Heart Disease
Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment

Proceedings of the 3rd World Congress on Heart Disease - New Trends in Research, Diagnosis and Treatment

 July 12-15, 2003 -  WASHINGTON, DC, USA

 

 


 

FOREWORD

 

This book is composed of invited lectures and free papers presented at the 3rd World Congress on Heart Disease – New Trends in Research, Diagnosis and Treatment, held in Washington, DC, USA, July 12-15, 2003.
The volume contains contributions by leading authorities on the latest research developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, primarly in the areas of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Failure, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Cardiac Surgery. The information included in these articles will prove to be of great value to cardiologists and scientists involved in research and patient care.
We are indebted to the members of the scientific committees and the abstract reviewers, who provided a wealth of important suggestions during the planning phase of the Congress. To the Congress faculty and all other Congress participants, we express our thanks for the quality of their presentations and for their cooperation in submitting manuscripts in a timely fashion. Finally, we acknowledge with great appreciation Dr. Anna Rosa Sailon and Ms. Alessandra Vincenzi from Medimond Medical Publications, for their in editing and expediting the publication of this book.

Asher Kimchi, M.D., FACC, FACP

 


 

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