Volume 6 • Issue 2European Cardiology


Cover image: Coloured SEM of an atheroma in an artery. © Eye of Science/Science Photo Library


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European Cardiology acknowledges the financial assistance of the following companies in the publication of this edition: BG Medicine, Meda Pharma SAS, Medtronic, Inc., Meril Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd and Mitralign, Inc.


WCC


Torkel HJ Aberg Nominating Committee, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery


Jan Peder Amlie Past President, Cardiology Section, European Union of Medical Specialists


Angelo Auricchio Director, Electrophysiology and Heart Failure, Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano


Friedhelm Beyersdorf Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Albert Ludwigs University


Carina Blomström-Lundqvist Professor of Electrocardiology, University Hospital, Uppsala


Raffaele De Caterina Chairman, Institute of Cardiology and Centre of Excellence on Ageing, ‘G d'Annunzio’ University


Christian De Chillou Department of Cardiology, University of Nancy, Hôpital de Brabois, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy


Editorial Board


Alberto Cuocolo Professor of Diagnostic Imaging, University of Naples


Sabine Ernst


Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital, London


Gerd Heusch Director, Institute of Pathophysiology, University Clinic, Essen


Carl-Johan Jakobsen Associate Professor of Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital


Sverre E Kjeldsen Chief Physician, Department of Cardiology, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo


Steen Dalby Kristensen Professor of Cardiology, University Department of Cardiology, Skejby Hospital, Aarhus


Carlo Di Mario Professor of Cardiology, UK National Heart and Lung Institute


Jose L Merino Director, Arrhythmia– Electrophysiology Research Unit, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid


Petros Nihoyannopoulos Professor of Cardiology, UK National Heart and Lung Institute


Silvia G Priori Professor of Cardiology, University of Pavia


Cesare Rusconi Clinical Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology, University of Brescia


Marja-Riitta Taskinen Professor of Medicine, University of Helsinki


Ronnie Willenheimer Associate Professor of Cardiology, Lund University Medical School, Malmö


Jose Luis Zamorano Professor of Medicine, University Complutense, Madrid


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