Dr Giovanni Barbati is a Consultant Cardiologist at San Bortolo Hospital in Vicenza, Italy. He was graduated and specialized in Cardiology at University of Naples, and he was subspecialized in Intensive Cardiac Care at University of Florence. He has been certified as expert operator in transthoracic echocardiography by the Italian (SIECVI) and the European (EACVI) Society of Cardiovascular Imaging and in transoesophageal echocardiography by the Italian (SIECVI) and the European (EACVI) Society of Cardiovascular Imaging and he is also fully certified in acute cardiovascular care by the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association (ACCA) . He has the title of ACLS provider. His mainly fields of interest are intensive cardiac care and echocardiography, especially in critical area. He is member of Italian (SIC, ANMCO, SIECVI) and European (ESC, SIECVI, ACCA, HFA) Societies of Cardiology.