Doctor Andreas Xanthopoulos MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FHFA, FHFSA is currently working as a consultant cardiologist in the University Hospital of Larissa, Greece. His clinical activities include heart failure and intensive care. His research is focused on heart failure and he has successfully completed a fellowship in advanced heart failure (Kauffman Center for Heart Failure, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA). Dr Xanthopoulos has authored several papers and book chapters. He is a reviewer in several journals such as Circulation, Eur J Heart Fail, Am J Transplant, Eur J Prev Cardiol, Heart Fail Rev, Cardiovasc Diabetol, ESC Heart Fail, etc. He is a fellow of the European Society of Cardiology Association (FESC), Heart Failure Association of ESC (FHFA), American Colllege of Cardiology (FACC), Heart Failure Society of America (FHFSA) and a member of Hellenic Cardiological Society and European Association of Preventive Cardiology.