Executive Committee Chairman Rafael Carmena, MD Valencia, Spain Executive Director Gerd Assmann, MD Münster, Germany Treasurer Walter Riesen, Ph D St. Gallen, Switzerland Vice Chair Arnold von Eckardstein, MD Zurich, Switzerland Anders Olsson, MD PhD Linköping, Sweden Matti Tikkanen, MD Helsinki, Finland Marek Naruszewicz, PhD Szczecin, Poland Jean-Charles Fruchart, PhD Institute Pasteur, Lille, France Rodolfo Paoletti, MD Milano, Italy Scientific Office Heerdestr. 9 48149 Münster, Germany Tel.: +49-251-274 864 Fax: +49-251-83 47225 e-mail: chdtask@uni-muenster.de

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