Thomas Lüscher, Professor of Cardiology, Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK

Professor Lüscher studied medicine at the University of Zurich and obtained the Swiss Board in internal medicine and cardiology, then trained at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, USA. In 1993-1996 he was Professor of Pharmacotherapy at the University of Basel, then trained in interventional
cardiology at the University of Bern to become Professor of Cardiology in 1996, before nominated as as Professor of Cardiology and Director of the University Heart Center and of the Center for Molecular Cardiology at the University of Zurich. He is now Director of Research, Education & Development
and Con-sulting Cardiologist at the Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals and Professor of Cardiology at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College and at Kings College in London. Professor Lüscher is an active general and interventional cardiologist with a broad clinical scope and large
experience in prevention, coronary and valvular heart disease, percutaneous interventions and heart failure.

1. Global Cardiovascular Risk, T.F. Lüscher and J.E. Deanfield
2. Arterial Hypertension, T.F. Lüscher, F. Beuschlein, and I. Sudano
3. Hypertensive Emergency, I. Sudano and M. Hermann
4. Dyslipidemia, T.F. Lüscher and François Mach
5. Metabolic Syndrome, R. Lehmann
6. Diabetes mellitus, R. Lehmann
7. Smoking cessation, I. Sudano
8. Nutrition, D. Fäh
9. Cardiac screening of sportsmen, C. Schmied and S. Sharma
10. Acute Chest Pain, T.F. Lüscher
11. Angina Pectoris, O.P. Guttmann, O. Gämperli, and A. Baumbach
12. INOCA (Ischemia with non-obstructive coronary arteries), J.-C. Kaski, J. Barton, and H. Al-Rubaye
13. Acute Coronary Syndromes, O.P. Guttmann, R. Binder, and A. Baumbach
14. Antithrombotic Therapy in Acute Coronary Syndrome, A. Baumbach, O. Gämperli, and R. Binder
15. Tako Tsubo Syndrome, C. Templin and J. Templin-Ghadri
16. Acute Aortic Syndrome, C. Nienaber
17. Aortic Aneurysm, C. Nienaber and M. Lachat
18. Carotid Stenosis, M. Roffi and R. Binder
19. Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke, A. Luft and T.F. Lüscher
20. Peripheral Arterial Disease, N. Cheshire and B. Amann-Vesti
21. Raynaud-Phenomen, B. Amann-Vesti
22. Peripheral Edema, B. Amann-Vesti
23. Acute Deep Vein Thrombosis, B. Amann-Vesti
24. Acute Pulmonary Embolism, S. Konstantinides
25. Pulmonary Hypertension, S. Ulrich
26. Atrial Tachycardias and Atrial Flutter, S. Guarguagli and S. Ernst
27. Atrial Fibrillation, S. Guarguagli and S. Ernst
28. Anticoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation, B. Reissmann and P. Kirchhoff
29. Indications for Pacemakers, S. Haldar
30. Indications for ICDs, J. A. Camm
31. Indications for electrode removal (PM and ICD), S. Haldar
32. Channelopathies and Sudden Cardiac Death, P. Schwartz and D. Keller
33. Acute Heart Failure, T.F. Lüscher and M. Metra
34. Chronic Heart Failure, J. Cleland and T.F. Lüscher
35. Cardiac Resynchronisationtherapy, G. Hindricks and A.S. Shamloo
36. (Peri-)Myokarditis, B. Heidecker, S. Prasad, and U. Eriksson
37. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, A. Pentazis
38. Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy, A. Saguner and H. Calkins
39. Grown-Ups with Congenital Heart Disease, M. Gatzoulis and P. Diller
40. Aortic Stenosis, F. Khan and S. Windecker
41. Mitralvalve, F. Maisano and M. Taramasso
42. Endokarditis, B. Prendergast, R. Büchel, and T.F. Lüscher
43. Preoperative Check-up prior to non-cardiac operations, C. Schmied, T.F. Lüscher, and S. Kristensen
44. Scores and Classifications, A. Davies