antiochos P, Bernhard B, Heydari B, Steel K, Bingham S, Mikolich JR, Arai AE, Bandettini WP, Patel AR, Shanbhag SM, Farzaneh-Far A, Heitner JF, Shenoy C, Leung SW, Gonzalez JA, Shah DJ, Raman SV, Ferrari VA, Schulz-Menger J, Stuber M, Simonetti OP, Kwong RY: Stress CMR perfusion imaging in the Medicare-eligible population: Insights from the SPINS study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging 18(1): 33-44, January 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2024.07.029.
Bernhard B, Ge Y, Antiochos P, Heydari B, Islam S, Santiuste NS, Steel KE, Bingham S, Mikolich JR, Arai AE, Bandettini WP, Patel AR, Shanbhag SM, Farzaneh-Far A, Heitner JF, Shenoy C, Leung SW, Gonzalez JA, Raman SV, Ferrari VA, Shah DJ, Schulz-Menger J, Stuber M, Simonetti OP, Kwong RY: Association of adverse clinical outcomes with peri-infarct ischemia detected by stress cardiac magnetic imaging. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 84(5): 417–429, July 2024 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.04.062.
Wayne N, Wu Q, Moore SC, Ferrari VA, Metzler SD, Guerraty MA: Multimodality assessment of the coronary microvasculature with TIMI frame count versus perfusion PET highlights coronary changes characteristic of coronary microvascular disease. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine 11: 1395036, June 2024 Notes: doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1395036.