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• an obituary [1]; • a report of the Research Practicum and International Research Interdisciplinary School (IRIS) initiatives [2], an outcomes-research directed training program of which Dr. Wagner was a major driving force; • the 4th report of the working group on ECG diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy [3], the function of which was very much stimulated by Dr. Wagner; • a special article focusing on the background of that which Dr. Wagner coined the Maastricht–Duke bridge (MD-bridge), a longstanding international scientific cooperation that can be seen as a model for mentoring in clinical research [4]; • a paper describing the many interesting and moving experiences of mentees and co-mentors from several international research groups with Dr. Wagner as an international mentor of young investigators in electrocardiology [5]; • a paper describing Dr. Wagner as an academic author [6], giving an overview of the multiple areas of electrocardiology in which Dr. Wagner has been active as a scientist and as a researcher.