Editorial Board

79 editors and editorial board members in 15 countries/regions

  • Argentina (1)
  • Canada (5)
  • China (15)
  • Croatia (1)
  • France (2)
  • Germany (11)
  • India (1)
  • Italy (10)
  • Japan (2)
  • Netherlands (1)
  • Republic of Korea (1)
  • Switzerland (1)
  • Turkey (1)
  • United Kingdom (UK) (5)
  • United States (USA) (22)

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Editor-in-Chief

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Giuseppe  Santarpino

    Giuseppe Santarpino MD, PhD

    Paracelsus Medical University Nuremberg, Germany; GVM Care & Research Lecce, Italy; Magna Graecia University Catanzaro, Italy

    Interests: cardiopulmonary bypass; cardiovascular; cardiac surgery; cardiothoracic surgery; aortic valve; coronary artery bypass; heart failure; heart valve diseases; echocardiography; pacemakers

    Biography:

    Prof. Giuseppe Santarpino is an Italian cardiac surgeon and academic, currently an Associate Professor at Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro and Paracelsus Medical University Nuremberg, and Chief Surgeon for GVM Care & Research, Cittá di Lecce Hospital, Italy. Trained in Naples and Nuremberg, he holds a PhD and dual master's degrees. And repeated "Researcher of the Year" & "Platinum Medal" recipient of PMU Nuremberg.

Associate Editors

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Guo-Wei  He

    Guo-Wei He MD, DSc

    Center for Basic Medical Research & Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, TEDA International Cardiovascular Hospital, Tianjin University & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Tianjin, China

    Interests: protection of coronary circulation in cardiac surgery; surgical outcome research; cardiovascular physiology and pharmacology; coronary artery bypass grafting; aortic surgery; heart valve repair; myocardial protection; proteomics in cardiovascular system; protein post-translational modifications

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Isaac  George

    Isaac George MD

    Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Interests: adult cardiac surgery; transcatheter aortic and mitral valve replacement; transcatheter mitral and tricuspid valve repair; hybrid cardiac surgery; minimally invasive valve surgery; minimally invasive; robotic assisted coronary bypass surgery; thoracic aortic endograft; transcatheter valve in mitral annular calcium

Founder and Editor-in-Chief Emeritus

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Mark M.  Levinson

    Mark M. Levinson MD

    Department of Cardiology, Confluence Health, Wenatchee, Washington, USA

    Interests: cardiac; thoracic; vascular; subxiphoid CABG; mitral valve repair; thoracic oncology; VATS; minimally invasive lobectomy; ROMM procedure

Editorial Board Members

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Ivan  Aleksic

    Ivan Aleksic MD, PhD

    Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

    Interests: adult cardiac surgery; MCS; VAD; HTX; lung cancer; mediastinum; VATS

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Gianni D.  Angelini

    Gianni D. Angelini MD

    Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    Interests: saphenous vein bypass graft; myocardial protection; cardiopulmonary bypass techniques; blood conservation; coronary artery bypass surgery; beating heart; arterial revascularisation

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Tohru  Asai

    Tohru Asai MD

    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Kamakura, Japan

    Interests: malperfusion; the skeletonized gastroepiploic artery; mitral valve repair; butterfly resection

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Federico Jose  Benetti

    Federico Jose Benetti MD

    Fundación Benetti, Rosario, Argentina

    Interests: thecnology for cardiac surgery; arritmias; stem cells; cardiomyopathy; basic minimally invasive surgery; coronary artery surgery; valve surgery; aneurysms; coronary artery disease

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Castigliano M.  Bhamidipati

    Castigliano M. Bhamidipati DO, FACC, MSc, PhD

    Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA

    Interests: congenital cardiac surgery; aortic surgery; connective tissue disorders; heart valve

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Giacomo  Bianchi

    Giacomo Bianchi MD, PhD

    Division of Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Interests: heart valve surgery; basic science; mechanical assistance devices; cellular cardiomyoplasty; experimental surgery; congenital heart disease

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Massimo  Bonacchi

    Massimo Bonacchi MD

    Cardiac Surgery Unit, Clinical and Experimental Department, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    Interests: aortic surgery; adult cardiac surgery; heart failure; mechanical circulatory assistance; total arterial myocardial

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Eduardo  Celentano

    Eduardo Celentano FACC, FHRS, MD

    Department of Electrophysiology, Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo, Italy

    Interests: clinical research; medical education; medical devices; complex cardiac ablations; lead extractions; life sciences; medicine

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Kangyin  Chen

    Kangyin Chen MD, PhD, FESC

    Tianjin Key Laboratory of Ionic-Molecular Function of Cardiovascular disease, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

    Interests: coronary intervention; artificial intelligence and cardiovascular disease

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Zhenguang  Chen

    Zhenguang Chen MD, PhD

    The 1st Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

    Interests: lung; heart; thymus; myasthenia gravis; transplantation; artificial intelligence; machine learning; 3D printing

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Cai  Cheng

    Cai Cheng MD, PhD

    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

    Interests: valve repair and replacement surgery; minimally invasive thoracoscopic valve repair; rheumatic valve repair; open surgery; interventional surgery; hybrid surgery for aortic dissection; thoracic and abdominal aorta replacement surgery; beating heart coronary artery bypass grafting; minimally invasive small incision coronary artery bypass grafting; various robotic minimally invasive cardiac surgeries; end-stage heart transplantation and artificial heart surgery

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Stephen Charles  Clark

    Stephen Charles Clark FACC, FESC, MD

    Cardiothoracic Centre, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Interests: coronary artery surgery; aortic valve and root surgery; mitral valve replacement; atrial fibrillation

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Ignazio  Condello

    Ignazio Condello PhD

    Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

    Interests: cardiovascular surgery; cardiac surgery; aortic diseases; heart transplantation; cardiac function; heart valve diseases; cardiac imaging; coagulation; blood transfusion; coronary artery bypass surgery

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Angelo Maria  Dell'Aquila

    Angelo Maria Dell'Aquila MBA, MD

    Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Halle, Germany

    Interests: cardiac surgery; statistics; aortic dissection; aortic dissecting aneurysm; thoracic aortic aneurysm; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; cardiogenic shock; extracorporeal life support; heart failure; ventricular assist device

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Alessandro  Della Corte

    Alessandro Della Corte MD, PhD

    Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Cardiac Surgery Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy

    Interests: aorta surgery; aortic valve surgery; aortopathies; aortic dissection; bicuspid aortic valve; heart valve diseases; endocarditis; hereditary thoracic aorta diseases

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Cornelius McKown  Dyke

    Cornelius McKown Dyke MD

    Department of Surgery, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND, USA; Sanford Health Fargo, Fargo, ND, USA

    Interests: coronary artery bypass grafting; valve repair and replacement; atrial fibrillation; blood pressure; cardiovascular disease; chest injuries; computed tomography; postoperative complications

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Michael S.  Firstenberg

    Michael S. Firstenberg MD

    Department of Surgery, Maui Memorial Medical Center, Wailuku, HI, USA

    Interests: superior vena cava obstruction; cryopreserved aortic allograft; acute ascending aortic dissection; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; acute respiratory distress syndrome

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Francesco  Formica

    Francesco Formica MD

    Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy; Cardiac Surgery Clinic, Vito Fazzi Hospital, Lecce, Italy

    Interests: coronary surgery; ECMO; heart failure surgery; mechanical complication of acute myocardial infarction; endocarditis outcome; cardiac surgery in adults; meta-analysis, statistics

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Toshihiro  Fukui

    Toshihiro Fukui MD, PhD

    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

    Interests: ardiovascular surgery; endarterectomy; coronary artery disease; aortic dissection; thoracic aortic aneurysm; internal thoracic artery; coronary artery; echocardiography; mitral valve surgery; thoracoabdominal aortic surgery; endarterectomy

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Hrvoje  Gasparovic

    Hrvoje Gasparovic MD, PhD

    Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Rebro, Zagreb, Croatia

    Interests: ventricular assist device; cardiac surgery; minimally invasive aortic valve surgery; mitral valve repair; arrhythmia surgery; cardiac transplantation; assist device implantation; mechanical circulatory assist; coronary artery bypass grafting; minimally invasive surgery; pericarditis

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Ali  Ghodsizad

    Ali Ghodsizad FACC, MD, PhD

    Department of Heart, Lung and Mechanical Circulatory Support, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

    Interests: thoracic surgery; thoracic transplantation; DCD and NRP organ retrieval; heart and lung failure

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Amer  Harky

    Amer Harky MD

    Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK

    Interests: cardiac surgery; aortic diseases; cardiovascular surgery; aortic dissecting aneurysm; thoracic aortic aneurysm; coronary artery bypass grafting; internal thoracic artery; coronary artery; mitral valve surgery; endovascular surgery; vascular transplantation

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Philip J.  Hess

    Philip J. Hess MD

    Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Interests: thoracic endovascular aortic repairs; aortic dissection; congenital heart surgery; heart and lung transplantation; aortic valve reconstruction/salvage surgery; thoracic aortic endovascular transplantation; aortic surgery; endocarditis surgery; heart valve disease; valve preservation surgery; endovascular surgery; vascular transplantation; thoracic aortic aneurysm

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Hitoshi  Hirose

    Hitoshi Hirose MD, PhD

    Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Larner School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Interests: shock; ECMO; mechanical circulatory support; intensive care; heart failure; cardiogenic shock; extracorporeal life support

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Yijie  Hu

    Yijie Hu MD, PhD

    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Daping Hospital, Chongqing, China

    Interests: pulmonary hypertension; thoracic surgery; video-assisted thoracic surgery; pediatric cardiac surgery; video-assisted surgery; cardiovascular surgery

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Ho Young  Hwang

    Ho Young Hwang MD, PhD

    Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Interests: robotic cardiac surgery; coronary artery bypass graft; heart transplantation; adult heart; ventricular assist device; valve surgery; arrhythmia surgery

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Zhaolei  Jiang

    Zhaolei Jiang MD, PhD

    Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

    Interests: atrial fibrillation; coronary heart disease; valvular heart disease; congenital heart disease; aortic disease; carotid stenosis; minimally invasive surgery and interventional therapy

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Jurij Matija  Kalisnik

    Jurij Matija Kalisnik PhD

    Klinikum KABEG Klagenfurt, University of Graz affiliated Academic tertiary centre, Klagenfurt am Woertersee, Austria; School of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Department of Cardiac Surgery, Klinikum Nuremberg, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany

    Interests: cardiac surgery; translational research; minimal invasive; arhythmias; associated with cardiac surgery; artificial intelligence-supported; multidisciplinary approaches; recovery after cardiovascular surgery

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Mehmet  Kaplan

    Mehmet Kaplan MD

    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Health Practice and Research Center, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey

    Interests: small aortic annulus; aortic root aneurysm; cardiac surgery; bloodless surgery; cardiopulmonary bypass

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Alexandros N.  Karavas

    Alexandros N. Karavas FACC, MD

    Division of Cardiac Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Interests: high-risk coronary revascularization; valve repair; surgical management of endocarditis; surgical critical care; mechanical cardiovascular; pulmonary support

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Michael  Knaut

    Michael Knaut MD

    Department of Cardiac Surgery, Klinik für Herzchirurgie, Herzzentrum Dresden Universitätsklinik an der Technischen Universität, Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    Interests: minimally invasive cardiac surgery; heart-lung transplantation; heart transplantation; surgical treatment of AF; mitral valve reconstruction

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Emmanuel  Lansac

    Emmanuel Lansac MD, PhD

    Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Pitié-Salpêtrière APHP Hospital, Paris, France

    Interests: aortic valve sparing and/or repair; aortic annuloplasty; dynamics of the aortic root; bicuspid aortic valves; aortic valve reconstruction with autologous pericardium; mitral valve repair

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Zeye  Liu

    Zeye Liu MD

    Department of Cardiac Surgery, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China

    Interests: cardiovascular diseases; artificial intelligence; epidemiology; bioinformatics

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Antonio  Loforte

    Antonio Loforte MD, PhD

    Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

    Interests: ECMO systems; ventricular assist devices; total artificial heart; mechanical circulatory support engineering; aortic surgery; minimally invasive heart surgery; heart and lung transplantation

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Tomas D.  Martin

    Tomas D. Martin BA, BSc, FRCSC, MSc

    Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Interests: cardiac surgery; chest aortic aneurysm repair; aortic dissection; aortic dissection; valve surgery, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Marfan syndrome; thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR); thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA); valvular disease

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Gerald Ross  Marx

    Gerald Ross Marx MD

    Department of Cardiology, Boston Children’s Hospital; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Interests: pediatric cardiology; cardiovascular disease; pediatrics; congenital heart disease; echocardiography

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member John  Murkin

    John Murkin FRCPC, MD

    Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

    Interests: cardiac surgery; mitral valve disease; neurological support

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Hani K.  Najm

    Hani K. Najm FACC, FESC, FRCSC, MD, MSc

    Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Interests: cardiac surgery; coronary artery bypass; cardiovascular surgery; mitral valve annuloplasty; congenital heart disease

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Francesco  Nappi

    Francesco Nappi MD

    Department of Cardiac Surgery, Centre Cardiologique du Nord St Denis, Saint-Denis, France

    Interests: valvular heart disease; congenital heart defects; heart failure; aortic aneurysms and dissections; cardiac tumors; thoracic aortic disease

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Francesco  Nicolini

    Francesco Nicolini MD, PhD

    Cardiac Surgery Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy

    Interests: adult heart surgery; extracorporeal circulation techniques; myocardial protection during cardiac surgery; coronary surgery; mitral valve replacement

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Davide  Pacini

    Davide Pacini MD, PhD

    DIMEC Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Cardiac Surgery Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Interests: cardiac surgery; aortic surgery; heart transplantation; minimally invasive surgery

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Francesco  Pollari

    Francesco Pollari MD, PhD

    Department of Cardiac Surgery, Klinikum Nürnberg-Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany

    Interests: percutaneous aortic valve replacement; minimal invasive surgery; TAVI; mechanical circulatory support

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Shahzad Gull  Raja

    Shahzad Gull Raja MD

    Department of Cardiac Surgery, Harefield Hospital, London, UK

    Interests: coronary artery bypass surgery; minimal access aortic valve surgery; arterial revascularisation; endoscopic vein harvesting; keyhole heart surgery; TAVI

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Keshava  Rajagopal

    Keshava Rajagopal MD, PhD

    Department of Cardiac Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Interests: adult cardiac surgery; therapies for heart; lung failure, coronary artery; valvular heart disease; cardiovascular research

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Ardawan Julian  Rastan

    Ardawan Julian Rastan MD, PhD

    Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery, Marburg University Hospital, Marburg, Germany

    Interests: surgery of atrial fibrillation; minimally invasive CABG; vascular surgery; TAVR; surgical nursing

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Friedrich-Christian  Rieß

    Friedrich-Christian Rieß MD

    Cardiac Surgery Department, Albertinen Heart Center, Hamburg, Germany

    Interests: cardiac surgery; multivessel coronary artery disease; surgical device development; neurological diseases; off-pump arterial revascularization; minimally invasive cardiac surgery; valvular reconstruction

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Petar  Risteski

    Petar Risteski MD

    Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    Interests: minimally invasive aortic surgery; conventional and frozen elephant trunk; reoperative aortic arch surgery; David operation; total arterial CABG and OPCAB; minimally invasive multiple valve surgery; brain protection during arch repair

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Anton  Sabashnikov
  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Tomás Antonio  Salerno

    Tomás Antonio Salerno MD

    Department of Surgery, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

    Interests: myocardial protection; warm heart surgery; off-pump cardiac surgery; valvular surgery; aortic surgery

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Yas  Sanaiha

    Yas Sanaiha MD

    Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Interests: general cardiac surgery; thoracic surgery; adult cardiac surgery; surgeons; frailty; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; acute respiratory distress syndrome; coronary artery bypass grafting; percutaneous aortic valve replacement

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Michael  Schmoeckel

    Michael Schmoeckel MD, PhD

    Department of Cardiac Surgery, LMU Klinikum, Munich, Germany

    Interests: heart valve reconstruction; xenotransplantation; valve transplantation; coronary artery bypass grafting; radiofrequency ablation

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Hossein  Shayan

    Hossein Shayan MD, MSc

    Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC, Canada

    Interests: ECMO; transcatheter aortic valve implant; mechanical circulatory support; heart and lung transplantation

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Jeffrey H.  Shuhaiber

    Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber MBA, MD

    The Wellman Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Interests: aortic valve replacement; mitral valve repair; surgical outcomes; transcatheter aortic valve replacement

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Dominique  Shum-Tim

    Dominique Shum-Tim FRCSC, MD, MSc

    Division of Cardiac Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Interests: cardiopulmonary bypass; heart failure; coronary artery disease; tissue engineering; cell therapy; cardiac valve disease; cerebral protection during cardiac surgery; aortic surgery

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Mohammed  Shurrab

    Mohammed Shurrab MD, MSc, PhD

    Cardiology Department, Health Sciences North, Health Sciences North Research Institute, Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

    Interests: atrial fibrillation; oral anticoagulation therapy; cardiac implantable electronic devices; anticoagulant; heart valve prosthesis; defibrillator

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Howard K.  Song

    Howard K. Song MD, PhD

    Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA

    Interests: transcatheter aortic valve replacement; aortic surgery; valvular heart; thoracic aortic aneurysm

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Cristiano  Spadaccio

    Cristiano Spadaccio MD, PhD

    Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

    Interests: cardiothoracic surgery; cardiac surgery; cardiovascular surgery; regenerative medicine; coronary artery disease; surgery; cardiac surgery

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Tadahisa  Sugiura

    Tadahisa Sugiura MD, PhD

    Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA

    Interests: cardiac regenerative therapy; structural heart disease; heart failure; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Yannick J.H.J.  Taverne

    Yannick J.H.J. Taverne MD, MSc, PhD

    Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands

    Interests: cardiovascular system; congenital heart disease; heart failure; cardiac function

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Nicholas R.  Teman

    Nicholas R. Teman MD

    Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA

    Interests: deleterious effects of cardiopulmonary bypass; improving the care of patients after cardiac surgery; surgical education; heart failure; ventricular assist devices; fibrinolytic therapy; embolectomy; postoperative complications; aortic valve

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Gregory D.  Trachiotis

    Gregory D. Trachiotis MD

    Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, George Washington University Medical Center and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

    Interests: end stage heart and lung disease; video assisted thoracic surgery; thoracic oncology (lung cancer); mechanical assist devices; coronary artery disease; aortic valvular disease; mitral valve disorders; off-pump coronary revascularization; off-bypass coronary revascularization

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Hendrik  Treede

    Hendrik Treede MD, PhD

    Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

    Interests: minimally invasive mitral valve reconstruction; minimally invasive bypass surgery; transcatheter valve interventions; aortic valve repair; aortic surgery; fully endoscopic atrial ablation

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Guowei  Tu

    Guowei Tu MD

    Fudan University, Zhongshan Hospital, Department of Cardiac Intensive Care Centre, Shanghai, China

    Interests: intensive care; hemodynamic monitoring; acute kidney injury; ECMO

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Christina  Vassileva

    Christina Vassileva MD

    Division of Cardiac Surgery, St Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA, USA

    Interests: mitral valve repair; coronary artery bypass; atrial fibrillation; minimally invasive aortic valve surgery; valvular heart disease in women minimally invasive; mitral valve repair; coronary artery disease in women

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Dominique  Vervoort

    Dominique Vervoort MBA, MD, MPH

    Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Interests: aortic surgery; congenital heart surgery; disparities in accessing cardiac care; extracorporeal circulation; heart failure; coronary artery disease; tissue engineering; cell therapy; valvular heart disease

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Murali Prabhakaran  Vettath

    Murali Prabhakaran Vettath

    Cardiovascular and Thoracic Centre, MEITRA Hospital, Kozhikode, Kerala, India

    Interests: extracorporeal coronary artery bypass surgery; off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting; revascularization; non-surgical coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB); Bentalls procedure

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Ferdinand Aurel  Vogt

    Ferdinand Aurel Vogt MD, PhD

    Department of Cardiac Surgery, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany

    Interests: valve surgery; catheter-based therapies; coronary bypass grafting; beating heart mitral valve repair; aortic surgery; echocardiography

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Song  Wan

    Song Wan MD, FACC, FRCS

    Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

    Interests: valve reconstruction; minimally invasive cardiac surgery; vein graft research; coronary revascularization; surgical history

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Min  Wu

    Min Wu MD

    Department of Heart Transplant and VAD, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

    Interests: end-stage heart disease surgery; heart transplantation and ventricular assist surgery; surgical treatment of end-stage heart disease, heart transplantation; ventricular assist surgery; fibroblasts; signal transduction; myocardium; reperfusion injury; ischemia; myocardium; abdominal aortic aneurysm

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Zhong  Wu

    Zhong Wu MD, PhD

    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

    Interests: valvular heart disease; valve replacement or valvuloplasty; coronary artery disease; coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG); thoracic aortic aneurysm; aortic dissection and true aortic aneurysm; chronic atrial fibrillation; chronic pulmonary embolism; pulmonary endarterectomy; minimally invasive cardiac surgery

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Vipin  Zamvar

    Vipin Zamvar MD

    Department of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    Interests: coronary artery bypass grafting; aortic valve implantation; minimally invasive thoracic surgery (VATS); total arterial revascularization; aortic valve surgery; coronary artery surgery; lung cancer; TAVI

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Tao  Zhang

    Tao Zhang MD, PhD

    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China

    Interests: coronary heart disease; valvular heart disease; pulmonary arterial hypertension; early origins of cardiovascular disease, diabetes; hypertension

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Xin  Zhang

    Xin Zhang MD

    Department of Geriatrics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China

    Interests: heart failure; pathogenetic basis; clinical management of cardiovascular injury; heart failure; cardiovascular damage; hypertension; myocardial disease

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Lin  Zhao

    Lin Zhao MD, PhD

    Department of Cardiology, The Third Xiangya Hospital of the Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

    Interests: right ventricular diseases; pulmonary vascular disorders; pulmonary hypertension; vascular remodeling; low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; cardiovascular disease; lipid peroxidation; reactive oxygen species

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Yunpeng  Zhu

    Yunpeng Zhu MD

    Cardiac Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

    Interests: classic coronary artery bypass grafting; arterial bridge coronary artery bypass grafting; minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting; conventional and minimally invasive surgeries on various valves; surgical treatment of heart failure

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