On the occasion of the congress a special publication will be available. A Supplement of the International Journal of Cardiology (Editor-in-Chief : Prof. Andrew Coats) will be realized and contain several editorials related to the invited lectures and all the selected abstracts for oral or poster presentation. In case of any interest in this publication, please, contact the Scientific Secretariat (Robeto Lorusso, MD, PhD - Experimental Cardiac Surgery Lab, Civic Hospital, Piazzale Spedali Civili, 1 - 25125 Brescia - Italy
e-mail: roberto_lorusso@iol.it)