Editorial Board

Jerome L. Fleg, MD

Dr. Jerome L. Fleg is a Medical Officer at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) in Bethesda, MD. After receiving his MD from the University of Cincinnati, he completed training in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Dr. Fleg has spent his entire professional career at the National Institutes of Health, first at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and later at NHLBI. At NIA, he headed human cardiovascular (CV) studies in the Intramural Research Program from 1977 to 2002. His research focused on defining normative aging changes in CV structure and function and their relationship to future disease outcomes. Since joining the NHLBI in 2002, Dr. Fleg has focused on designing and implementing multicenter clinical trials in patients with CV disease. He is coeditor of Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly, now in its 6th edition.

Interests: geriatric cardiology; coronary artery disease; heart failure; exercise physiology; cardiac rehabilitation; preventive cardiology

Federico Ronco, MD

Interventional Cardiologist at Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Dept, Ospedale dell'Angelo, Venice, Italy

Interests: Interventional Cardiology; Acute Myocardial Infarction; PCI; Clinical Cardiology; Coronary Angiography; Myocardial Infarction; Cardiac Catheterization; Heart Valve Diseases; Coronary Artery Disease; Aortic Diseases

Fabian Sanchis-Gomar, MD, PhD

Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia and Incliva Biomedical Research Institute, Valencia, Spain

Interests: Cardiovascular research; Arrhythmias; Cardiovascular damage; Cardiac fibrosis/remodeling; Molecular mechanisms

Ferdinando Carlo Sasso, MD, PhD

Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy

Interests: diabetes; diabetes chronic complications; chronic kidney disease; cardiovascular disease; metformin

Eustachio Agricola, MD

Cardiovascular Imaging Unit, Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Department, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Interests: Echocardiography; Interventional echocardiography; Valvular heart diseases; Percutaneous treatment of valvular diseases; Cardiovascular imaging; Mitral valve diseases; Tricuspid valve diseases

Juhani Airaksinen, MD

Heart Center, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Interests: atrial fibrillation; anticoagulation; cardioversion; troponins

Abass Alavi, MD, PhD

Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Interests: Computed Tomography (CT); Cardiovascular imaging; Positron Emission Tomography (PET); Nuclear cardiology; Atherosclerotic

Ezra Abraham Amsterdam, MD, PhD

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California (Davis) Medical Center, Davis, CA, USA

Interests: Coronary artery disease, clinical pharmacology, noninvasive cardiac testing, exercise physiology,testing and training, women and heart disease, and evaluation of low risk patients presenting to ED with chest pain

Fabio Angeli, MD

Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy; Department of Medicine and Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, Maugeri Care and Research Institute, Tradate (VA), Italy

Interests: cardiovascular risk assessment in patients with hypertension, diabetes, heart failure and coronary artery disease; evaluation of cardiovascular treatment; diagnosis and treatment of acute myocardial infarction

Giovanni Donato Aquaro, MD

Gabriele Monasterio Foundation-CNR Regione Toscana, Pisa, Italy

Interests: Imaging; Myocardial disease

Wilbert Aronow, MD

Department of Cardiology, Westchester Medical Center, NY, USA

Interests: Clinical cardiology, including cardiac catheterization; Coronary angioplasty and Stenting

Rubén Casado Arroyo, MD, PhD

Cardiovascular Division, Heart Rhythm Management Center, Free University of Brussels (UZ Brussels) VUB, Brussels, Belgium

Interests: Heart failure; Atrial fibrillation; Echocardiography; Cardiac function; Hypertension; Clinical cardiology; Atherosclerosis; ICU; Myocardial infarction; Sepsis

Lina Badimon, MD

Cardiovascular-Program ICCC, IR-Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Interests: Cardiovascular Disease; Cardiovascular Risk; Thrombosis; Genetic Engineering; Lipoproteins

Carmela Rita Balistreri, MD, PhD

Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics (Bi.N.D.), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Interests: Thoracic aortic aneurysom; Bicuspid aortic valve; Longevity, Atherosclerosis; Aorta; Aneurysm; Biomarkers; Inflammation; Genes

Cristina Balla, PhD

Division of Cardiology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, University "La Sapienza", Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy

Interests: Sudden cardiac death; Brugada syndrome; Arrhythmias

Adrian Baranchuk, MD

Division of Cardiology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada

Interests: Electrocardiology; Electrophysiology; Cardiac devices: PPM, ICDs., CRTs, ILR; Syncope; Alcohol & CV Health

Bernard Belhassen, MD

Hadassah Univ Hosp, Heart Inst, Kalman YaAkov Man St, IL-9112001 Jerusalem, Israel;

Interests: Ventricular arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD); Arrhythmias-General; Supraventricular Tachycardia (non-AF)

Matteo Bertini, MD, PhD

Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Interests: arrhythmias; cardiac devices and ablation procedures

Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, MD, PhD

Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy

Interests: Coronary artery disease; Meta-analysis; Umbrella review

Yochai Birnbaum, MD

Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

Interests: Non-invasive cardiology; electrocardiology; echocardiography; electrocardiography; clinical cardiology and acute coronary syndrome

Davide Bolignano, MD, PhD

Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

Interests: The epidemiology and pathophysiology of chronic and acute kidney diseases; Renal biomarkers; Cerythropoietin and stem cells in uremia

Giuseppe Boriani, MD, PhD

Cardiology Division, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Policlinico di Modena, Modena, Italy

Interests: arrhythmias; clinical electrophysiology; heart failure; cardiomyopathies; clinical cardiology; pharmacoeconomics; clinical pharmacology of antiarrhythmic agents and antithrombotics; health economics

Carlo Briguori, PhD

Mediterranea Cardiocentro, Naples, Italy

Interests: Coronary Heart Disease, Heart Attack, Atherosclerosis, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Angina

Filippo Cademartiri, MD, PhD

Cardiovascular Imaging Unit, SDN IRCCS, Naples, Italy

Interests: Cardiac CT; Cardiac MR; CCT; CMR; Cardiovascular Imaging; Coronary CT; Body CT; Body MR

Matteo Cameli, MD, PhD

Department of Medical Biotechnologies, Division of Cardiology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Interests: Echocardiography; Chronic Heart Failure

Alessandro Cataliotti, MD, PhD

Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Interests: cardiac endocrinology; cardiac physiology in human; experimental models of cardiovascular and renal diseases

Alaide Chieffo, MD

Interventional Cardiology Unit, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy

Interests: Drug-eluting stents; Stents; Transcatheter aortic valve replacement; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Coronary vessels; Myocardial infarction; Sirolimus; Thrombosis; Coronary artery disease

Giuseppe Coppolino, MD, PhD

Department of Health Sciences, "Magna Graecia" University,Catanzaro, Italy

Interests: Cardiovascular risk; Hypertension; Nephrology; Renal disease; Dialysis; Hemodialysis; Chronic renal failure; Peritoneal dialysis; Chronic kidney disease; Diabetes; Chronic kidney failure; Acute kidney injury

Maria Rosa Costanzo, MD

Advocate Heart Institute, Naperville, IL, USA

Interests: Acute heart failure; Chronic heart failure; Device therapy; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Central Sleep Apnea

Nick Curzen, PhD

Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton & Wessex Cardiac Unit, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK

Interests: Coronary physiology; Personalised platelet function; Computer models for redo TAVI; National database “big number” analyses

Fabrizio D'Ascenzo, MD, PhD

Division of Cardiology, AO "Città Della Salute e della Scienza" Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Interests: Coronary Artery Disease (CAD); Percutaneous coronary intervention- aortic stenosis, - TAVI; Inflammation and CAD; Meta analysis

Michael Dandel, MD, PhD

Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany; German Center for Heart and Circulation Research, Berlin, Germany

Interests: heart transplantation; mechanical circulatory support; echocardiography

Lori B. Daniels, MD

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

Interests: Screening for cardiovascular disease in the community; Use of novel cardiovascular biomarkers for cardiovascular health; Cardiovascular outcomes in patients with a history of Kawasaki disease; Clinical trials in heart failure and cardiovascular biomarkers; Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Screening athletes for causes of sudden cardiac death; Cardiovascular disease in women

Anindita Das, PhD

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA, USA

Interests: Myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury; Myocardial pre- and post-conditioning; mTOR signaling; Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor; Doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity; Protein kinase G; STAT3 signaling; microRNA; Inflammation; Breast cancer

Buddhadeb Dawn, MD, PhD

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine, Las Vegas, NV, USA

Interests: Echocardiography; Atrial fibrillation

Leonardo De Luca, MD, PhD

Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiosciences, A.O. San Camillo-Forlanini, Circonvallazione Gianicolense, Roma, Italy

Interests: acute coronary syndromes; pharmacology and pharmacotherapy; interventional cardiology; acute heart failure

Salvatore De Rosa, MD, PhD

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy

Naranjan S. Dhalla, MD

Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Interests: Cardiac hypertrophy and congestive heart failure, ischemia-reperfusion injury, cardiac dysfunction in diabetes

Gianluca Di Bella, MD, PhD

Cardiology Division, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Interests: Cardiac imaging; Echocardiography; Cardiac magnetic resonance; Ischemic heart diseases; Cardiomyopathy; Cardiac amyloidosis; Myocarditis

Michele Di Mauro, MD

Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Heart and Vascular Centre, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC), Maastricht, The Netherlands

Interests: Cardiac surgery; Interventional cardiology; Heart failure; Heart valve diseases; Biostatistics

Dragan M. Djuric, MD, PhD

Institute of Medical Physiology "Richard Burian", Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Interests: Experimental cardiovascular models; Cardiovascular research; Homocysteine and related vitamins; Gasotransmitters and oxidative stress; Nutraceuticals and cardiovascular health; Endothelial dysfunction

Dobromir Dobrev, MD, PhD

West German Heart and Vascular Center, Institute of Pharmacology, University Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany

Interests: Atrial fibrillation; Arrhythmias; Cardiac electrophysiology; Heart failure; Ion Cchannels; Neuroscience; Physiology, Cell biology, Heart, Calcium

John Elefteriades, MD

Aortic Institute at Yale-New Haven, Yale Medicine Department of Surgery, New Haven, CT, USA

Interests: Coronary artery bypass; Genetics; Heart aneurysm; Aortic aneurysm; Thoracic

Pompilio Faggiano, MD

Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Department, Fondazione Poliambulanza, Brescia, Italy

Interests: Non-invasive cardiology; Doppler-Echocardiography and exercise testing (cardiopulmonary, six-minute walk); Cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation; Valvular heart disease; Aortic stenosis; Heart failure

Dimitrios Farmakis, MD, PhD

Physiology Lab, University of Cyprus Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus

Interests: Heart failure; Cardio-Oncology; Hemoglobinopathy-Associated heart disease

Vincent Figueredo, MD

Department of Cardiology, St Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, PA, USA

Interests: alcohol and the heart; hypertension; hyperlipidemia; cardiovascular risk factors; history of the heart

Gabriele Fragasso, MD

Heart Failure Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy

Interests: heart failure; left ventricular function; exercise; coronary artery disease; metabolism

Sarah Jane George, MD

Department of Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Bristol Heart Institute, Queens' Building, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Upper Maudlin St, Bristol BS2 8HW, UK

Interests: Atherosclerosis, Cell Signaling, Coronary artery bypass, smooth muscle cells

Francesco Giallauria, MD, PhD

Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Interests: Cardiac rehabilitation and cardiology; Geriatric cardiology and internal medicine

George Giannakoulas, MD, PhD

School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Interests: adult congenital heart disease; pulmonary hypertension; heart failure

Ceolotto Giulio, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Metabolic Diseases, University of Padova, Padova, Italy,

Interests: Hypertension; Coronary artery disease; Atherosclerosis; Metabolic syndrome; MicroRNAs; Circulating microRNAs; Gene expression; Oxidative stress; Ischemia-reperfusion

Guido Grassi, MD

Department of Health Sciences, Clinica Medica, University Miano Bicocca, Milan, Italy

Interests: blood pressure; heart failure; hypertension

Poul F. Høilund-Carlsen, MD

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, DenmarkDepartment of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Interests: Coronary artery disease; Myocardial perfusion; Heart failure; Noninvasive cardiac testing; Cardiovascular imaging; Positron Emission Tomography (PET); Pathophysiology; Atherosclerosis; Education; Method evaluation; Medical priorities; Artificial intelligence in PET imaging

Donald J. Hagler, MD

Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

Interests: Congenital echocardiography; Congenital cardiac interventional consortium

Robert C. Hendel, MD

Medicine and Radiology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA

Interests: Angiogenesis; Attenuation-corrected SPECT imaging; Patient risk stratification; Pharmacologic stress testing; Quality and appropriateness in cardiac imaging

Michael Henein, MD, PhD, MSc

Umea Heart Centre, Umea University, Sweden

Interests: Coronary calcification; Heart failure; Valvular heart disease

Steven M. Hollenberg, MD

Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Emory Heart & Vascular Cente, Atlanta, GA, USA

Interests: microvascular and myocardial function; septic; cardiogenic shock; acute heart failure; acute coronary syndromes

Massimo Iacoviello, MD, PhD

Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences; University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

Interests: heart failure; autonomic nervous system activity; dilated cardiomyopathies; echocardiography

Teruo Inoue, MD, PhD

Nasu Red Cross Hospital, Tochigi, Japan; Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

Interests: Molecular mechanism in vascular injury and repair; Inflammation in restenosis/atherosclerosis; Vascular endothelial function ; Vascular failure; Regenerative Medicine

Joseph L. Izzo, MD

Department of Medicine, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY, USA

Interests: Cardiac pharmacology; Cardiovascular Disease; Internal medicine; Nephrology; Pathophysiology; Vascular and interventional radiology

John Lynn Jefferies, MD, MPH

Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

Interests: Advanced heart failure; cardiomyopathy; mechanical circulatory support and transplant; Heritable causes of vascular disease; novel drug therapies for advanced heart failure; novel gene discovery in cardiomyopathy; characterization and management of left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC); early diagnosis and management of chemotherapy

Hani Jneid, MD

Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Interventional Cardiology, Department of Medicine -Division of Cardiology, The Michael E. DeBakey VAMC, Houston, TX, USA

Interests: Revascularization strategies; SIHDl; ACS; TAVR; Outcomes and quality of care research

Boyoung Joung, MD, PhD

Division of Cardiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Interests: Atrial Fibrillation, Catheter Ablation, Stroke, Recurrence, Sinoatrial Node, Tachycardia, Pulmonary Veins, Heart Atria

Harald Kaemmerer, MD, PhD

Department of Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology, German Heart Center Munich, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany

Interests: Adult congenital heart disease; Pulmonary Hypertension; The Psychological Side of Congenital Heart Defects (CHD)

Dinesh Kalra, MD

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA

Interests: Infiltrative cardiomyopathies; Lipidology; Pulmonary hypertension; Cardiac imaging

Theodoros Karamitsos, MD, PhD

1st Cardiology Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Interests: Cardiac MRI; Cardiology; Cardiac function; Imaging; Coronary artery disease; Echocardiography; Heart failure

Takatoshi Kasai, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Interests: sleep apnea; sleep disorders; heart failure; hemodynamics; positive airway pressure; telemedicine

Rajesh Katare, MBBS, PhD

Department of Physiology-HeartOtago, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Interests: microRNA; gene therapy; stem cells; chronic heart failure; diabetes mellitus; cardiomyopathy; tissue engineering

Lloyd W. Klein, MD

Cardiology Section, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

Interests: congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart rhythm disorders, heart failure

Peter Kokkinos, PhD

Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA and Rutgers University, Brunswick, NJ, Washington, DC, USA

Interests: Cardiovascular Physiology, Clinical Exercise Physiology, Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention, Health and Aging

Genovefa Kolovou, MD, PhD

Metropolitan Hospital, Cardiometabolic Center, Lipoprotein Apheresis Unit and Lipid Disorders Clinic, Athens, Greece

Interests: Lipid metabolism; Familial hypercholesterolemia; Sitosterolemia; Tangier disease; Pharmacogenetics; Longevity and aging

Grigorios Korosoglou, MD

Departments of Cardiology, Vascular Medicine and Pneumology, GRN Academic Teaching Hospital Weinheim, Weinheim, Germany

Interests: Cardiovascular imaging (cardiac CT; cardiac MRI); Interventional cardiology; Peripheral vascular interventions

Richard Andrew Krasuski, MD

Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

Interests: Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology, Pulmonary Circulation-Pulmonary Embolism-Right Heart Failure

Ruan Kruger, PhD

South African Medical Research Council, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Interests: Primary prevention of CVD; Paediatric hypertension

Patrizio Lancellotti, MD

Cardiology Department, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Interests: Computed tomography; Echocardiography; Interventional cardiology; Infective endocarditis; Basic science

Chim Lang, MD

Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 9SY, Scotland, UK

Interests: cardio-metabolic diseases; cardiac and vasomotor regulation; biomarkers

Alexander Lauten, MD

Department of Cardiology, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, Helios Klinikum Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany

Interests: Structural heart diseases; Valvular heart diseases; TAVI; MitraClip; Cardioband; Heterotopic caval valve implantation; PFO/ASD closure devices

Carl  J. Lavie, MD

John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School–The University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA

Interests: cardiac rehabilitation and prevention, lipids, hypertension, obesity, and exercise, echocardiography, exercise testing, and nuclear cardiology

Pedro Alves Lemos, MD, PhD

Instituto do Coração - HCFMUSP, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

Interests: cardiology, interventional cardiology, structural cardiac intervention, preclinical experimental trials, clinical trials, research and translational technology

Antonio Maria Leone, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS Roma, Rome, Italy

Interests: interventional cardiology; invasive physiological assessment

Konstantinos P. Letsas, MD, PhD

Second Department of Cardiology, Laboratory of Cardiac Electrophysiology, "Evangelismos" General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece

Interests: Cardiac arrhythmias; Electrophysiology; Ablation; Channelopathies

Eli Israel Lev, MD

Ben-Gurion University, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel; Cardiology Division, Assuta Ashdod University Hospital, Ben Gurion University, Be'er Sheva, Israel

Interests: Cardiology; Critical care medicine; Interventional cardiology; Thrombocytopoiesis; Blood platelets

Giuseppe Limongelli, MD, PhD

Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Inherited and Rare Heart Disease, Vanvitelli Cardiology, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy

Interests: rare cardiovascular disease; genetic disease; cardiomyopathies; sudden cardiac death; genetic tests

Vincenzo Lionetti, MD, PhD

Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy

Interests: Perioperative Cardiac protection and repair; Physiology and pathophysiology of heart failure; Animal models of heart failure; Development of functional foods for cardioprotection

Gary David Lopaschuk, MD, PhD

Cardiovascular Research Centre, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Interests: Obesity; Ketones; Branched chain amino acids; Diabetes; Heart disease; fatty acids

Alan Stewart Maisel, MD, PhD

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

Interests: Heart failure; Hypertension; Chronic heart failure; Atrial fibrillation; Myocardial infarction; Cardiovascular Medicine; Acute myocardial infarction; Clinical cardiology; Cardiomyopathies; Acute heart failure

Roberto Manfredini, MD, PhD

Section of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences Faculty of Medicine, Surgery and Prevention, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; Clinica Medica Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria 'S.Anna', Ferrara, Italy

Interests: acute cardiovascular disease; circadian rhythms

Antonio Mangieri, MD

Interventional Cardiology Unit, Humanitas research Hospital, Milan, Italy

Interests: percutaneous tricuspid interventions, Conduction disturbances after TAVI, antithrombotic therapy in TAVI patients, percutaneous treatment of bicuspid valve.

Manuel Martínez-Sellés, MD, PhD

Cardiology Service, Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain; Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Interests: geriatric cardiology; heart failure; Acute Coronary Syndromes; aortic stenosis

Sophie Mavrogeni, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece

Interests: Non-ischemic cardiomyopathy and specifically CMR in Internal Medicine-Neurology (Thalassemia, Dystrophinopathies, myocarditis and rheumatic diseases).

Samy I. McFarlane, MD, MPH

Department of Internal Medicine, State University of New York: Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Interests: Diabetes and cardiovascular disease; Hypertension; Insulin resistance; Metabolic diseases; Metabolism; Lipid metabolism; Blood pressure; Atherosclerosis; Abdominal obesity; Glucose metabolism

Jawahar L. Mehta, MD, PhD

Division of Cardiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, AR, USA

Interests: Biology of LOX-1; A receptor for oxidized low density lipoprotein; Target for cardiovascular therapy

Donato Mele, MD

Department of Cardio-Thoraco-Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Interests: strain imaging; echocardiography; heart failure; cardiac resynchronization therapy; ventricular function

Daphne Merkus, PhD

Institute for Surgical research, Walter Brendel Center of Experimental Medicine, University Clinic Munich, Munich, Germany

Interests: Heart failure; Pulmonary hypertension; Microvascular dysfunction; Vascular remodelling; Cardiac function

Konstantinos G. Moulakakis, MD, PhD

Vascular Surgery Department, Patras University Hospital, Patras, Greece

Interests: Aortic aneurysm; Carotid disease; Aortic Type B Dissection

Mohammad Reza Movahed, MD, PhD

College of Medicine Phoenix, University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, USA; College of Medicine, Tucson, University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, AZ, USA

Interests: cardiovascular disease; coronary intervention; non-invasive cardiology; heart failure; and cardiovascular epidemiology

Giacomo Mugnai, MD, PhD

Electrophysiologist at Electrophysiology and Cardiac Pacing Unit, Cardiology Division, West Vicenza General Hospitals, Arzignano, Vicenza, Italy

Interests: Cardiovascular medicine; arrhythmias; electrophysiology; electronic device implantations

Eliano Pio Navarese, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland

Interests: Atherosclerosis; Myocardial Infarction; Diabetes; Inflammation; Genetic engineering; Pharmacology; Hypertension; Cardiovascular medicine; Clinical cardiology; Heart failure

Attila Nemes, MD, PhD

2nd Department of Medicine and Cardiology Centre, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

Interests: Echocardiography; Cardiology; Hypertension; Three-Dimensional echocardiography, Transesophageal; Echocardiography; Cardiomyopathies; Sport physiology; Coronary artery disease

Gaetano Nucifora, MD, PhD

Cardiac Imaging Unit, NorthWest Heart Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK

Interests: Echocardiography; Heart failure; Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular medicine; Clinical cardiology; Cardiac echocardiography; Cardiac imaging; Cardiomyopathies acute myocardial infarction magnetic resonance

Julio Núñez Villota, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiology, Hospital Clínico Universitario Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Interests: Interventional cardiology; Heart failure; Acute coronary syndrome

Stefano Omboni, MD

Clinical Research Unit, Italian Institute of Telemedicine, Varese, Italy

Interests: Medical research; Medical scientific communication; Blood pressure monitoring; Telemedicine; Arterial hypertension, Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular therapy; Cardiovascular physiology; Clinical pharmacology

Francesco Onorati, MD, PhD

Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Verona Medical School, Verona, Italy

Interests: Adult cardiac surgery; Aortic dissection; Cardiac transplantation; Mechanical assisting devices; Mitral valve repair; Aortic valve therapies (surgery and transcatheter); Cardiopulmonary bypass; Cardioplegia; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Heart failure

Petr Ostadal, MD, PhD

Cardiovascular Center, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic

Interests: Statins; Atherosclerosis; Sudden cardiac death; Ventricular arrhythmias

Alberto Palazzuoli, MD, PhD

Department of Internal Medicine S. Maria alle Scotte Hospital, University of Siena, Italy

Interests: Acute Heart Failure , Pulmonary Circulation-Pulmonary Embolism-Right Heart Failure, Echocardiography

Vasileios Panoulas, MD, PhD, MSc

Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS  Foundation Trust, UK

Interests: transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), use of bioresorbable scaffolds (BRS) in clinical practice, acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and hypertension,speckle tracking and hand-held echocardiography, cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Zoltán Papp, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiology, Division of Clinical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Hungary

Interests: Animal physiology; Signaling pathways; Cardiac function; Physiology; Patch-clamp electrophysiology; Electrophysiology; Cell signaling; Signal transduction; Signaling; Phosphorylation

Carlo Pappone, MD, PhD

Department of Arrhythmology and Electrophysiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese MI, Italy

Interests: atrial fibrillation, heart failure, Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (WPW), Brugada Syndrome

Francesco Pelliccia, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Interests: Takotsubo syndrome, MINOCA, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Grant N. Pierce, PhD

Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Interests: cardiac cation transport; smooth muscle cation transport; cell biology; molecular biology

Maurizio Pieroni, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiology, San Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy

Interests: Cardiomyopathies, Metabolic Diseases, Heart Failure, Cardiac Function, Echocardiography, Clinical Cardiology, Atrial Fibrillation, Cardiac, Echocardiography, Hypertrophy, Cardiovascular Imaging

Vladimir M. Pokrovskii, MD, PhD

Department, Kuban State Medical Academy, Department of Normal Physiology, Krasnodar, Russia

Interests: Atrial fibrillation; Rhythm disorders; Chronic heart failure

Kailash Prasad, MD, PhD

Department of Physiology, College of Medicine University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Interests: Oxyradicals in cardiovascular diseases and diabetes; Flaxseed and its components in cardiovascular disease and diabetes

Harry G. Preuss, MD

Department of Biochemistry, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

Interests: Obesity; insulin resistance; Cholesterol

Allison B. Reiss, MD

Departments of Medicine and Foundations of Medicine, NYU Long Island School of Medicine, Mineola, NY, USA

Interests: molecular cardiology; acute coronary syndromes; coronary artery disease; lipid profile

Gianluca Rigatelli, MD, PhD

Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Endoluminal Interventions, Rovigo General Hospital, Viale Tre Martiri, Rovigo, Italy

Interests: transcatheter congenital interventions, coronary anomalies pathophysiology, left main coronary artery bifurcation physiology and stenting

Emma Louise Robinson, PhD

Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Interests: Heart failure; Cardiovascular disease; Gene expression; Epigenetics; Experimental cardiology

Luc Rochette, PhD

Research Team of Physiopathologie et Epidémiologie Cérébro-Cardiovasculaires (PEC2, EA 7460), Faculté des Sciences de Santé, Université de Bourgogne-Franche Comté, 21000 Dijon, France

Interests: Oxidative stress; Free radicals; Cardioprotection; Mitochondria; mRNA

Gaston Rodriguez-Granillo, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Imaging, Instituto Medico ENERI, Clinica La Sagrada Familia, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Interests: Computed Tomography, Stroke, Cardiovascular thrombotic complications, neurocardiology

Claudio Ronco, MD

Department of Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation, International Renal Research Institute Vicenza (IRRIV), San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy

Interests: Hypertension; Heart failure; Hemodialysis; CRRT; Acute kidney injury

Giuseppe Sangiorgi, MD

Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Interests: Interventional cardiology; Atherosclerosis; surgery; Acute myocardial infarction; Clinical cardiology; Cardiovascular medicine; Cardiac imaging; Myocardial infarction; Lipids; Cardiac surgery

Despina Sanoudou, PhD

Head of Clinical Genomics and Pharmacogenomics Unit, 4th Department of Internal Medicine, "Attikon" Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece; Faculty, Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece

Interests: Cardiovascular biology; Molecular cardiology; Genomics; Genetics; Genetic testing; Pharmacogenomics; Precision medicine

Giuseppe Santarpino, PhD

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

Interests: Mini-invasive Surgery; Stentless and Sutureless Aortic Valves; REDO surgery

Celestino Sardu, MD, PhD, MSc

Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy

Interests: Diabetes; Adipocyte-derived stem cells; Heart failure; Atrial fibrillation; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Clinical cardiology; Chronic heart failure; Cardiac function; Myocardial infarction; Hypertension

Stefano Savonitto, MD, PhD

Cardiovascular Department, Manzoni Hospital in Lecco, Lecco, Italy

Interests: chronic and acute coronary disease; ACS in the elderly; PCI

Jan D. Schmitto, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Interests: Heart failure; Cardiology; Hypertension; Echocardiography; Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac function; Chronic heart failure; Hemodynamics; Myocardial infarction; Exercise intervention

Peter A. Schneider, MD

Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, San Francisco, CA, USA

Interests: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm; Carotid Artery Disease; Complex Limb Revascularization; Critical Limb Ischemia; Diabetic Vascular Disease; Dialysis Access; Endovascular Aneurysm Repair; Mesenteric Artery Disease; Peripheral Artery Disease; Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm; Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Angela Sciacqua, MD

Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

Interests: endothelial dysfunction; hypertension; insulin resistance; cardiac hypertrophy; essential hypertension; atherosclerosis

Victor L. Serebruany, MD, PhD

Department of Neurology, Stroke Unit, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

Interests: Risk factors and prevention; Interventional cardiology; Pharmacotherapy

Patrick W.J.C. Serruys, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiology, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland

Interests: interventional Cardiology; PCI; coronary physiology; bioresorbable scaffolds (BRS); cardiovascular imaging; cardiac CT; transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI); structural Heart disease

Stefano De Servi, MD

Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia Medical School, Pavia, Italy

Interests: pathophysiology of acute coronary syndromes; interventional procedures in patients with ischemic heart disease; inflammatory mediators

Pawan K. Singal, PhD

Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology Rady Faculty of Health Sciences University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Interests: Cardiac cation transport; Smooth muscle cation transport; cell biology; Molecular biology

Jan Slezak, MD, PhD

Centre of Experimental Medicine, Institute for Heart Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Interests: Heart failure; Atrial fibrillation; Pacemakers; Cardiac electrophysiology; Catheter ablation; Radiation injury

Rubattu Speranza, MD

Applied Medical Technologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Interests: hypertension, cardiovascular acute events, cardiovascular risk, mitochondrial dysfunction, Molecular genetics of cardiomyopathies

Lee Stoner, PhD, MPH

Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Interests: Lifestyle risk factors; Noninvasive methodologies for assessing cardio-metabolic health; Translation of basic and applied science into public health outcomes

Zhonghua Sun, PhD

Discipline of Medical Radiation Sciences, Curtin University, Australia

Interests: Cardiovascular imaging; Cardiac CT in quantitative assessment of coronary plaques; 3D printing in medicine, specially use of 3D printing in congenital heart disease; Coronary and aortic disease; Artificial intelligence in coronary artery disease; Optimization of CT scanning protocols

Hirofumi Tanaka, PhD

Cardiovascular Aging Research Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

Interests: Hypertension; Atherosclerosis, Blood pressure; Exercise science; Exercise physiology; Exercise performance; Exercise testing; Sports science; Resistance training; Exercise intervention

Felix Christoph Tanner, MD

Univ Hosp Zurich, Univ Heart Ctr, Dept Cardiol, Zurich, Switzerland;

Interests: Echocardiography; Valvular heart disease; Aortic stenosis; ARVC; LVNC

Udaya S. Tantry, PhD

Sinai Center for Thrombosis Research and Drug Development, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, LifeBridge Health, Baltimore, MD, USA

Interests: Cardiology; Platelets; Thrombosis; Platelet Aggregation; antithrombotic agents

Giuseppe Tarantini, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy

Interests: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVR / TAVI); Cardiogenic shock

Brian Tomlinson, MD

Faculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macau, China

Interests: the pathogenesis and treatment of hyperlipidaemia; hypertension; the metabolic syndrome and diabetes the clinical pharmacology; toxicology and pharmacogenetics of drugs; particularly in the cardiovascular field

Yan Topilsky, MD

Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Interests: Valve diseases; Myocardial and pericardial diseases; Echocardiography; Heart failure

Dimitris Tousoulis, MD

1st Cardiology Department, "Hippokration" General Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece

Interests: inflammation; atherosclerosis; acute coronary syndromes

Filippos Triposkiadis, MD

Department of Cardiology, Larissa University Hospital, Larissa, Thessaly, Greece

Interests: Chronic heart failure; Diseases of the aorta; Coronary artery disease chronic; Myocardial disease

Antonino Tuttolomondo, MD, PhD

Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Interests: ischemic stroke; stroke subtypes; inflammation; cytokines; diabetic foot; congestive heart failure

Mehmet Ugur ES, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Damla Hospital, Elazig, Turkey

Interests: Cardiac Valve Replacement; Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG); Heart double valve replacement; Heart port surgery

Barry Frederick Uretsky, MD

Division of Cardiology, Central Arkansas Veterans Administration Hospital, Little Rock, AR, USA

Interests: Cardiology; Interventional cardiology; Coronary; Endovascular; Internal medicinem; Cardiovascular; Angiography; Healthcare

Pradeep Vaideeswar, MD

Department of Pathology, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic, Seth GS Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Interests: Cardiovascular and pulmonary pathology

András Varró, MD, PhD

Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

Interests: Cellular mechanism of antiarrhythmic drug actions; Cardiac electrophysiology; Cardiovascular pharmacology

George Wayne Vetrovec, MD

Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

Interests: Internal Medicine; Cardiology; Coronary Angioplasty; Angina Pectoris; Ischemic Heart Disease; Coronary Restenosis; General and Invasive Cardiology; Management of Angina; Manifestations of Ischemic Disease; General Clinical Cardiology

Krishnaswami Vijayaraghavan, MD

Institute of Congestive Heart Failure, Abrazo Arizona Heart Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, USA

Interests: Congenital heart defects; Coronary artery disease; Heart rhythm disorders and heart failure

Massimo Volpe, MD

Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Science, and Hypertension Unit, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy

Interests: Hypertension; Chronic Heart Failure; Hypertension

Jochen Wöhrle, MD

Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care, Medical Campus Lake Constance, Klinikum Friedrichshafen, Germany

Interests: Interventional cardiology; TAVI; Coronary and structural interventions; MitraClip; TriClip; PCI; CTO; Bifurcation lesions

Tzung-Dau Wang, MD, PhD

Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Center and Division of Cardiology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan

Interests: Hypertension and blood pressure monitoring; Artificial intelligence of cardiovascular imaging and physiology; Pelvic arterial intervention

Karol E. Watson, MD, PhD

Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, NV, USA

Interests: Heart disease prevention; Vascular calcification; Hypertension; Hypercholesterolemia; Cardiovascular disease in black Americans

Luca Zanoli, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Policlinico di Catania, Catania (CT), Italy

Interests: Blood Pressure; Hypertension; Atherosclerosis; Metabolic; Syndrome; Cardiology; Dialysis; Diabetes; Cardiovascular Disease; Cardiovascular Medicine; Clinical Nephrology

Jun Zhang, MD

Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA

Interests: Chronic heart failure; Diseases of the aorta; Coronary artery disease chronic; Myocardial disease

Marco Zimarino, MD, PhD

Institute of Cardiology, G. D'Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Interests: Coronary artery disease; Intravascular imaging; TAVI; Mitraclip; PFO closure

Alessandro Zorzi, MD, PhD

Department of Cardio-Thoraco-Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padua, Itlay

Interests: sports cardiology; sudden death; ventricular arrhythmias; athletes; arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy; cardiac arrest