Autor: Martin Borggrefe

Mohammad Shenasa MD Attending Physician Department ofCardiovascular Services O”Connor Hospital; San Jose, California Gerhard Hindricks MD Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)University Leipzig, Heart Center; Director, Department ofElectrophysiology Leipzig, Germany Martin Borggrefe MD Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)Head, Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumology KlinikumMannheim GmbH Universitätsklinikum Fakultät fur KlinischeMedizin Mannheim der Universitat Heidelberg Mannheim, Germany Günter Breithardt, MD Professor of Medicine(Cardiology), Head, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hospital of the University of Münster, D-48129 Münster, Germany Mark E. Josephson, MD Herman C. Dana Professor ofMedicine Harvard Medical School Chief of Cardiovascular DivisionBeth Israel Deacomess Medical Center