University of Copenhagen

Evan Bolyen, Jai Ram Rideout, Matthew R. Dillon, Nicholas A. Bokulich, Christian C. Abnet, Gabriel A. Al‐Ghalith, Harriet Alexander, Eric J. Alm, Manimozhiyan Arumugam, Francesco Asnicar, Yang Bai, Jordan E. Bisanz, Kyle Bittinger, Asker Brejnrod, Colin Brislawn, C. Titus Brown, Benjamin J. Callahan, Andrés Mauricio Caraballo‐Rodríguez, John Chase, Emily K. Cope, Ricardo Silva, Christian Diener, Pieter C. Dorrestein, Gavin M. Douglas, Daniel M. Durall, Claire Duvallet, Christian F. Edwardson, Madeleine Ernst, Mehrbod Estaki, Jennifer Fouquier, Julia M. Gauglitz, Sean M. Gibbons, Deanna L. Gibson, Antonio González, Kestrel Gorlick, Jiarong Guo, Benjamin Hillmann, Susan Holmes, Hannes Holste, Curtis Huttenhower, Gavin Huttley, Stefan Janssen, Alan K. Jarmusch, Lingjing Jiang, Benjamin D. Kaehler, Kyo Bin Kang, Christopher R. Keefe, Paul Keim, Scott T. Kelley, Dan Knights, Irina Koester, Tomasz Kościółek, Jorden Kreps, Morgan G. I. Langille, Joslynn S. Lee, Ruth E. Ley, Yongxin Liu, Erikka Loftfield, Catherine Lozupone, Massoud Maher, Clarisse Marotz, Bryan D Martin, Daniel McDonald, Lauren J. McIver, Alexey V. Melnik, Jessica L. Metcalf, Sydney Morgan, Jamie Morton, Ahmad Turan Naimey, José A. Navas-Molina, Louis‐Félix Nothias, Stephanie B. Orchanian, Talima Pearson, Samuel L Peoples, Daniel Petras, Mary L. Preuss, Elmar Pruesse, Lasse Buur Rasmussen, Adam R. Rivers, Michael S. Robeson, Patrick Rosenthal, Nicola Segata, Michael Shaffer, Arron Shiffer, Rashmi Sinha, Se Jin Song, John R. Spear, Austin D. Swafford, Luke Thompson, Pedro J. Torres, Pauline Trinh, Anupriya Tripathi, Peter J. Turnbaugh, Sabah Ul-Hasan, Justin J. J. van der Hooft, Fernando Vargas, Yoshiki Vázquez‐Baeza, Emily Vogtmann, Max von Hippel, William A. Walters

Giuseppe Mancia, Robert Fagard, Krzysztof Narkiewicz, Josep Redón, Alberto Zanchetti, Michael Böhm, Thierry Christiaens, Renata Cífková, Guy De Backer, Anna F. Dominiczak, Maurizio Galderisi, Diederick E. Grobbee, Tiny Jaarsma, Paulus Kirchhof, Sverre E. Kjeldsen, Stéphane Laurent, Athanasios J Manolis, Peter M. Nilsson, Luís M. Ruilope, Roland E Schmieder, Per Anton Sirnes, Peter Sleight, Margus Viigimaa, Bernard Waeber, Faı̈ez Zannad, Josep Redon, Anna F. Dominiczak, Krzysztof Narkiewicz, Peter M. Nilsson, Michel Burnier, Margus Viigimaa, Ettore Ambrosioni, Mark Caufield, António Coca, Michael Hecht Olsen, Roland E Schmieder, Costas Tsioufis, Philippe van de Borne, Jose Luis Zamorano, Stephan Achenbach, Helmut Baumgartner, Jeroen J. Bax, Héctor Bueno, Veronica Dean, Christi Deaton, Çetin Erol, Robert Fagard, Roberto Ferrari, David Hasdai, Arno W Hoes, Paulus Kirchhof, Juhani Knuuti, Philippe Kolh, Patrizio Lancellotti, Aleš Linhart, Petros Nihoyannopoulos, Massimo Piepoli, Piotr Ponikowski, Per Anton Sirnes, Juan Tamargo, Michał Tendera, Adam Torbicki, William Wijns, Stephan Windecker, Denis Clément, António Coca, Thierry Gillebert, Michał Tendera, Enrico Agabiti Rosei, Ettore Ambrosioni, Stefan D Anker, Johann Bauersachs, Jana Brguljan Hitij, Mark J. Caulfield, Marc De Buyzere, Sabina De Geest, Geneviève Dérumeaux, Serap Erdine, Csaba Farsang, Christian Funck‐Brentano, Vjekoslav Gerc, Giuseppe Germanò, Stephan Gielen, Herman Haller, Arno W Hoes, Jens Jordan, Thomas Kahan, Michel Komajda, Dragan Lović, Heiko Mahrholdt, Michael Hecht Olsen, Jan Östergren, Gianfranco Parati, Joep Perk, Jorge Polónia, Bogdan A Popescu, Zeljko Reiner, Lars Rydén, Yu.M. Sіrenko, Alice Stanton

Theresa A. McDonagh, Marco Metra, Marianna Adamo, Roy S. Gardner, Andreas Baumbach, Michael Böhm, Haran Burri, Javed Butler, Jelena Čelutkienė, Ovidiu Chioncel, John G.F. Cleland, Andrew J.S. Coats, María G. Crespo‐Leiro, Dimitrios Farmakis, Martine Gilard, Stéphane Heymans, Arno W. Hoes, Tiny Jaarsma, Ewa A. Jankowska, Mitja Lainščak, Carolyn S.P. Lam, Alexander R. Lyon, John J.V. McMurray, Alexandre Mebazaa, Richard Mindham, Claudio Muneretto, Massimo Piepoli, Susanna Price, Giuseppe Rosano, Frank Ruschitzka, Anne Kathrine Skibelund, ESC Scientific Document Group, Rudolf A. de Boer, P. Christian Schulze, Magdy Abdelhamid, Victor Aboyans, Stamatis Adamopoulos, Stefan D. Anker, Elena Arbelo, Riccardo Asteggiano, Johann Bauersachs, Antoni Bayés‐Genís, Michael A. Borger, Werner Budts, Maja Čikeš, Kevin Damman, Victoria Delgado, Paul Dendale, Polychronis Dilaveris, Heinz Drexel, Justin A. Ezekowitz, Volkmar Falk, Laurent Fauchier, Gerasimos Filippatos, Alan G. Fraser, Norbert Frey, Chris P Gale, Finn Gustafsson, Julie Harris, Bernard Iung, Stefan Janssens, Mariell Jessup, А. О. Конради, Dipak Kotecha, Ekaterini Lambrinou, Patrizio Lancellotti, Ulf Landmesser, Christophe Leclercq, Basil S. Lewis, Francisco Leyva, Aleš Linhart, Maja‐Lisa Løchen, Lars H. Lund, Donna Mancini, Josep Masip, Davor Miličić, Christian Mueller, Holger Nef, Jens Cosedis Nielsen, Lis Neubeck, Michel Noutsias, Steffen E. Petersen, Anna Sonia Petronio, Piotr Ponikowski, Eva Prescott, Amina Rakisheva, Dimitrios J. Richter, E. V. Schlyakhto, Petar Seferović, Michele Senni, Marta Sitges, Miguel Sousa‐Uva, Carlo G. Tocchetti, Rhian M. Touyz, Carsten Tschöepe, Johannes Waltenberger, Marianna Adamo, Andreas Baumbach, Michael Böhm, Haran Burri

Borja Ibáñez, Stefan James, Stefan Agewall, Manuel J. Antunes, Chiara Bucciarelli‐Ducci, Héctor Bueno, Alida L.P. Caforio, Filippo Crea, John Goudevenos, Sigrun Halvorsen, Gerhard Hindricks, Adnan Kastrati, Mattie Lenzen, Eva Prescott, Marco Roffi, Marco Valgimigli, Christoph Varenhorst, Pascal Vranckx, Petr Widimský, ESC Scientific Document Group, Jean-Philippe Collet, Steen Dalby Kristensen, Victor Aboyans, Andreas Baumbach, Raffaele Bugiardini, Ioan Mircea Coman, Victoria Delgado, Donna Fitzsimons, Oliver Gaemperli, Anthony Gershlick, Stephan Gielen, Veli-Pekka Harjola, Hugo A Katus, Juhani Knuuti, Philippe Kolh, Christophe Leclercq, Gregory Y.H. Lip, João Morais, Aleksandar Nešković, Franz-Josef Neumann, Alexander Niessner, Massimo Francesco Piepoli, Dimitrios J Richter, Evgeny Shlyakhto, Iain A Simpson, Philippe Gabríel Steg, Christian Juhl Terkelsen, Kristian Thygesen, Stephan Windecker, Jose Luis Zamorano, Uwe Zeymer, Stephan Windecker, Victor Aboyans, Stefan Agewall, Emanuele Barbato, Héctor Bueno, Antonio Coca, Jean-Philippe Collet, Ioan Mircea Coman, Veronica Dean, Victoria Delgado, Donna Fitzsimons, Oliver Gaemperli, Gerhard Hindricks, Bernard Iung, Peter Jüni, Hugo A Katus, Juhani Knuuti, Patrizio Lancellotti, Christophe Leclercq, Theresa McDonagh, Massimo Francesco Piepoli, Piotr Ponikowski, Dimitrios J Richter, Marco Roffi, Evgeny Shlyakhto, Iain A Simpson, Jose Luis Zamorano, Mohamed Chettibi, Hamlet Hayrapetyan, Bernhard Metzler, Firdovsi Ibrahimov, Volha Sujayeva, Christophe Beauloye, Larisa Dizdarevic-Hudic, Kiril Karamfiloff, Bosko Skoric, Loizos Antoniades, Petr Tousek, PetrChristian Juhl Terkelsen, Sameh Mohamad Shaheen, Toomas Marandi, Matti Niemelä, Sasko Kedev, Martine Gilard, Alexander Aladashvili, Albrecht Elsaesser, Ioannis Georgios Kanakakis, Béla Merkely, Thorarinn Gudnason

Authors/Task Force Members:, Joep Perk, Guy De Backer, H. Gohlke, Ian Graham, Željko Reiner, Monique Verschuren, Christian Albus, Pascale Benlian, G. Boysen, Renata Cífková, Christi Deaton, S. Ebrahim, Michael Fisher, Giuseppe Germanò, Richard Hobbs, A. Hoes, S. Karadeniz, Alessandro Mezzani, Eva Prescott, Lars Rydén, M. Scherer, Mikko Syvänne, Wilma J.M. Scholte op Reimer, Christian Vrints, David Wood, José Luis Zamorano, F Zannad, Other experts who contributed to parts of the guidelines:, Marie Therese Cooney, Jeroen J. Bax, H. Baumgartner, Claudio Ceconi, V. Dean, Christi Deaton, Robert Fagard, Christian Funck‐Brentano, David Hasdai, A. Hoes, Paulus Kirchhof, Juhani Knuuti, Philippe Kolh, Theresa A. McDonagh, Bruno Moulin, Bogdan A. Popescu, Z. Reiner, U Sechtem, P. A. Sirnes, Michał Tendera, Adam Torbicki, A. Vahanian, Stephan Windecker, Document Reviewers, Christian Funck‐Brentano, P. A. Sirnes, Victor Aboyans, Eduardo Alegría Ezquerra, Colin Baigent, Carlos Brotons, G. Burell, Antonio Ceriello, Johan De Sutter, J. Deckers, Stefano Del Prato, H.‐C. Diener, Donna Fitzsimons, Zlatko Fras, Rainer Hambrecht, Piotr Jankowski, U Keil, Mike Kirby, Mogens Lytken Larsen, Giuseppe Mancia, Athanasios Manolis, John J.V. McMurray, A. Pajak, Alexander Parkhomenko, Loukianos Rallidis, Fausto Rigo, Evangelista Rocha, Luís M. Ruilope, Enno T. van der Velde, Diego Vanuzzo, Margus Viigimaa, Massimo Volpe, Olov Wiklund, C. Wolpert