Prof. Giuseppe De Luca is a Full Professor of Cardiology at the University of Messina. He was formerly an Associate Professor in Novara, where he was Director of the Interventional Cardiology Unit for 14 years. He subsequently moved to Sassari, where from December 2021 to January 2023 he was Associate Professor, Director of the Cardiology chair, and Director of the Postgraduate School of Cardiovascular Disease, before he was appointed Full Professor at the University of Messina. Prof. De Luca is a major worldwide expert in the setting of acute myocardial infarction and atherothrombosis. He has performed more than 7000 Cardiovascular (Coronary, Structural, and Peripehral) Interventions. He is the author of more than 450 publications (h Index 61).  He has held numerous positions in European cardiology commissions for over 14 consecutive years, was the treasurer of the European Society of Cardiology, director of the World Journal of Cardiology, and has been an invited speaker at over 300 international conferences worldwide.