The Sooner, The Better

• Volkmar Falk, MD,
• Alessandra Laricchia, MD,
• Antonio Colombo, MD

Affiliations

Volkmar Falk, MD

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Germany; DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Germany; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany; Translational Cardiovascular Technologies, Institute of Translational Medicine, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland

Alessandra Laricchia, MD

Interventional Cardiology Unit, Gruppo Villa Maria Care and Research Maria Cecilia Hospital, Cotignola, Italy

Antonio Colombo, MD

Interventional Cardiology, IRCCS Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Italy; Address for correspondence: Dr. Antonio Colombo, Interventional Cardiology, IRCCS Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, via Alessandro Manzoni 56, 20089 Rozzano (MI), Italy.