Interaction of the heart and its close and distant neighbours: report of the Meeting of the ESC Working Groups Myocardial Function and Cellular Biology.

Molecular Biotechnology Center, Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Italy; Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany; Pole of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Institut de Recherche Experimentale et Clinique (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Brussels, Belgium; Department of Cardiology, CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; The Hatter Cardiovascular Institute, University College London, London, UK; and Physiologisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Giessen, Germany