The congress will take place from 19 to 22 April 2017 with the conference theme "Rhythmus des Lebens". The President of the Congress is Prof. Dr. Martin Borggrefe from Mannheim. All submitters who are under 35 years are automatically for Hans-Blömer-Young Investigator Award for Clinical Cardiovascular Research or Rudi-Busse-Young Investigator Award for experimental cardiovascular research nominated. For this, it is absolutely necessary to specify the date of birth of the first author. The abstracts are selected on the basis of the expert assessments submitted. All other abstracts are assigned to a free lecture session or a posteression.