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Uma Mahesh
Prof Ewa Jankowska is Professor of Medicine and Head of Laboratory of Applied Research on Cardiovascular System at the Department of Heart Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland. Her clinical and research interests include the role of peripheral mechanisms in the progression of heart failure, co-morbidities in heart failure, and experimental model of tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy. … View more
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Cardio-oncology

 Job title: Associate Professor
Dr Edith Pituskin is a clinician scientist with a background in advanced practice nursing. Her research focuses on mitigating the detrimental effects of anti-cancer medicines on the cardiovascular system by early detection, prevention, and treatment. By doing this, she hopes to aid patients who have been diagnosed with cancer in living longer and better lives. View more
Hein J Wellens
Job title: Emeritus Professor of Cardiology
Dr Hein J Wellens is considered one of the founding fathers of the cardiology subspecialty known as clinical cardiac electrophysiology. Dr Wellens, known among European cardiologists as "the giant of Maastricht", has for many years been associated with the University of Limburg School of Medicine in Maastricht, Netherlands. At his department of cardiology, many future clinical cardiac… View more
Mario Marzilli
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Professor and Chairman of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Mario Marzilli has been Professor and Chairman of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Cardiothoracic Department of Pisa University Medical School (Italy) since 2007. He is also Director of the Post-Graduate School of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Pisa (from 2010). His research is focused on coronary pathophysiology, interventional cardiology, ischemic heart disease,… View more
Josep Brugada
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Medical Director
Section Chief of Arrhythmias at barnaclínic+ and Pediatric Hospital of Sant Joan de Déu. Senior consultant in Cardiology, Arrhythmias and Sudden Death at Hospital Clinic de Barcelona. Full Professor of Medicine at the Universitat de Barcelona. Past President of the European Heart Rhythm Association from 2006-2008 Dr Brugada discovered, treated and found the genetic cause (along with… View more
Antoni Bayés-Genís
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Head of the Cardiology Department
Dr Antoni Bayés-Genís is Professor of Cardiology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain and Head of the Cardiology Department at the University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona. Dr Bayés-Genís is also an expert on biomarker, including natriuretic peptides ST2 and neprilysin, having lectured on the subject at numerous international meetings and generated research data that… View more
NA Mark Estes III
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Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia

 Job title: Professor of Medicine & Director
Dr NA Mark Estes III is an accomplished Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and Director of the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellows Program at the Heart and Vascular Institute at UPMC. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with an undergraduate degree and was elected to AOA at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Dr. Estes completed his medical… View more
Frits Prinzen
Job title: Professor of Physiology
Personal History Prof Frits W. Prinzen was born July 2nd, 1954, in Hilversum, the Netherlands. He is a world expert in pacing therapies, both for bradycardia and heart failure.1 His other interests include running, skating, biking and hiking.5 Academic History In 1978, Prof Prinzen earned his Master's degree in Medical Biology from Utrecht University. In 1982, he received his PhD… View more
Statins and Insulin Resistance
Author(s): GM Sanvee , M Panajatovic , J Bouitbir , et al Added: 3 years ago
Statins are lipid-lowering drugs that are beneficial for the cardiovascular system. However, they are associated with skeletal muscle disorders and, recently, with insulin resistance and new-onset diabetes. To date, mechanisms underlying statin-induced insulin resistance are not fully elucidated. The goals of the study were to characterise effects of simvastatin on glucose metabolism and… View more

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