Dr. Maurizio Bertaina is a cardiologist at San Giovanni Bosco Hospital in Turin, Italy, working in the Cardiology Intensive Care Unit and Heart Failure service. He graduated in Cardiology at the University of Turin and subsequently completed a University Master’s Degree in Cardiac Intensive Care at the University of Padova, along with the Postgraduate Course in Heart Failure (PCHF) at Zurich University endorsed by the ESC Heart Failure Association. His clinical and research focus includes acute decompensated heart failure, cardiogenic shock, temporary mechanical circulatory support, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, chronic heart failure therapies and their impact on functional capacity, as well as pulmonary hypertension. He serves as Principal Investigator of multiple international observational studies and has participated as co-Principal Investigator in randomized controlled trials. He published extensively in international peer-reviewed journals and served as reviewer as well.