Research performed in the area of heart failure and acute coronary syndromes. Special area of interest is related to prognosis and risk reduction using echocardiography and large scale randomised, clinical trials. Secondly, I have a huge interest in cardiovascular epidemiology, and have published almost 500 peer reviewed papers, citated more than 10.000 times, and my H-index is above 50. Mentor for more than 25 PhD students, with the intention to stimulate the interest in continuing research.