Investigators
Co-Principal Investigators: Eduardo Bossone (A
Cardarelli Hospital, Naples, Italy), Luna Gargani (Institute of Clinical
Physiology, CNR, Pisa, Italy), Robert Naeije (Free University of
Brussels, Brussels, Belgium).
Study Coordinator: Francesco Ferrara (Cava de’ Tirreni
and Amalfi Coast Division of Cardiology, University Hospital, Salerno,
Italy)
Co-Investigators: William F. Armstrong, Theodore John
Kolias (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA); Eduardo Bossone,
Rosangela Cocchia, Chiara Sepe (A Cardarelli Hospital, Naples, Italy);
Francesco Capuano (Department of Industrial Engineering, Università di
Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy); Rodolfo Citro, Rossella Benvenga,
Michele Bellino, Ilaria Radano (University Hospital of Salerno, Italy);
Antonio Cittadini, Alberto Marra, Roberta D’Assante (Federico II
University of Naples, Italy); Michele D’Alto, Paola Argiento (University
of Campania ”Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy); Antonello D’Andrea
(Umberto I° Hospital Nocera Inferiore, Italy); Francesco Ferrara, Carla
Contaldi (Cava de’ Tirreni and Amalfi Coast Hospital, University
Hospital of Salerno, Italy); Luna Gargani, Matteo Mazzola, Marco Raciti
(Institute of Clinical Physiology, CNR, Pisa, Italy); Santo
Dellegrottaglie (Ospedale Medico-Chirurgico Accreditato Villa dei Fiori,
Acerra - Naples, Italy); Nicola De Luca, Francesco Rozza, Valentina
Russo (Hypertension Research Center, University Federico II of Naples,
Italy); Giovanni Di Salvo (University of Padova, Italy; Imperial
College, London, UK); Stefano Ghio, Stefania Guida (I.R.C.C.S.
Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy); Ekkerard Grunig, Christina A.
Eichstaedt (Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany); Marco Guazzi,
Francesco Bandera, Valentina Labate (IRCCS Policlinico San Donato,
University of Milan, Milan, Italy); André La Gerche (Baker Heart and
Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia); Giuseppe Limongelli, Giuseppe
Pacileo, Marina Verrengia (University of Campania ”Luigi Vanvitelli”,
Naples, Italy); Jaroslaw D. Kasprzak, Karina Wierzbowska Drabik
(Bieganski Hospital, Medical University of Lodz Poland); Gabor Kovacs,
Philipp Douschan (Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria); Antonella
Moreo, Francesca Casadei, Benedetta De Chiara, (Niguarda Hospital,
Milan, Italy); Robert Naeije (Free University of Brussels, Brussels,
Belgium); Ellen Ostenfeld (Lund University, Skåne University Hospital,
Sweden); Gianni Pedrizzetti (Department of Engineering and Architecture,
University of Trieste); Francesco Pieri, Fabio Mori, Alberto
Moggi-Pignone (Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence,
Italy); Lorenza Pratali (Institute of Clinical Physiology, CNR, Pisa,
Italy); Nicola Pugliese (Department of Clinical and Experimental
Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy); Brigida Ranieri, (IRCCS SDN,
Diagnostic and Nuclear Research Institute, Naples, Italy); Rajan Saggar
(UCLA Medical Center,Los Angeles, USA); Rajeev Saggar (Banner University
Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA); Christine Selton-Suty, Olivier
Huttin, Clément Venner (University Hospital of Nancy, France); Walter
Serra, Francesco Tafuni (University Hospital of Parma, Italy); Anna
Stanziola, Maria Martino, Giovanna Caccavo (Department of Respiratory
Disease, Federico II University, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy);
István Szabó (University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Târgu Mureș, Târgu
Mureș, Romania); Albert Varga, Gergely Agoston, (University of Szeged,
Szeged, Hungary); Darmien Voilliot (Centre Hospitalier Lunéville,
France); Olga Vriz (Heart Centre, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and
Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia); Mani Vannan, Sara Mobasseri,
Peter Flueckiger, Shizhen Liu (Piedmont Heart Institute, USA).