Contributors
- Stephan Achenbach
Department of Cardiology, University of Erlangen,
Erlangen, Germany.
Chapter 6
- Ibrahim Akin
Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Intensive
Care Unit, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
Chapter 31
- Tonje A. Aksnes
Department of Cardiology, Ullevaal University Hospital,
Oslo, Norway.
Chapter 13
- Stefan Anker
Department of Cardiology, Division of Applied Cachexia
Research, Charite, Campus Virchow-Klinikum,
Berlin, Germany.
Chapter 23
- Jean-Pierre Bassand
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Jean
Minjoz, Besancon, France.
Chapter 16
- Cristina Basso
Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Pathology,
Department of Medical-Diagnostic Sciences and Special
Therapies, University of Padua Medical School,
Padua, Italy.
Chapters 20 and 32
- Jeroen J. Bax
Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical
Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Chapter 3
- Juan Benezet
Department of Cardiology, Fundación Jiménez Díaz –
CAPIO, Madrid, Spain.
Chapter 28
- Jean-Jacques Blanc
Departement de Cardiologie, Hopital de la Cavale Blanche,
CHU de Brest, Brest Cedex, France.
Chapter 26
- Giacomo G. Boccuzzi
Unità di Cardiologia Invasiva, Ospedale San Giovanni
Bosco, Torino, Italy.
Chapter 33
- Michael Böhm
Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care
Medicine, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes,
Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Chapter 15a
- Henri Bounameaux
Professor of Medicine and Director of Division of
Angiology and Homeostasis, University Hospital of
Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Chapter 37
- Pascal Bousquet
Professor of Pharmacology, Laboratoire de Neurobiologie
et Pharmacologie Cardiovasculaire, Faculté de Médecine,
Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Chapter 11
- Günter Breithardt
Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Cardiology, Hospital
of the University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Chapter 30
- Michele Brignole
Head of Department, Arrhythmologic Centre, Department
of Cardiology, Ospedali del Tigullio, Lavagna, Italy.
Chapter 26
- Harry R. Büller
Professor and Chair, Department of Vascular Medicine,
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Chapter 37
- Paolo G. Camici
Professor of Cadiovascular Pathophysiology, Imperial
College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital,
London, UK.
Chapters 7 and 17
- A. John Camm
British Heart Foundation Professor of Clinical Cardiology,
Head of the Division of Cardiac and Vascular Sciences,
St. George’s University of London, London, UK.
Chapter 29
- Fausto Castriota
GVM Hospitals of Care and Research, Interventional
Cardio Angiology Unit, Cotignola (RA), Italy.
Chapter 36
- Domenico Corrado
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of
Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of
Padua, Padova, Italy.
Chapter 32
- Francesco Cosentino
Division of Cardiology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine,
University ‘La Sapienza’, Ospedale Sant’Andrea,
Rome, Italy.
Chapter 14
- Francisco G. Cosío
Chief Cardiology Service, Hospital Universitario
de Getafe, Madrid, Spain.
Chapter 2
- Filippo Crea
Professor of Cardiology, Director, Institute of Cardiology,
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
Chapter 17
- Alberto Cremonesi
GVM Hospitals of Care and Research, Interventional
Cardio Angiology Unit, Cotignola (RA), Italy.
Chapter 36
- Jean Dallongeville
Service d'Epidémiologie et Santé Publique, INSERM 744,
Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France.
Chapter 12
- Werner G. Daniel
Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Erlangen,
Erlangen, Germany.
Chapters 4 and 22
- Estêvão Carvalho de Campos Martins
GVM Hospitals of Care and Research, Interventional
Cardio Angiology Unit, Cotignola (RA), Italy.
Chapter 36
- Raffaele De Caterina
Director of University Cardiology Division, Università
degli, Studi di Chieti G D’Annunzio, Chieti, Italy.
Chapter 17
- Pim J. de Feyter
Department of Cardiology and Radiology, Erasmus
Medical Center, Erasmus University, Rotterdam,
The Netherlands.
Chapter 6
- John E. Deanfield
Head of Cardiothoracic Unit, Institute of Child Health,
University College London, London, UK.
Chapter 10
- Johan Denollet
Professor of Medical Psychology, Department of Medical
Psychology and Neuropsychology, Center of Research on
Psychology in Somatic diseases (CoRPS), Tilburg,
The Netherlands.
Chapter 35
- Carlo Di Mario
Royal Brompton Hospital & Imperial College,
London, UK.
Chapter 8
- Nicolas Diehm
Swiss Cardiovascular Center,
Division of Clinical and Interventional
Angiology, Inselspital, University of Bern,
Switzerland.
Chapter 36
- Hans-Christoph Diener
Department of Neurology and Stroke Center,
University Hospital Essen, Germany.
Chapter 15a
- Robert Dion
Head of Cardiac Surgery, ZOL–Campus St-Jan,
Genk, Belgium.
Chapter 21
- Lars Eckardt
Professor and Head of Department of
Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiology
and Angiology, University of Münster,
Münster, Germany.
Chapter 30
- Holger Eggebrecht
Department of Cardiology, West-German Heart Center
Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany.
Chapter 31
- Raimund Erbel
Head of Cardiology, University of Essen,
Essen, Germany.
Chapter 31
- Sabine Ernst
Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Brompton and Harefield
Hospital, London, UK.
Chapter 29
- Robert H. Fagard
Hypertension and Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Unit,
Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Faculty of
Medicine, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Chapter 13
- Gianluca Faggioli
Department of Vascular Surgery, Alma Mater Studiorum,
University of Bologna, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi,
Bologna, Italy.
Chapter 36
- Jerónimo Farré
Professor and Chairman, Department of Cardiology,
Fundación Jiménez Diaz – Capio, Universidad Autonoma
de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Chapter 28
- Frank A. Flachskampf
Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Erlangen,
Erlangen, Germany.
Chapters 4 and 22
- Pietro Francia
Division of Cardiology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine,
University ‘La Sapienza’, Ospedale Sant’Andrea,
Rome, Italy.
Chapter 14
- Nazzareno Galiè
Pulmonary Hypertension Center, Institute of
Cardiology, Bologna University Hospital, Bologna,
Italy.
Chapter 24
- Roy Gardner
Golden Jubilee, West of Scotland Heart Centre,
Glasgow, UK.
Chapter 23
- Mauro Gargiulo
Department of Vascular Surgery, Alma Mater Studiorum,
University of Bologna, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi,
Bologna, Italy.
Chapter 36
- Stephan Gielen
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Leipzig
– Heart Center, Department of Internal Medicine/
Cardiology, Leipzig, Germany.
Chapter 25
- Christianne J.M. Groot
Gynaecologist/Obstetrician, Department of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The
Netherlands.
Chapter 33
- Roger Hall
Professor of Cardiology, University of East Anglia;
Consultant Cardiologist, Norfolk and Norwich University
Hospital; Visiting Professor of Cardiology, Imperial
College School of Medicine; Honorary Consultant
Cardiologist, Hammersmith Hospital, UK.
Chapter 1
- Rainer Hambrecht
Professor of Medicine, Medical Director, Klinikum Links
der Weser, Department of Cardiology and Angiology,
Bremen, Germany.
Chapter 25
- Christian W. Hamm
Professor of Medicine and Medical Director, Kerckhoff
Klinik, Heart and Thorax Center, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
Chapter 16
- Axel Haverich
Head of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Hannover,
Hannover, Germany.
Chapter 31
- Otto M. Hess
Department of Cardiology, Universitätsklinik Inselspital,
Bern, Switzerland.
Chapter 18
- Guy R. Heyndrickx
Onze Lieve Ziekenhuis Cardiovascular Center Aalst,
Belgium.
Chapter 8
- Sanne Hoeks
Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Chapter 34
- Stefan Hohnloser
Professor of Medicine and Cardiology, J.W. Goethe
University, Department of Cardiology, Division of Clinical
Electrophysiology, Frankfurt, Germany.
Chapter 30
- Steve E. Humphries
Centre for the Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease, British
Heart Foundation Laboratories, Rayne Building, Royal
Free and University College London Medical School,
London, UK.
Chapter 9
- Bernard Iung
Cardiologist, Bichat Hospital, Paris, France.
Chapter 21
- Graham Jackson
Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, Guy’s and St Thomas’
NHS Trust, London, UK.
Chapter 15c
- Demosthenes G. Katritsis
Department of Cardiology, Athens Euroclinic, Athens,
Greece; Cardiothoracic Centre, Guy’s and St Thomas’
Hospitals, London, UK.
Chapter 38
- Philipp A. Kaufmann
Professor and Director of Cardiac Imaging, University
Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Chapter 7
- Paulus Kirchhof
Professor, Department of Cardiology and
Angiology, University Hospital Münster,
German Atrial Fibrillation competence
NETwork (AFNET), Universitätsklinikum
Münster, Münster, Germany.
Chapter 29
- Sverre E. Kjeldsen
Department of Cardiology, Ullevaal University Hospital,
Oslo, Norway.
Chapter 13
- Michel Komajda
Department of Cardiology, Pitie Salpetriere Hospital,
University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
Chapter 23
- Nina Kupper
Department of Medical Psychology and Neuropsychology,
Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic diseases
(CoRPS), Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Chapter 35
- Gaetano A. Lanza
Università Cattolica di Roma, Istituto di Cardiologia,
Rome, Italy.
Chapter 17
- Gregory Y.H. Lip
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Haemostasis
Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Unit, University
Department of Medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
Chapter 29
- Massimo Lombardi
Consultant, Head Magnetic Resonance Laboratory,
Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research
Council, Pisa, Italy.
Chapter 20
- Giuseppe Mancia
Clinica Medica, Ospedale San Gerardo, Universita di
Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
Chapter 13
- Alessandra Manes
Pulmonary Hypertension Center, Institute of Cardiology,
Bologna University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Chapter 24
- Heinrich Mattle
Department of Neurology, University Hospital Bern,
Bern, Switzerland.
Chapter 15a
- Hercules E. Mavrakis
Senior Registrar in Cardiology, Heraklion University
Hospital, Crete, Greece.
Chapter 27
- William McKenna
Department of Cardiology, The Heart Hospital,
London, UK.
Chapter 18
- John McMurray
BHF Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of
Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Chapter 23
- Folkert J. Meijboom
Pediatric and GUCH Cardiologist, Departments of
Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiology, University Medical
Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Chapter 10
- Linda G. Mellbin
Department of Cardiology, Karolinska University
Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Chapter 14
- Alessandro Mezzani
Fondatione Salvatore Maugeri, Division of Cardiology,
Veruno, Italy.
Chapter 25
- Helge Möllmann
Kerckhoff Klinik, Heart and Thorax Center,
Bad Nauheim, Germany.
Chapter 16
- Laurent Monassier
Professor of Pharmacology, Laboratoire de Neurobiologie
et Pharmacologie Cardiovasculaire, Faculté de Médecine,
Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Chapter 11
- Angel Moya
Department of Cardiology, Hospital General Vall
d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
Chapter 26
- Barbara J.M. Mulder
Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Chapter 10
- Carlo Napolitano
Molecular Cardiology Laboratories, IRCCS
Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Pavia, Italy; and
Cardiovascular Genetics, Leon Charney Division
of Cardiology, Langone Medical Center, New York
University School of Medicine, New York, USA.
Chapter 9
- Koen Nieman
Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center,
Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Chapter 6
- Christoph A. Nienaber
Head of Cardiology, Pulmonology and
Intensive Care Unit, University of Rostock,
Rostock, Germany.
Chapter 31
- Ambrosio Núñez
Cardiology Service, Hospital Universitario de Getafe,
Madrid, Spain.
Chapter 2
- José Palacios
Cardiology Service, Hospital 12 de Octubre,
Madrid, Spain.
Chapter 2
- Agustín Pastor
Cardiology Service, Hospital Universitario de Getafe,
Madrid, Spain.
Chapter 2
- Susanne S. Pedersen
Associate Professor, Department of Medical Psychology
and Neuropsychology, Center of Research on Psychology
in Somatic diseases (CoRPS), Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Chapter 35
- Antonio Pelliccia
Institute of Sports Medicine and Science, Rome, Italy.
Chapter 32
- Dudley J. Pennell
Professor of Cardiology, National Heart and Lung
Institute, Imperial College; and Director, Cardiovascular
MR Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK.
Chapter 5
- John Pepper
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Royal Brompton Hospital,
London, UK.
Chapter 21
- Joep Perk
Professor of Health Sciences, School of Human Sciences,
University of Kalmar, Kalmar, Sweden.
Chapter 12
- Mark Petrie
Golden Jubilee, West of Scotland Heart Centre,
Glasgow, UK.
Chapter 23
- Luc Piérard
Head of Cardiology, C.H.U. Du Sart-Tilman, Université
de Liège – Service De Cardiologie, Liège, Belgium.
Chapter 21
- Nico H.J. Pijls
Catharina University Hospital, Eindhoven,
The Netherlands.
Chapter 8
- Don Poldermans
Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Chapter 34
- Sanjay Prasad
Consultant Cardiologist, Cardiovascular Magnetic
Resonance Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, National
Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London,
London, UK.
Chapter 5
- Francesco Prati
San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Chapter 8
- Patrizia Presbitero
Chief of Interventional Cardiology Department,
Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Italy.
Chapter 33
- Silvia G. Priori
Molecular Cardiology Laboratories, IRCCS Fondazione
Salvatore Maugeri, Pavia, and Department of Cardiology
University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; and Cardiovascular
Genetics, Leon Charney Division of Cardiology, Langone
Medical Center, New York University School of Medicine,
New York, USA.
Chapter 9
- Frank E. Rademakers
Department of Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven,
Leuven, Belgium.
Chapter 5
- Andrew Remppis
Department of Internal Medicine, Divisions of
Nephrology and Cardiology, Ruperto-Carola University
Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Chapter 15b
- Eberhard Ritz
Department of Internal Medicine, Divisions of
Nephrology and Cardiology, Ruperto-Carola University
Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Chapter 15b
- Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink
Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical
Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Chapter 33
- Annika Rosengren
Professor, Department of Medicine, Sahlgrenska
Academy/Sahlgrenska University Hospital,
Gothenburg, Sweden.
Chapter 12
- José M. Rubio
Director, Arrhythmia Unit, Department of Cardiology,
Fundación Jiménez Díaz – CAPIO, Madrid, Spain.
Chapter 28
- Frank Ruschitzka
Department of Cardiology, Center for Heart Diseases,
University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Chapter 15, Chapter 15a
- Lars Rydén
Department of Cardiology, Karolinska University
Hospital, Stockholm.
Chapter 14
- Jaume Sagristà-Sauleda
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Hospital Universitari
Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
Chapter 19
- Hugo Saner
Professor of Medicine, Medical Director, Cardiovascular
Prevention and Rehabilitation, Department of Cardiology,
Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital, Berne,
Switzerland.
Chapter 25
- Irina Savelieva
Lecturer in Cardiology, Division of Cardiac and Vascular
Sciences, St. George’s University of London,
London, UK.
Chapter 29
- Sebastian M. Schellong
Head of Medical Division 2, Municipal Hospital
Friedrichstadt, Dresden, Germany.
Chapter 37
- Joanne D. Schuijf
Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical
Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Chapter 3
- Heinz-Peter Schultheiss
Professor and Director Cardiology and Pulmonology,
University Hospital Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany.
Chapter 18
- Udo P. Sechtem
Chief, Division of Cardiology, Robert-Bosch Hospital,
Stuttgart; and Associate Professor of Medicine and
Cardiology, University of Tübingen, Germany.
Chapter 5
- Iain Simpson
Consultant Cardiologist, Wessex Regional Cardiac Unit,
Southampton University Hospital, Southampton, UK.
- James Skipworth
Centre for the Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease, British
Heart Foundation Laboratories, Rayne Building, Royal
Free and University College London Medical School,
London, UK.
Chapter 9
- Jordi Soler-Soler
Professor of Cardiology, Universitat Autònoma de
Barcelona, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron,
Barcelona, Spain.
Chapter 19
- Andrea Stella
Department of Vascular Surgery, Alma Mater Studiorum,
University of Bologna, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi,
Bologna, Italy.
Chapter 36
- Richard Sutton
St Mary’s Hospital and Imperial College, London, UK.
Chapter 26
- Karl Swedberg
Department of Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital/
Ostra, Goteborg, Sweden.
Chapter 23
- Gaetano Thiene
Full Professor, Cardiovascular Pathology – Department
of Medical-Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies,
University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy.
Chapters 20 and 32
- William D. Toff
Senior Lecturer in Cardiology, University of Leicester,
Leicester, UK.
Chapter 27
- S. Richard Underwood
Professor of Cardiac Imaging, National Heart and Lung
Institute, Imperial College, Royal Brompton Hospital,
London, UK.
Chapter 7
- Alec Vahanian
Head of Cardiology, Bichat Hospital, Paris, France.
Chapter 21
- Marialuisa Valente
Full Professor, Pathological Anatomy – Department
of Medical-Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies,
University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy.
Chapter 20
- Nico R. Van de Veire
Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical
Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. Chapter 3
- Frans Van de Werf
Professor and Head of Department of Cardiology,
Gasthuisberg University Hospital, Leuven, Belgium.
Chapter 16
- Panos E. Vardas
Professor of Cardiology, University of Crete and Head
of the Cardiology Department, Heraklion University
Hospital, Crete, Greece.
Chapter 27
- Jens-Uwe Voigt
Professor of Cardiology, University of Leuven, Leuven,
Belgium.
Chapter 4
- Ernst E. van der Wall
Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical
Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Chapter 3
- Michael M. Webb-Peploe
Cardiothoracic Centre, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals,
London, UK.
Chapter 38
- Hein J.J. Wellens
Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht,
The Netherlands.
Chapter 28
- Robert Yates
Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.
Chapter 10
- Faiez Zannad
Chairman, ESC Working Group on Pharmacology and
Drug Therapy; Professor of Therapeutics and Cardiology,
Director, Clinical Investigation Center INSERM; Head,
Heart Failure and Hypertension Unit, Department of
Cardiology, CHU and University Henri Poincaré, Nancy,
France.
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