Dr Andrea Salzano, a General Internal Medicine Specialist, after completing a 6-year research fellowship in Cardiovascular Sciences at the University of Leicester (UK) with clinical activity as a Consultant at the University Hospital of Leicester (UK), currently works as a Consultant in Cardiology at the AORN A. Cardarelli (Naples, IT). He is the chief of the 'Diagnosis and treatment of Heart Failure' day hospital service. He earned his Master's Degree (Medicine and Surgery) in 2012 and then his international Ph.D. degree in Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Therapeutics (CardioPath) in 2021 at the University of Naples Federico II. His major field of interest is heart failure, with a particular focus on biomarkers, hormones, the gut microbiome, and diabetology; he published more than 125 peer-reviewed papers on these themes. Dr. Andrea Salzano is an active member of several international scientific societies, a Fellow of the European Federation of Internal Medicine (FEFIM) and of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology (FHFA), and a Collegiate member of the Royal College of Physician (MRCP, London).