To the Editor:

Rudolf P. Obermayr1, Christian Temml2, Georg Gutjahr3, Alexander Kainz4, Renate Klauser-Braun1,
Reinhold F¨ugger5 and Rainer Oberbauer4,6

Madhumathi Rao1, Lijun Li1, Hocine Tighiouart2, Bertrand L. Jaber3, Brian J. G. Pereira4 and
Vaidyanathapuram S. Balakrishnan1 and the HEMO Study Group

Patrick Mathieu, Paul Poirier, Philippe Pibarot, Isabelle Lemieux, Jean-Pierre Despre´s

Martin Greif, Alexander Becker, Franz von Ziegler, Corinna Lebherz, Michael Lehrke, Uli Broedl, Janine Tittus, Klaus Parhofer, Christoph Becker, Maximilian Reiser, Andreas Knez and Alexander W. Leber

Azem Akilli, MD,∗ Umit Erturk, MD,∗ Mustafa Akin, MD,∗ Cem Nazli, MD,†
Oktay Ergene, MD†
∗Department of Cardiology, Ege University Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey; †Ataturk Training and
Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey

Kai M. Eggers, MD, PhDa,*, Lars Lind, MD, PhDb, Per Venge, MD, PhDc,
and Bertil Lindahl, MD, PhDa