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ESC Working Group on Pulmonary Circulation & Right Ventricular Function

The ESC Working Group on Pulmonary Circulation and Right Ventricular Function is an ever-expanding scientific community, composed of specialists with a multidisciplinary profile. Our interest, besides focusing on acute pulmonary embolism and pulmonary arterial hypertension, expands to other etiologies of pulmonary hypertension such as heart failure and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary vascular disease. Our main objective is to contribute to progress in basic science, translational and clinical research, and continuing medical education. We consider the interaction and collaboration with other working groups essential in order to complement and enrich our activity.

From here, we welcome and invite you to join us and participate in our scientific activities.

Aims and Activities

  • To promote knowledge and research in the field of the Pulmonary Circulation and Right Ventricular Function
  • To arrange educational meetings
  • To endorse the scientific content of relevant scientific meetings held by other learned societies
  • To work collaboratively with other learned societies in Task Forces to publish guidelines on Acute Pulmonary Embolism and Pulmonary Hypertension
  • To encourage the participation of members in the activities of the Working Group and the ESC
  • To maintain close working links with the Pulmonary Circulation and Pulmonary Vascular Disease Group of the European Respiratory Society, with special emphasis on organising joint meetings including a joint symposium at the ESC Annual Congress

Nucleus 2022-2024

Chairperson

Assoc Prof. George Giannakoulas
AHEPA University Hospital
Cardiology Department
Stilp. Kiriakidi 1 
546 36 Thessaloniki
Greece
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Chairperson-Elect

Dr. Erik Klok, FESC
Leiden University Medical Center
Department of Thrombosis and Hemostasis
LUMC, Room C-7-68
Albinusdreef 2
2300RC Leiden
The Netherlands
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Past-Chairperson 

Prof. Piotr Pruszczyk, FESC
Medical University In Warsaw
Internal Medicine And Cardiology
Lindleya 4
PL-02005 Warsaw
Poland
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Secretary & Communication Coordinator

Dr. Lukas Hobohm
Germany
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Treasurer

Assoc. Prof. Roberto Badagliacca
Italy
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Ordinary Nucleus members

Dr. Stefano Barco, FESC
Germany
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Assoc. Prof. Frances De Man
The Netherlands
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Dr. Ana Garcia-Alvarez
Spain
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Prof. Marcin Kurzyna
Poland
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Dr. Maria Lazaro Salvador
Spain
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Dr. Mark Toshner
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Dr. Marco Zuin
Italy
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Non-voting Nucleus members

Prof. Konstantinos Dimopoulos
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Prof. Stavros V Konstantinides
Germany
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Assoc. Prof. Goran Radegran
Sweden
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Prof. Stephan Rosenkranz
Germany
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Prof. Jean-Luc Vachiery
Belgium
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