Dr. Lars Ryden is Senior Professor of Cardiology at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. He specializes in internal medicine and cardiology, with a focus on heart failure and cardiovascular disease related to diabetes. Professor Ryden has published more than 700 scientific papers. He is an honorary member of the Royal College of Physicians, London, UK, and several national cardiac societies. Prof Ryden chaired the Task Forces that prepared the 2007 and 2013 ESC/EASD Guidelines for Diabetes, Prediabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.