Prof. Bernard Paelinck FESC is a staff member in the dept. of cardiac surgery and cardiology of the Antwerp University Hospital. His clinical activities are focused on non-invasive cardiac imaging including echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. He was fellow in echocardiography at the Academic Hospital Rotterdam (1997) and in cardiovascular magnetic resonance at the Leiden University Medical Center (2000 -2003). He was president of the Working Group on Non Invasive Cardiac Imaging of the Belgian Society of Cardiology (2013-2014). He is involved in many research projects including percutaneous and minimally invasive surgical valve procedures.