Education and certification on heart failure of the H eart F ailure A ssociation of the E uropean S ociety of C ardiology

European Journal of Heart FailureVolume 24, Issue 2 p. 249-253 VIEWPOINT Education and certification on heart failure of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Wilfried Mullens, Corresponding Author Wilfried Mullens wilfried.mullens@zol.be Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg, Genk, Belgium Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University Hasselt, Biomedical Research Institute, Hasselt, Belgium Corresponding author. Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium, University Hasselt, Belgium. Tel: +32 89 327160, Fax: +32 89 327918, Email: wilfried.mullens@zol.beSearch for more papers by this authorAndrew Coats, Andrew Coats University of Warwick, Coventry, UKSearch for more papers by this authorPetar Seferovic, Petar Seferovic Universi Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, and Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences, Belgrade, SerbiaSearch for more papers by this authorMarco Metra, Marco Metra University of Brescia, Brescia, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorAlexandre Mebazaa, Alexandre Mebazaa Université de Paris, Inserm MASCOT, Paris, FranceSearch for more papers by this authorFrank Ruschitzka, Frank Ruschitzka UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Zürich, SwitzerlandSearch for more papers by this authorGerasimos Filippatos, Gerasimos Filippatos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens University Hospital, Attikon, GreeceSearch for more papers by this authorMaurizio Volterrani, Maurizio Volterrani IRCCS San Raffaele Roma, Rome, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorPiotr Ponikowski, Piotr Ponikowski Institute of Heart Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University and Institute of Heart Diseases, University Hospital, Wroclaw, PolandSearch for more papers by this authorEwa A. Jankowska, Ewa A. Jankowska Institute of Heart Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University and Institute of Heart Diseases, University Hospital, Wroclaw, PolandSearch for more papers by this authorOvidiu Chioncel, Ovidiu Chioncel Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases ‘Prof. C.C. Iliescu’, University of Medicine Carol Davila, Bucharest, RomaniaSearch for more papers by this authorTheresa A. McDonagh, Theresa A. McDonagh King's College Hospital, London, UKSearch for more papers by this authorMassimo F. Piepoli, Massimo F. Piepoli Heart Failure Unit, Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Piacenza and University of Parma, Piacenza, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorDavor Milicic, Davor Milicic Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Zagreb School of Medicine & University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, CroatiaSearch for more papers by this authorThomas Thum, Thomas Thum Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies (IMTTS), Hannover Medical School, Hannover, GermanySearch for more papers by this authorLoreena Hill, Loreena Hill School of Nursing & Midwifery, Queen's University, Belfast, UKSearch for more papers by this authorMagdy Abdelhamid, Magdy Abdelhamid Faculty of Medicine, Kasr Al Ainy, Department of Cardiology, Cairo University, Giza, EgyptSearch for more papers by this authorStamatis Adamopoulos, Stamatis Adamopoulos Heart Failure and Transplant Unit, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, GreeceSearch for more papers by this authorYuri Belenkov, Yuri Belenkov Sechenov University, Moscow, RussiaSearch for more papers by this authorTuvia Ben Gal, Tuvia Ben Gal Heart Failure Unit, Cardiology Department, Rabin Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, IsraelSearch for more papers by this authorMichael Böhm, Michael Böhm Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Saarland University, Kardiologie, Angiologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin, Homburg/Saar, GermanySearch for more papers by this authorAlain Cohen-Solal, Alain Cohen-Solal Paris University, UMR-S 942, Cardiology, Lariboisiere Hospital, APHP, Paris, FranceSearch for more papers by this authorFinn Gustafsson, Finn Gustafsson Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkSearch for more papers by this authorTiny Jaarsma, Tiny Jaarsma Department of Health, Medicine and Care, Linköping University, Sweden and Julius Center, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this authorBrenda Moura, Brenda Moura Armed Forces Hospital, Porto, and Faculty of Medicine of Porto, Porto, PortugalSearch for more papers by this authorAmina Rakisheva, Amina Rakisheva Cardiology Department, Scientific Institute of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Almaty, KazakhstanSearch for more papers by this authorArsen Ristic, Arsen Ristic Universi Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, and Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences, Belgrade, SerbiaSearch for more papers by this authorAntonio Bayes-Genis, Antonio Bayes-Genis Heart Institute, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, SpainSearch for more papers by this authorSophie Van Linthout, Sophie Van Linthout Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité - Universitätmedizin Berlin, BIH Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), Berlin, Germany German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Berlin, Berlin, GermanySearch for more papers by this authorStefan D. Anker, Stefan D. Anker Department of Cardiology (CVK); and Berlin Institute of Health Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT); German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) partner site Berlin; Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, GermanySearch for more papers by this authorCarlo Gabriele Tocchetti, Carlo Gabriele Tocchetti Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), Interdepartmental Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CIRCET), Interdepartmental Hypertension Research Center (CIRIAPA); Federico II University, Naples, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorYury Lopatin, Yury Lopatin Volgograd State Medical University, Regional Cardiology Centre, Volgograd, Russian FederationSearch for more papers by this authorLars Lund, Lars Lund Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Department of Cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenSearch for more papers by this authorGianluigi Savarese, Gianluigi Savarese Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Department of Cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenSearch for more papers by this authorJelena Čelutkienė, Jelena Čelutkienė Clinic of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, LithuaniaSearch for more papers by this authorMartin Cowie, Martin Cowie Royal Brompton Hospital, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Trust & Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, London, UKSearch for more papers by this authorEkaterini Lambrinou, Ekaterini Lambrinou Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, CyprusSearch for more papers by this authorRobin Ray, Robin Ray St George's Hospital, University London, London, UKSearch for more papers by this authorMitja Lainscak, Mitja Lainscak Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital, University of Ljubljana, Murska Sobota, SloveniaSearch for more papers by this authorHadi Skouri, Hadi Skouri Division of Cardiology, Internal Medicine Department, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, LebanonSearch for more papers by this authorMarkus Wallner, Markus Wallner Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, AustriaSearch for more papers by this authorGiuseppe M.C. Rosano, Giuseppe M.C. Rosano St George's University Medical School of London, London, UKSearch for more papers by this author Wilfried Mullens, Corresponding Author Wilfried Mullens wilfried.mullens@zol.be Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg, Genk, Belgium Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University Hasselt, Biomedical Research Institute, Hasselt, Belgium Corresponding author. Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium, University Hasselt, Belgium. Tel: +32 89 327160, Fax: +32 89 327918, Email: wilfried.mullens@zol.beSearch for more papers by this authorAndrew Coats, Andrew Coats University of Warwick, Coventry, UKSearch for more papers by this authorPetar Seferovic, Petar Seferovic Universi Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, and Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences, Belgrade, SerbiaSearch for more papers by this authorMarco Metra, Marco Metra University of Brescia, Brescia, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorAlexandre Mebazaa, Alexandre Mebazaa Université de Paris, Inserm MASCOT, Paris, FranceSearch for more papers by this authorFrank Ruschitzka, Frank Ruschitzka UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Zürich, SwitzerlandSearch for more papers by this authorGerasimos Filippatos, Gerasimos Filippatos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens University Hospital, Attikon, GreeceSearch for more papers by this authorMaurizio Volterrani, Maurizio Volterrani IRCCS San Raffaele Roma, Rome, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorPiotr Ponikowski, Piotr Ponikowski Institute of Heart Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University and Institute of Heart Diseases, University Hospital, Wroclaw, PolandSearch for more papers by this authorEwa A. Jankowska, Ewa A. Jankowska Institute of Heart Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University and Institute of Heart Diseases, University Hospital, Wroclaw, PolandSearch for more papers by this authorOvidiu Chioncel, Ovidiu Chioncel Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases ‘Prof. C.C. Iliescu’, University of Medicine Carol Davila, Bucharest, RomaniaSearch for more papers by this authorTheresa A. McDonagh, Theresa A. McDonagh King's College Hospital, London, UKSearch for more papers by this authorMassimo F. Piepoli, Massimo F. Piepoli Heart Failure Unit, Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Piacenza and University of Parma, Piacenza, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorDavor Milicic, Davor Milicic Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Zagreb School of Medicine & University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, CroatiaSearch for more papers by this authorThomas Thum, Thomas Thum Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies (IMTTS), Hannover Medical School, Hannover, GermanySearch for more papers by this authorLoreena Hill, Loreena Hill School of Nursing & Midwifery, Queen's University, Belfast, UKSearch for more papers by this authorMagdy Abdelhamid, Magdy Abdelhamid Faculty of Medicine, Kasr Al Ainy, Department of Cardiology, Cairo University, Giza, EgyptSearch for more papers by this authorStamatis Adamopoulos, Stamatis Adamopoulos Heart Failure and Transplant Unit, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, GreeceSearch for more papers by this authorYuri Belenkov, Yuri Belenkov Sechenov University, Moscow, RussiaSearch for more papers by this authorTuvia Ben Gal, Tuvia Ben Gal Heart Failure Unit, Cardiology Department, Rabin Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, IsraelSearch for more papers by this authorMichael Böhm, Michael Böhm Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Saarland University, Kardiologie, Angiologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin, Homburg/Saar, GermanySearch for more papers by this authorAlain Cohen-Solal, Alain Cohen-Solal Paris University, UMR-S 942, Cardiology, Lariboisiere Hospital, APHP, Paris, FranceSearch for more papers by this authorFinn Gustafsson, Finn Gustafsson Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkSearch for more papers by this authorTiny Jaarsma, Tiny Jaarsma Department of Health, Medicine and Care, Linköping University, Sweden and Julius Center, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this authorBrenda Moura, Brenda Moura Armed Forces Hospital, Porto, and Faculty of Medicine of Porto, Porto, PortugalSearch for more papers by this authorAmina Rakisheva, Amina Rakisheva Cardiology Department, Scientific Institute of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Almaty, KazakhstanSearch for more papers by this authorArsen Ristic, Arsen Ristic Universi Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, and Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences, Belgrade, SerbiaSearch for more papers by this authorAntonio Bayes-Genis, Antonio Bayes-Genis Heart Institute, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, SpainSearch for more papers by this authorSophie Van Linthout, Sophie Van Linthout Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité - Universitätmedizin Berlin, BIH Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), Berlin, Germany German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Berlin, Berlin, GermanySearch for more papers by this authorStefan D. Anker, Stefan D. Anker Department of Cardiology (CVK); and Berlin Institute of Health Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT); German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) partner site Berlin; Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, GermanySearch for more papers by this authorCarlo Gabriele Tocchetti, Carlo Gabriele Tocchetti Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), Interdepartmental Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CIRCET), Interdepartmental Hypertension Research Center (CIRIAPA); Federico II University, Naples, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorYury Lopatin, Yury Lopatin Volgograd State Medical University, Regional Cardiology Centre, Volgograd, Russian FederationSearch for more papers by this authorLars Lund, Lars Lund Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Department of Cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenSearch for more papers by this authorGianluigi Savarese, Gianluigi Savarese Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Department of Cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenSearch for more papers by this authorJelena Čelutkienė, Jelena Čelutkienė Clinic of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, LithuaniaSearch for more papers by this authorMartin Cowie, Martin Cowie Royal Brompton Hospital, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Trust & Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, London, UKSearch for more papers by this authorEkaterini Lambrinou, Ekaterini Lambrinou Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, CyprusSearch for more papers by this authorRobin Ray, Robin Ray St George's Hospital, University London, London, UKSearch for more papers by this authorMitja Lainscak, Mitja Lainscak Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital, University of Ljubljana, Murska Sobota, SloveniaSearch for more papers by this authorHadi Skouri, Hadi Skouri Division of Cardiology, Internal Medicine Department, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, LebanonSearch for more papers by this authorMarkus Wallner, Markus Wallner Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, AustriaSearch for more papers by this authorGiuseppe M.C. Rosano, Giuseppe M.C. Rosano St George's University Medical School of London, London, UKSearch for more papers by this author First published: 11 January 2022 https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.2430Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume24, Issue2February 2022Pages 249-253 RelatedInformation