We are writing this column soon after the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) meeting a few weeks ago in Munich still inspired by the excitement of this very successful scientific congress. The amount of new data presented and critical information introduced and exchanged was enormous. For those of you who were present at this year’s congress, I don’t need to tell you how increasingly comprehensive these scientific sessions have become. For those of you who, like myself, have had the pleasure of witnessing the growth of the ESC over the years, we look back with…


