Doctor Andreas Xanthopoulos MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FHFA, FHFSA is an Assistant Professor of Cardiology 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.