ESC - European Society of Cardiology
Europace (2018) 0, 1–30
doi:10.1093/europace/euy051
Bulent Gorenek (Chair)1*, Giuseppe Boriani2, Gheorge-Andrei Dan3,
Laurent Fauchier4, Guilherme Fenelon5, He Huang6, Gulmira Kudaiberdieva7,8,
Gregory Y.H. Lip9,10, Rajiv Mahajan11, Tatjana Potpara12, Juan David Ramirez13,
Marc A. Vos14, and Francisco Marin (Co-Chair)15
ESC Scientific Document Group: Carina Blomstrom-Lundqvist16, Aldo Rinaldi17,
Maria Grazia Bongiorni18, Elena Sciaraffia19, Jens Cosedis Nielsen20,
Thorsten Lewalter21, Shu Zhang22, Oswaldo Gutie´rrez23, Abdel Fuenmayor24
1Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey; 2Cardiology Division, Department of Diagnostics, Clinical and Public Health Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio
Emilia, Policlinico di Modena, Modena, Italy; 3University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Colentina University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; 4Centre Hospitalier
Universitaire Trousseau et Universite´ Franc¸ois Rabelais, Tours, France; 5Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, S~ao Paulo, Brazil; 6Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan,
China; 7Adana, Turkey; 8Center for Postgraduate Education and Research, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; 9Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK;
10Aalborg Thrombosis Research Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark; 11The University of Adelaide, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Royal
Adelaide Hospital and SAHMRI, Adelaide, Australia; 12School of Medicine, Belgrade University; Cardiology Clinic, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia; 13Clinica
CardioVid, Medellın, Antioquia, Colombia; 14Umc Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; 15HU Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain; 16Department of Medical Science and
Cardiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; 17St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK; 18Santa Chiara University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 19Uppsala University Hospital,
Uppsala, Sweden; 20Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; 21Peter Osypka Heart Center, Munich, Germany; 22Beijing Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China; 23Hospital
Clinica Bblica, San Jose, Costa Rica; and 24Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Section, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University Hospital of The Andes, Avenida 16 de
Septiembre, Me´rida 5101, Venezuela