%L discovery1367554 %V 107 %K Acute Coronary Syndrome, Animals, Cardiotonic Agents, Humans, Ischemic Postconditioning, Ischemic Preconditioning, Myocardial, Mitochondria, Heart, Myocardial Infarction, Myocardial Reperfusion Injury %C Germany %J Basic Research in Cardiology %X The 7th biennial Hatter Cardiovascular Institute Workshop, comprising 21 leading basic science and clinical experts, was held in South Africa in August 2012 to discuss the current cutting edge status of cardioprotection and the application of cardioprotective modalities in the clinical management of myocardial ischaemia/reperfusion injury in the context of acute coronary syndromes and cardiac surgery. The meeting, chaired by Professor Derek Yellon and Professor Lionel Opie, was run to a format of previous Hatter Cardiovascular workshops with data presented by proponents followed by discussion and debate by the faculty. %A R Bell %A R Beeuwkes %A HE Bøtker %A S Davidson %A J Downey %A D Garcia-Dorado %A DJ Hausenloy %A G Heusch %A B Ibanez %A M Kitakaze %A S Lecour %A R Mentzer %A T Miura %A L Opie %A M Ovize %A M Ruiz-Meana %A R Schulz %A R Shannon %A M Walker %A J Vinten-Johansen %A D Yellon %D 2012 %O Copyright © Springer-Verlag 2012. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00395-012-0300-6 %T Trials, tribulations and speculation! Report from the 7th Biennial Hatter Cardiovascular Institute Workshop