Cardiac Rehabilitation

Edited by:   Ana Abreu (Senior Cardiologist Senior Cardiologist Cardiology Department Hospital Santa Maria Lisbon Portugal), Jean-Paul Schmid (Chief of Cardiology, Chief of Cardiology, Clinic Barmelweid, Barmelweid, Switzerland), Massimo Piepoli (Chief of the Heart Failure Unit, Chief of the Heart Failure Unit, Guglielmoda Saliceto Polichirugico Hospital, Piacenza, Italy)
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   1
Dimensions:   Height: 195mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 11mm
Weight:   248g
ISBN:   9780198849308
ISBN 10:   0198849303
Series:   The European Society of Cardiology Series
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   24 September 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Ana Abreu, Senior Cardiologist, Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Centre, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Centre of North Lisbon, Lisbon Medical School/Cardiovascular Centre of University of Lisbon, Portugal, Jean-Paul Schmid, Chief of Cardiology, Clinic Barmelweid, Barmelweid, Switzerland, Massimo Piepoli, Chief of the Heart Failure Unit, Guglielmoda Saliceto Polichirugico Hospital, Piacenza, Italy Ana Abreu was born in Lisbon and has a Medical Degree (1984) from Lisbon Medical School - University of Lisbon (FMUL), her Cardiology Fellowship (1987-92) and Consultant Degree (2002) followed. She was Coordinator of Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme, Hospital Santa Marta (2004-17). Now at Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitário Santa Maria, CHULN, Coordinator of the Prevention and Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Centre. She is also Assistant Professor of Cardiology and Coordinator of the Master Course on Cardiovascular Rehabilitation, FMUL, Director of the Cardiovascular Exercise and Rehabilitation Laboratory of CCUL, and Research Team Leader of Exercise and Cardiovascular Rehabilitation CCUL. She was Chair of the Exercise Pathophysiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation Section (2007-11; 2013-17), National Coordinator for Prevention of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology (SPC) and Chair of the Secondary Prevention and Cardiac Rehabilitation Section (2015-17) of EAPC. Jean-Paul Schmid After qualifying in medicine at the University in Lausanne, Switzerland, Prof. Jean-Paul Schmid moved to the Bern University Hospital to accomplish his fellowships in internal medicine and cardiology and then took up a teaching position in the cardiology department as chief of residents at the Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit. In 2010 he was promoted to a Professor of Cardiology by the Medical Faculty of the University of Bern and now holds the position of Head of the Cardiology department of the Clinic Barmelweid. He is a fellow of the European Society of Cardiology, former board member and president of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Section of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) as well as former Chair of the Congress Program Committee of the annual EAPC congressâ EuroPrevent. He has also served as president of the Swiss Working Group for Cardiovascular Prevention, Rehabilitation and Sports Cardiology, and is still a board member and secretary.