Cardiologist at Cardiology Department Úniversity Hospital Santa Maria, CHULN, Lisbon, Portugal. Cardiology Professor at Lisbon Medical School University of Lisbon, FMUL Director of the Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Unit of CHULN/FMUL/CRECUL Director of the Institute of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, IMP&SP, and Institute of Evironmental Health, ISAMB, of FMUL Researcher at CCUL, ISAMB, CAML, FMUL Elect-President of EAPC Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention WG Coordinator of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology