Affiliations

• ¹ Munich University Clinic and German Center for Cardiovascular Research, Munich, Germany.
• ² St. George's and Imperial College, London, England.
• ³ Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.
• ⁴ Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
• ⁵ University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
• ⁶ Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
• ⁷ Imperial College, London, England. Electronic address: marek.malik@btinternet.com.
• ⁸ Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
• ⁹ University of Milan and IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy.
• ¹⁰ Technische Universität München and German Center for Cardiovascular Research, Munich, Germany.
• ¹¹ IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy.
• ¹² Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
• ¹³ Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.