Autor: A. van Rossum

Juerg Schwitter, MD, is full professor in cardiology at the University Hospital Lausanne, CHUV, Switzerland, and the University of Lausanne, Uni L, Switzerland. He is director of the Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Center of the CHUV. Up to now, he devoted his 35 years of professional career to the development of CMR techniques and served as former Chairman of the Euro CMR of the European Society of Cardiology and supported European and US societies as member of numerous committees and Task Forces. He published over 200 research articles and over 25 book chapters on CMR.