This Grand Round presented by Professor Christian Hassanger focuses on acute cardiac care especially out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA)and cardiogenic shock.

Professor Christian Hassanger Background

Professor Christian Hassager is Director of a specialized cardiology intensive care unit at the University Hospital Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark, and is now Professor in this field at Copenhagen University. He is also the academic leader of the Technical University of Greater Copenhagen. He is former chair of the Danish Heart Association and the Danish Resuscitation Council, and he has been president of the Danish Society of Cardiology and ESC’s Association for Acute Cardiovascular Care (ACVC). He is now vice-president of the ESC. He is co-author of 725 scientific papers; his H-index is 79. His research focuses on cardiogenic shock and post resuscitation care.