Jürgen Haase, MD, Ph D, Professor of Medicine, Senior Consultant Cardiologist, Red Cross Hospital Cardiology Center, Frankfurt/Main, Germany Hans-Joachim Schäfers, MD, Professor of Surgery, Chairman Surgical Center, University Hospitals of Saarland, Director Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospitals of Saarland, Homburg/Saar, Germany Horst Sievert, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director Cardiovascular Center Frankfurt, Sankt Katharinen, Director Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, Sankt Katharinen Hospital, Frankfurt/Main, Germany Ron Waksman, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director Experimental Cardiology and Co-Director, Department of Cardiology, Washington Hospital Center, Washington DC, USA