European Cardiology Volume 8 • Issue 2 • Summer 2012
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Editorial Director Jonathan McKenna
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Senior Sub-editor Anne-Claire Bouzanne
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European Cardiology acknowledges the financial assistance of the following companies in the publication of this edition: Edwards Lifesciences, Medafor Inc, PHD Frankfurt GmbH, Vanguard AG and Ziehm Imaging.
Jan Peder Amlie
European Union of Medical Specialists
Angelo Auricchio
Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano
Friedhelm Beyersdorf Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg
Carina Blomström-Lundqvist University Hospital, Uppsala
Harry AJ Struijker Boudier University of Maastricht
Alberico L Catapano University of Milan
John Chapman
Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris
Alberto Corsini University of Milan
Alberto Cuocolo University of Naples
Raffaele De Caterina ‘G d’Annunzio’ University, Chieti
Christian De Chillou University of Nancy
Carlo Di Mario UK National Heart and Lung Institute
Sabine Ernst
Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital, London
Editorial Board
Pasquale Perrone Filardi Federico II University, Naples
Gerasimos Filippatos University Hospital Attikon, Athens
Simon Gibbs Imperial College London
Stephan Gielen University of Leipzig Frank Grothues
University Hospital Magdeburg Gerd Heusch
University Clinic, Essen
Carl-Johan Jakobsen Aarhus University Hospital Sverre E Kjeldsen
Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo
Steen Dalby Kristensen University Hospital, Skejby Giuseppe Mancia
San Gerardo Hospital, Monza Jose L Merino
La Paz University Hospital, Madrid Eike Nagel
King’s College London
Krzysztof Narkiewicz Medical University, Gdansk
Petros Nihoyannopoulos UK National Heart and Lung Institute
Massimo F Piepoli
Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, Piacenza
Piotr Ponikowski Clinical Military Hospital, Wroclaw
Silvia G Priori University of Pavia
Zeljko Reiner
University Hospital Center, Zagreb
Frank Ruschitzka University Hospital, Zürich
Cesare Rusconi University of Brescia
Rosa Sicari
National Council of Research, Pisa
Eva Swahn
University Hospital, Linköping
Marja-Riitta Taskinen University of Helsinki
Johannes Waltenberger University of Münster
Ronnie Willenheimer Malmö University Hospital
Jose Luis Zamorano Complutense University, Madrid
European Cardiology wishes to thank the organisations below for their assistance. This does not constitute any official endorsement.
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