Photograph taken at the “Treatment of acute myocardial infarction in Europe: review of current models and proposals of optimal common standards” meeting at the Italian Cultural Institute, London UK.
Most of the manuscripts that became part of this Supplement derive from lectures presented during a meeting held at the Italian Institute of Culture, London. The Editors gratefully acknowledge the support offered for the organisation of the event by HE Alain Giorgio Maria Economides, Italian Ambassador to the UK and Professor Salvator Roberto Amendolia, Scientific Attaché of the Italian Embassy in London. Participants shown in the photograph include: Professor Salvator Roberto Amendolia, Scientific Attaché Italian Embassy, London; Sir Roger Boyle, Director Cardiovascular Branch 2004-11, Dept of Health, UK; Dr Leonardo de Luca, Rome, Italy; Dr Massimo Cascello, Director General for Scientific Research, Ministry of Health, Italy; Professor Carlo Di Mario, Member of the Stent for Life Executive Committee, London; Dr Javier Escaned, Madrid, Spain; Professor Roberto Ferrari, Past President European Society of Cardiology, Ferrara, Italy; Professor Martine Gilard, Brest, France; Professor Omer Goktekin, Country Lead Stent for Life Initiative, Istanbul, Turkey; Dr Huon Gray, Past President British Cardiac Society (BCS), Southampton, UK; Dr Giulio Guagliumi, Country Lead Stent for Life Initiative, Bergamo, Italy; Dr Magnus Janzon, Linkoping, Sweden; Dr Zuzana Kaifoszova, Stent for Life Coordinator, Prague, Czech Republic; Professor Nevena Karanovic, Secretary of State for Health Affairs, Belgrade, Serbia; Professor Steen Kristensen, Chairman Executive Committee “Stent for Life” Initiative, Aarhus, Denmark; Dr Peter Ludman, Audit Lead BCIS, Birmingham, UK; Dr Miodrag Ostoijc, Country Lead Stent for Life Initiative Belgrade, Serbian Republic; Dr Salvatore Nicosia, Ragusa, Italy; Dr Marko Noc, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Dr Manel Sabate, Barcelona, Spain; Dr George Sianos, Thessaloniki, Greece; Professor Rosanna Tarricone, CERGAS, Bocconi University Business School, Milan, Italy; Mrs Marielle de la Torre, European Heart House, Sophia Antipolis, France; Dr Ricard Treserras, SubDirector General de Planificacio Sanitaria, Barcelona, Spain; Dr Mark Whitbread, Director London Ambulance Service, London, UK
The original slides of the lectures are available on http://www.ambitalia.org.uk/Infarction/Myocardial_Infarction_Programme_Final_1.pdf
Other contributions to the Supplement stem from a “Stent for Life” symposium held at the 2011 European Society of Cardiology congress in Paris and the Stent for Life Summit held in March 2012 in Prague. Slides of these lectures are available in www.escardio.org and www.stentforlife.com
