PK Sasidharan ,Calicut Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India, Professor of Medicine and I/C Division of Haematology, Calicut Medical College, Professor of Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India, Professor and Head, Department of Medicine, Formerly, Professor and Head, Department of Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India; University of Calicut, Kerala, India, Former Professor and Head, Department of Medicine and Hematology; Emeritus Professor, Department of Family Medicine; Former Dean, Faculty of Medicine; Past President, Former Professor and Head, Department of Medicine and Hematology, Emeritus Professor, Department of Family Medicine; Former Dean, Faculty of Medicine; Past President, Hypertension Society of India,

Subhash Chandra Manchanda ,Professor, Department of Cardiology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India, Subhash Chandra Manchanda Professor, Department of Cardiology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India, Phone: 9873695460, e-mail: doctor manchanda@yahoo.com,

Madan Kushal ,Cardiac Rehabilitation Consultant, Department of Cardiology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India,

Sebastian Ewen ,Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Kardiologie, Angiologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany, Sebastian Ewen, Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Kardiologie, Angiologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Kirrberger Str. Geb. 4066421 Homburg/Saar, Germany, Phone: +49 6841 16 21346, Fax: +49 6841 16 13211, e-mail: sebastian.ewen@uks.eu,

Lucas Lauder ,Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Kardiologie, Angiologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany,

Michael Böhm ,Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Kardiologie, Angiologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany,

Felix Mahfoud ,Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Kardiologie, Angiologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany,

Pakshirajan Balaji ,Consultant (Cardiologist), Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, The Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, Tamil Nadu India, Balaji Pakshirajan, Consultant (Cardiologist), Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, The Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, Tamil Nadu India, e-mail: drbalajip@gmail.com,

Ajit Mullasari Sankaradas ,Director, Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, The Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, Tamil Nadu India,

Michael A Weber ,Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Downstate College of Medicine, State University of New York New York, United States, Michael AWeber, Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Downstate College of Medicine, State University of New York, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Box 97, Brooklyn, New York 11203, United States, Phone: 714 815 7430, e-mail: michaelwebermd@cs.com,

Nicholas Paivanas ,Fellow, Cardiology Division, University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, New York, United States, Nicholas Paivanas, Fellow, Department of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States, e-mail: nicholas_pai-vanas@urmc.rochester.edu,

John Bisognano ,Consultant, Cardiology Division, University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, New York, United States,

John Gassler ,Consultant, Cardiology Division, University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, New York, United States,

Daniel T Lackland ,Professor and Director, Department of Neurology, Division of Translational Neurology and Population Studies, Medical University of South Carolina Harborview Office Tower, Charleston, SC, USA, Daniel T Lackland, Professor and Director, Department of Neurology, Division of Translational Neurology and Population Studies, Medical University of South Carolina, Harborview Office Tower, Suite 501, Charleston, SC 29425, USA, Phone: 843-876-1141, e-mail: lackland@musc.edu,

Jitendar P Vij ,Group Chairman, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd. New Delhi, India,

Byomakesh Dikshit ,Apollo Hospital, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Department of Cardiology,

Amit A Bharadiya ,Resident, Department of Cardiology, Apollo Hospital, Jubilee Hills Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Amit A Bharadiya, Resident, Department of Cardiology, Apollo Hospital, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad Telangana, India, Phone: 09000090339, e-mail: dr.aabharadiya@ gmail.com,

Pratap C Rath ,Senior Consultant and Head, Department of Cardiology, Apollo Hospital, Jubilee Hills Hyderabad, Telangana, India,

Sunder Chidambaram ,Fellow, Department of Cardiology, Apollo Hospital, Jubilee Hills Hyderabad, Telangana, India,

M Somasekhar ,Senior Consultant, Department of Nephrology, Apollo Hospital, Jubilee Hills Hyderabad, Telangana, India,