Edited by Stephan Gielen, University Centre and Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Halle (Saale), Germany, Guy De Backer, Division of Cardiology, University of Ghent, Belgium, Massimo Piepoli, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, UK, and David Wood, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, UK
Stephan Gielen is an Associate Professor, Head of the Heart Failure Programme and an interventional cardiologist at the Heart Centre of the University of Leipzig. He is President-elect of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology, Speaker of the Working Group of Preventive Cardiology of the German Society of Cardiology, and Vice Speaker of the Working Group on Cardiac Diseases in the Elderly. After his medical education at the University of Bochum, Germany, Harvard Medical School, Boston, and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, US, he started his internship at Heidelberg University before moving to Leipzig in 1997. There he joined the research group of Professor Rainer Hambrecht, focusing on the pathophysiology of exercise intolerance in chronic heart failure (CHF) and exercise interventions in stable CHF patients.
Guy De Backer graduated as medical doctor at Ghent University in 1968. He holds a special degree in cardiology and in cardiac rehabilitation and he was awarded with an additional degree in public health. From 1973 until 1988 he was a permanent research fellow at the National Fund for Scientific Research (Belgium). In 1979 he was awarded with a PhD in epidemiology at Ghent University. From 1988 onwards he was professor of medicine at Ghent University chairing the Department of Public Health from 1989-2009 and the Cardiac Rehabilitation center of the University Hospital from 1983-2009. He is the author or co-author of more than 405 publications in journals cited in SCI, SSCI or AHCI, 120 papers in other journals and more than 40 chapters in books. Guy De Backer is a member and the past-chairman of the Superior Health Council in Belgium (1996-2009) and a member and the past-president of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium (2007-2010).
Professor Massimo F Piepoli is a Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at Imperial College.
David Wood is the Garfield Weston Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the International Centre for Circulatory Health, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist to Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. With a special interest in prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD), Professor Wood has developed Guidelines on CVD prevention for the World Health Organisation, European Society of Cardiology and the British Cardiovascular Society. He has contributed to policy development through the European Heart Health Initiative, leading to the St Valentines Day declaration on CVD Prevention, and subsequently the European Heart Health Charter, which aims to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease through political advocacy.
Simon Capewell, The Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, The University of Liverpool, UK
Torben Jorgensen, The Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Glostrup University Hospital, Denmark
Susanna Sans, Institute for Health Studies,Spain
Martin O'Flaherty, Division of Public Health, University of Liverpool, UK
Daniel Teupser, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, University of Munich, Germany
Ulf Landmesser, University Hospital Zurich, Department of Cardiology, Zürich, Switzerland
Wolfgang Koenig, The Department of Internal Medicine II-Cardiology, University of Ulm Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
Marco Cattaneo, Medicina 3, San Paolo Hospital, Department of Health Science, University of Milan. Milan, Italy
Ekean M. Faioni, Medicina 3, San Paolo Hospital, Department of Health Science, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Ian Graham, Charlemont Clinic, Dublin, Ireland
Theresa Cooney, Department of Cardiology, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Dirk de Bacquer, Department of Public Health, University of Ghent, Gent, Belgium
Uwe Nixdorff, European Prevention Center, Medical Center Düsseldorf, Germany
Pompillio Faggiano, Santa Maria degli Angeli Hospital, Pordenone, Italy
Eike Nagel, Department of Cardiovascular Imaging, King's College London, UK
Stephan Achenbach, Department of Cardiology, University of Erlangen, Nurnberg,Germany
Jose Zamorano, University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
Sara Fernandez, University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
Diego Vannuzzo, Cardiovascular Prevention Centre, Udine, Italy
Simona Giampaoli, Director of Research, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
Massimo Piepoli, Heart Failure Unit, Cardiac Department, G Da Saliceto Hospital, Piacenza, Italy
Helmut Gohike, Department of Cardiology, Bad Krozingen Heart-Center, Germany
Pantaleo Giannuzzi, University of S. Maugeri Foundation, IRCCS, Veruno, Italy
Christian Albus, Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Colonge, Germany
Christoph Hermann-Lingen, University of Göttingen, Germany
Charlotta Pisinger, Department of Development and Health, Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
Serena Tonstad, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, California, USA
Jean Dallongeville, Department of Atherosclerosis, University of Lille, France
Monique Verscheuren, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Deborah Lycett, UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies, University of Birmingham, UK
Stephan Gielen, University Clinics of the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle(Saale), Germany
Alassandro Mezzani, S. Maugeri Foundation, Veruno Scientific Institute, Veruno, Italy
Dabiel Forman, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA
Joseph Niebauer, University Institute of Preventive and Rehabilitative Sports Medicine, University of Salzburg, Austria
Lucien Vanhees, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Leuven, Belgium
Gabriele Riccardi, University of Naples Federico II, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Italy
Robert Fagard, Hypertension and Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Unit, University of Leuven, Belgium
Renata Cifkova, Center for Cardiovascular Prevention, Thomayer University Hospital, Vídenská, Czech Republic
Guiseppe Mancia, Medical Clinic, University of Milano-Bicocca, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
Zeljko Reienr, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Croatia
Olov Wiklund, Wallenberg Laboratory for Cardiovascular Research, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
John Betteridge, University College London Hospitals, London, UK
Jaako Tuomilehto, Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland
Andre Scheen, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Liege, Belgium
Lars Ryden, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Kurt Huber, Wilhelminenspital, Wien, Austria
Joao Morais, Santo Andre´s Hospital, Porto, Portugal
Thores Thoerell, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Chantal Brisson, Saint-Sacrement Hospital, Québec, Canada
Johan DeSutter, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ghent, Belgium
Miguel Mendes, Heart Institute, Carnaxide (Linda-a-Velha), Portugal
Oscar Franco, Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Centre,Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Pantaleo Giannuzzi, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, Institute of Hospitalization and Scientific Care, Veruno, Italy
Ugo Corra, Division of Cardiology, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, Veruno, Italy
Bernard Rauch, Institute for Heart Attack Research, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Heinz Voller, Center of Rehabilitation Research, University of Potsdam, Germany
Jean-Paul Schmid, Swiss Cardiovascular Centre Bern, University Hospital (Inselspital), Bern, Switzerland
Bernard Schwaab, Medical Teaching Hospital, University of Lübeck, Germany
