Avinoam Shiran1, Jorge E Schliamser1, Moshe Y Flugelman2. 1. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel; Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. 2. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel; Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Electronic address: myf@technion.ac.il.