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Professor Peter J Schwartz

Italian Auxological Institute IRCCS, Milan (Italy)

Member of:

European Society of Cardiology
European Heart Rythm Association

Peter J. Schwartz, MD is the the Director of the Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias of Genetic Origin and of the Laboratory of Cardiovascular Genetics at the Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Milan, Italy. From 1995 to 2013, he was Professor and Chairman of Cardiology at the University of Pavia, Italy. His major areas of interest and expertise are the relationship between the autonomic nervous system and life-threatening arrhythmias, the long QT syndrome (LQTS), and risk stratification for sudden death. He received numerous prestigious awards, including named lectures. Since September 2020, Prof. Schwartz is the Associate Editor for Genetics of the European Heart Journal. Since January 2023, he is the Associate Editor for Sudden Cardiac Death and Risk Stratification of Europace. He is the author of more than 1600 publications; his current h-index is 142 (source: Scopus – July 16 2024) - 161 (source: Google Scholar – July 16 2024).

Sudden death in the family: how to deal with it

Event: EHRA 2023

Topic: Prevention

Session type: Case-Based Session

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Sudden cardiac arrest - European perspectives and solutions

Event: EHRA 2019

Topic: Pathophysiology and Mechanisms

Session type: Special Session

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Latest developments in inherited cardiac conditions

Event: EHRA 2019

Topic: Genetic Aspects of Arrhythmias

Session type: New ESC Guidelines

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Who really needs an implantable device in 2018 - And which one?

Event: ESC Congress 2018

Topic: Treatment

Session type: Symposium

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Expert Advice - Cutting-edge management of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC)

Event: ESC Congress 2018

Topic: Arrhythmias, General

Session type: Expert Session

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Cardiac mapping in experimental atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmias

Event: EHRA 2018

Topic: Arrhythmias, General – Diagnostic Methods

Session type: Symposium

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Sudden cardiac death: anticipation/prediction/action

Event: EHRA 2018

Topic: Sudden Death in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Session type: Symposium

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Genetics and cardiac arrhythmias

Event: ESC Congress 2017

Topic: Genetic aspects of arrhythmias

Session type: Rapid Fire Abstracts

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Electrocardiogram, Holter recordings and remote monitoring for preventing malignant ventricular arrhythmias

Event: EHRA EUROPACE - CARDIOSTIM 2017

Topic: ECG (Cardiac arrhythmias, non invasive)

Session type: How To ...

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