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Welcome to the European Society of Cardiology. Our mission: to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease in Europe
 

National Topic Expert

Find out the role of your national topic expert

Topic experts are involved in dissemination and implementation actions of ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines

The topic expert is proposed by the National Guidelines Coordinator (NGC) for a specific ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines

His/her main roles and actions are:

  • Role in dissemination and implementation actions of ESC Guidelines in his/her area of expertise, in conjunction with the NGC.
  • Report regularly to NGC on past and future activities.
  • Main responsabilities defined by any activities that may help ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines dissemination such as
    • Translation of ESC Pocket Guidelines with NGC
    • Creation and/or translation of educational materials, such as essemtn messages, clinical cases, MCQs...
    • Scientific sessions during national congresses with NGC and National Cardiac Societies Board.
    • Webcasts available in the National Cardiac Societies web sites with NGC

Interventional Cardiology Experts

Aurel Demiraj (Albania),
Franz Weidinger (Austria),
Farid Aliyev (Azerbaijan),
Viachaslau Yanushka (Belarus),
Ibrahim Terzic (Bosnia and Herzegovina),
Vallery Gelev (Bulgaria),
Aleksander Ernst (Croatia),
Jaan Eha (Estonia),
Peep Laanmets (Estonia),
Michel Pansieri (France),
Uwe Zeymer (Germany),
George Bombotis (Greece),
Amit Segev (Israel),
Endrejs Erglis (Latvia),
Ziyad Ghazal (Lebanon),
Olivia Gustiene (Lithuania),
Bruno Pereira (Luxembourg), 
Sasko Kedev (Macedonia),
Ion Popovici (Moldavia),
Cherif Abdelkhirane (Morocco),
Vernon Bonarjee (Norway),
Jorge Mimoso (Portugal),
Branko Beleslin (Serbia),
Jozef Pacak (Slovak Republic),
Radovan Starc (Slovenia),
Manuel Pan Alvarez Ossorio (Spain),
Kristina Hambraeus (Sweden),
Habib Gamra (Tunisia),
Murat Sezer (Turkey)

Rythmology Experts

Gabriele Jakl (Austria),
Tosho Balabanski (Bulgaria), 
Ondrej Toman (Czech Republic),
Axel Brandes (Denmark),
Henrik Kjærulf Jensen (Denmark),
Amr Zaki (Egypt),
Edward Keelan (Ireland),
Maurizio Landolina (Italy),
Kristine Jubele (Latvia)
Ghassan Kiwan (Lebanon),
Arnljot Tveit (Norway),
Jacek Gajek (Poland),
Anna Fijalkowska (Poland),
Lazar Angelkov (Serbia),
Peter Hlivak (Slovak Republic),
Andrej Pernat (Slovenia),
Bor Antolic (Slovenia),
Leif Friberg (Sweden),
Juerg Schlaepfer (Switzerland),
Sedat Kose (Turkey),
Andrew Rankin (UK),
Oleg Sychov (Ukraine)

CVD Prevention Experts

List of National CVD Prevention Coordinators (NCPC)