G. Breithardt, Prof.Dr. med Dr. (h.c.), FESC, FACC, FHRS
Dr. Breithardt received his medical education at the Universities of Tübingen, Vienna and Düsseldorf. He has been Professor and Head of Internal Medicine (Cardiology and Angiology), Hospital of the Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany since 1988. In 1991 he was also appointed at the Director of the Department Molecular Cardiology in the Institute of Arteriosclerosis Research at the Westfälische Wilhelms-University of Münster.
Dr. Breithardt's research interests include Cardiac Arrhythmias and Heart Failure and specifically Clinical Epidemiology; Electrophysiology; Antiarrhythmic drugs; Non-pharmacological Therapy; Sudden Cardiac Death; Risk Stratification; Molecular Genetics of Arrhythmias and Heart Failure; Molecular Genetic Models; Multi -Center Studies on Pharmacological and Electrical Therapy and Prophylaxis of Arrhythmias and Heart Failure. His other major research interest is Arteriosclerosis: Clinical Epidemiology; Cardiac and Extra-Cardiac Risk factors for Coronary Interventions; Functional and Molecular Imaging; Arteriosclerotic Plaques; Cell-cycle Regulation and Restenosis; Interventional Studies.
Dr. Breithardt served as President of the European Society of Cardiology from 1996-1998 and President of the German Cardiac Society from 1998-2001and is currently Chairman, National Network of Competence in Atrial Fibrillation; Scientific and Administrative Center at the University of Münster.
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