Alberto Palazzuoli is a well-known Italian cardiologist with vast research activity, primarily focused on heart failure treatment and the impact of comorbidities in heart failure. He is the main author of at least 230 English papers on the impact of renal dysfunction in heart failure, acute heart failure management, and the diagnostic and prognostic relevance of biomarkers in heart failure and coronary diseases. He is also involved in research activity on cardiovascular imaging and the most relevant echocardiographic parameters for risk assessment. He is credited as  Chair of the SIC group of Cardiac insufficiency and he is one of the researchers who coined the term “cardiorenal syndrome”.He is into the editorial board Imaging Study group of Heart Failure Association.He has advanced the field of cardiorenal medicine, including randomized trials and key studies using modern measures of proteomics and metabolomics. Over the years, he has attended several recognized institutes, such as the Thorax Center Rotterdam, Northwestern University of Chicago, and Bristol Heart Institute, UK.