Prof. Vincenzo Russo is a professor of cardiovascular Diseases at the University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’ (Italy) and a visiting professor at the College of Science and Technology at Temple University (USA). He is a senior consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist at Monaldi Hospital in Naples (Italy), where he serves as chair of the Syncope and Neuromuscular Disorders Unit. Prof. Vincenzo Russo is vice-president of the Italian Society of Philosophy Doctorate (SIDRI); scientific fellow of the Italian Society of Cardiology (SIC) and Italian Association of Arrhytmology and Cardiac Pacing (AIAC); and a distinguished member of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA). His main scientific interests focus on cardiac rhythm disorders; cardiac pacing; clinical electrophysiology; syncope; neuromuscular disorders; sudden death; and cardiovascular pharmacotherapy.