aCardiology Department, Maria Vittoria Hospital, Torino, Italy
bDepartment of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
cInternal Medicine, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy
dGertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer and Misgav ladach Hospital, Jerusalem, Kupat Holim Meuhedet, Israel
eDepartment of Medicine, St. Vincent Hospital, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
Received 14 February, 2010
Revised 21 May, 2010
Accepted 5 July, 2010
Correspondence to Massimo Imazio, MD, FESC, Cardiology Department, Maria Vittoria Hospital, Via Cibrario 72. 10141 Torino, Italy Tel: +39 011 4393391; fax: +39 011 4393334; e-mail: [email protected]