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Doctor Luiz Eduardo Fonteles Ritt

Hospital Cardio Pulmonar, Salvador (Brazil)

Member of:

European Society of Cardiology

Dr Fonteles Ritt, MD, PhD is the Head for the Exercise Cardiology Department at Hospital Cardio Pulmonar in Salvador-Bahia-Brazil, where he also chief the Clinical Research Department. He is also Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Heatlh. Made his PhD in cardiology at Federal University of Sao Paulo when studied the role of CPX test in Chagas Cardiomyopathy. He did his cardiology and exercise cardiology fellow at Dante Pazzanese Cardiology Institute in Sao Paulo. In the research field he is dedicated to clinical research with focus on CPX test use for prognostic issues, sports cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation. He is the actual Scientific Director of the Exercise Cardiology Department (DERC) of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology.

Sexual activity and the heart: getting things right

Event: ESC Preventive Cardiology 2024

Topic: Cardiovascular Rehabilitation

Session type: Case-Based Session

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From functional evaluation to adapted ET

Event: ESC Preventive Cardiology 2023

Topic: Exercise Testing

Session type: Case-Based Session

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After an acute cardiovascular event: when to resume…?

Event: ESC Preventive Cardiology 2022

Topic: Treatment

Session type: Symposium

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