Alec Vahanian

Department of Cardiology, Bichat Hospital, AP-HP, France

Alec Vahanian is Head of the Cardiology Department, Bichat University Hospital, Paris.

His research interests range from valvular heart disease, particularly percutaneous mitral commissurotomy, to acute coronary syndromes, particularly antithrombotic treatment and interventional management.

He is President and council member of the French Federation of Cardiology, Chairman of the European Society Cardiology Task Force on Valvular Heart Disease and Highlight Committee. Professor Vahanian is Associate Editor of EuroIntervention, a member of the Editorial Boards of five journals, including the European Heart Journal.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Section Head: Cardiovascular Disorders > Valvular Disease (since 16 November 2005)

Alec Vahanian is a Section Head for Valvular Disease, part of the CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS Faculty. The role of a Section Head is to work with their Co-Section Head(s) to divide the Section (sub-specialty area) into its component areas of research, nominate leaders in those areas as Faculty Members, and offer ongoing oversight of the content within their Section. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.