Professor Reinaldo Bulgarelli Bestetti, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil

Professor Raffaele Bugiardini, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Professor Ceri Davies, Consultant Cardiologist, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK

Professor Jan Engvall, University Hospital Linköping, Linköping, Sweden

Professor Abdel José Fuenmayor, Universidad de los Andes, Merida, Venezuela

Professor Per Lindqvist, Department of Cardiology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Professor Paolo Emilio Puddu, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy

Professor Stefan Söderberg, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Professor Reidar Winter, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Professor Xander Wehrens, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA