List of contributing centers

List of contributing centers (per country)

The consortium includes currently 26 centers from 17 countries in 5 continents with more than 8,000 cases

 

Argentina

  • Instituto de Cardiología, Sanatorio Británico SA, Rosario / Dr. D. Piskorz

Austria

  • Cardiology Department, Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen, Wels/ Dr. T. Weber & co-researchers [Dr. Arminger (Wels) & Dr. Froschauer (Wels) & Dr. Höglinger “Hasenfit” & Dr. Fitscha]
  • Therapiezentrum Justuspark, Bad Hall / Dr. C. Hamm & Dr. B. Reininghaus

Brazil

  • Centro Universitario CESMAC, Alagoas / Dr. M.A. Mota Gomes   &   State University of Rio de Janeiro / Dr. A. Brandao 

Canada

  • Centre de Recherche Du CHU de Québec – Université Laval, Québec City / Dr. M. Agharazii & K. Duval & Dr. K. Marquis

China

  • Centre for Vascular Evaluations, Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine / Dr. Y. Li
  • Department of Cardiology Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine / Dr. Y. Zhang

France

  • Diagnosis and Therapeutic Center, Hotel Dieu; AP-HP; University Paris Descartes / Dr. J. Blacher

Greece

  • Cardiovascular Prevention  & Research Unit, Clinic & Laboratory of Pathophysiology Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences National and Kapodistrian University of Athens / Dr. A.D. Protogerou & Dr. A. Argyris & Dr. P.P. Sfikakis
  • First Department of Cardiology, Hipapokration General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens / Dr. Ch. Vlachopoulos & Dr. D. Terentes-Printzios
  • 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki / Dr. S. Douma & E. Gkaliagkousi & A. Lazaridis

Hungary

  • Department of Family Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest / Dr. J. Nemcsik

Italy

  • University Milano-Bicocca, Niguarda, ASST GOM Niguarda Hospital, Milan / Dr. Ch. Gianattassio & Dr. A. Malorbeti

  • – Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
    – Unit of Internal Medicine, Terni University Hospital, Terni, Italy
    Dr. G. Pucci

  • Centro per la Prevenzione e Cura dell’ipertensione Arteriosa, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia and ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia / Dr. M.L. Muiesan & Dr. A. Paint et Dr. M.Salvetti

Japan

  • Jichi Medical University / Dr. K. Kario & Dr. H. Mizuno

Lebanon

  •  Lebanese American University School of Medicine, Byblos & University Medical Center-Rizk Hospital, Division of Nephrology and Transplantation / Dr. S. Aoun

Poland

  • Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatric Cardiology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland / Dr. P. Jankowski

Portugal

  • Coimbra Health School / Dr. T. Pereira

South Africa

  • North-West University / Dr. A. Schutte

Spain 

  • Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, Hospital de Sagunto, Valencia, / Dr. E.R. Sala
  • Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid/IdiPAZ and CIBER in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid / Dr. J.R. Banegas & Dr. J.J. Cruz & Dr. A. Graciani
  • Hospital Mutua Terrassa, University of Barcelona / Dr. A. de la Sierra

Tasmania

  • UTas Menzies – Hobart / Dr. J. Sharman

United Kingdom

  • Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff / Dr. B. McDonell
  • Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (EMIT), Addenbrooke´s Hospital, University of Cambridge / Dr. C.M. McEniery & Dr. I. Wilkinson