Special Issues

• Advances with miRNAs in Cardiovascular Disease: miRNA-Based Therapeutic Strategies

  Guest Editor: Anindita Das
  Section: Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
  Keywords: miRNA; Biogenesis; Molecular targets; Signaling pathways; Biomarkers; Cardiovascular disease
  (2 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2023

• Cardiac Based 4D Flow Imaging and Fluid Mechanics of Cardiovascular Systems

  Guest Editor: Kelvin K.L. Wong
  Section: Cardiovascular Imaging
  Keywords: hemodynamics; flow biomarkers; reduced modelling; coronary physiology; anti-thrombotic therapy; myocardial ischemia; ventricular arrhythmias; platelets; wall shear stress; atherosclerosis; stenosis; intimal hyperplasia
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2023

• New Insights into Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices

  Guest Editor: Alexander Maass
  Section: Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics
  Keywords: pacemaker; implantable cardioverter defibrillator; cardiac resynchronization therapy; programming; indication; replacement; complication
  (4 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2023

• Cardiac Catheterization: Clinical Updates and Novel Technologies

  Guest Editors: Hiroki Teragawa, Hiroki Ikenaga
  Section: Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics
  Keywords: acute coronary syndrome (ACS); angina with non-obstructive coronary artery disease (ANOCA); chronic coronary syndrome (CCS); congenital heart disease; coronary function test; coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD); coronary spastic angina (CSA); intravascular ultrasound (IVUS); ischemia with non-obstructive coronary artery disease (INOCA); microvascular angina; microvascular spasm; myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary artery disease (MINOCA); MitraClip; near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)-IVUS; non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI); optical coherence tomography (OCT); patent foramen ovale; spasm provocation test; spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD); ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI); structural heart disease; transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI); variant angina; vasospastic angina (VSA); WATCHMAN TM
  (4 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2023

• Current Role and Future Perspectives of Cardiac Rehabilitation in Heart Disease

  Guest Editors: Lee Stoner, Snehil Dixit
  Keywords: cardiac rehabilitation; lifestyle management; cardiovascular disease; patient care models; cardiac arrythmias; exercise tolerance; exercise training
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2023

• State-of-the-Art Reviews on Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging: the Present and the Future

  Guest Editor: Benjamin Y.C. Cheong
  Section: Cardiovascular Imaging
  Keywords: myocardial viability; myocardial perfusion; T1 mapping; T2 mapping
  (2 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2023

• Current Advancement in Cardiothoracic Anesthesia

  Guest Editors: Hong Liu, Hushan Ao
  Keywords: structural heart disease; minimally invasive heart surgery; dexmedetomidine; cardiac surgery; aortic aneurysm; COVID-19; ventricular assist devices; electroencephalogram; tissue oxygenation; ERAS; opioid sparing
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2023

• Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Diseases

  Guest Editor: Yaohua Tian
  Section: Lifestyle and Risk Factors
  Keywords: air pollution; cardiovascular disease; genetic susceptibility; particulate matter; ozone; gene-environment interaction
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2023

• Mechanical Circulatory Support and Heart Transplantation: Current Updates and Future Challenges

  Guest Editor: Michael Dandel
  Section: Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics
  Keywords: mechanical circulatory support; ventricular assist devices; heart transplantation; surgical techniques; weaning from MCS; cardiac rejection; cardiac allograft vasculopathy; immunosuppressive therapy; postoperative surveillance; long-term outcomes
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 01 October 2023

• New Advances in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care

  Guest Editor: Chien-Hua Huang
  Section: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
  Keywords: cardiac arrest; post-cardiac arrest care; targeted temperature management; in-hospital cardiac arrest care; artificial intelligence; pre-hospital care; resuscitation; cardiogenic shock
  (7 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 01 October 2023

• Clinical Outcomes and Prognosis of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Interventions

  Guest Editors: Elmar W. Kuhn, Matti Adam
  Section: Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics
  Keywords: aortic valve disease (stenosis/insufficiency); transcatheter aortic valve implantation/replacement; surgical aortic valve replacement; short-/long-term outcomes; bicuspid aortic valve; endocarditis
  (4 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 15 October 2023

• Wearable Devices and Innovative Techniques for Cardiovascular System Monitoring and Management

  Guest Editors: Oana Geman, Alexandru Burlacu, Dhilip Kumar, Mony Gokuldhev
  Section: Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics
  Keywords: wearable IoT devices; health informatics; bio-signal processing; fitness tracking and activity monitoring; cardiac function monitoring; wearable sensors and sensing systems for CVD monitoring; body sensor network; clinical decision support for CVD; stress level monitoring using heartrate; human-activity monitoring and recognition; decision support using cardiac sensing data; patient assist and support system; remote medical diagnosis; wearable devices and innovative techniques; cardiovascular system monitoring; cardiovascular system management
  (2 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2023

• Maternal Smoking and Congenital Heart Defects

  Guest Editors: Li Dai, Changfei Deng
  Section: Lifestyle and Risk Factors
  Keywords: congenital heart defects; maternal smoking; passive smoking; E-cigarettes; environmental tobacco smoke; exposure-response relationship; dose-response; genetic susceptibility; association; epidemiology; observational study; case-control study; cohort study
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2023

• Lipoproteins and Lipids in Cardiovascular Disease

  Guest Editor: Yu-Sheng Lin
  Keywords: lipoprotein; lipid; cardiovascular disease; coronary artery disease; valvular heart disease
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2023

• Periodontitis, Cardiovascular Diseases and Related systemic Biomarkers

  Guest Editors: Gaetano Isola, Simona Santonocito, Alessandro Polizzi
  Section: Lifestyle and Risk Factors
  Keywords: periodontitis; cardiovascular disease; oxidative stress; biomarkers; serum; saliva; oral pathology; gingival crevicular fluid
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2023

• Recent Advances in Valvular Heart Disease

  Guest Editor: Mustafa Yildiz
  Section: Heart Diseases
  Keywords: valvular heart disease; functional tricuspid regurgitation; rheumatic heart disease; aortic valve calcification; bicuspid aortic valve; heart valve development; mitral valve prolapse
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2023

• Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography—Emerging Technologies and Clinical Uses

  Guest Editors: Mariusz Kruk, Cezary Kepka
  Section: Cardiovascular Imaging
  Keywords: coronary artery disease; coronary computed tomography angiography; health care economics; practice guidelines; radiomics; artificial intelligence; computed tomography perfusion; computed tomography-based fractional flow reserve; functional computed tomography angiography; guided intervention by computed tomography angiography
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2023

• Novel Strategies to Regenerate the Heart

  Guest Editors: Tamer M A Mohamed, Riham R E Abouleisa
  Keywords: cardiac repair; regeneration; cell cycle; reprogramming; microRNA; transcription factor
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2023

• Research of Cardiovascular Imaging in Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases

  Guest Editor: Sophie Mavrogeni
  Section: Cardiovascular Imaging
  Keywords: autoimmune rheumatic disease; echocardiography; nuclear techniques; cardiovascular magnetic resonance; cardiovascular computed tomography
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2023

• Cardiovascular Pharmacology

  Guest Editors: Vincenzo Russo, Luigi Falco
  Keywords: SGLT2i; heart failure; DOAC; P2Y12; antithrombotic treatment; dyslipidemia management; cardiovascular pharmacology; cardiovascular physiology; cardiovascular biology; cardiomyopathies emerging therapy; antiarrhythmic drugs; atrial fibrillation
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2023

• Physical Activity and Exercise in the Management of Cardiovascular Health

  Guest Editors: Ferdinando Iellamo, Marco Alfonso Perrone
  Section: Lifestyle and Risk Factors
  Keywords: physical activity; health; cardiovascular disease; exercise training; cardiovascular adaptations; cardiovascular risks factors
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2023

• Microcirculation and Heart Disease: from Bench to Bedside

  Guest Editor: Francesco Pelliccia
  Section: Cardiovascular Nursing
  Keywords: angina with normal coronary arteries; cardiomyopathy; cardiac hemodynamics; coronary artery disease; coronary flow reserve; coronary microvascular dysfunction; coronary physiology; index of microcirculatory resistance; myocardial infarction with normal coronary arteries; microcirculation.
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2023

• Acute Coronary Syndrome: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management

  Guest Editor: Kenji Inoue
  Keywords: acute coronary syndrome; risk scores; risk stratification; coronary intervention; biomarker; imaging modalities; coronary intervention
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2023

• Novel Biomarkers for Diagnosis and Prognosis in Heart Failure

  Guest Editor: Simon W Rabkin
  Section: Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
  Keywords: biomarkers; heart failure; sensitivty; specificty; cost effectiveness analysis; prognosis; etiology; epidemiology; diagnosis
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2023

• Gut Microbiome and Cardiovascular Disease

  Guest Editor: Jinwei Tian
  Section: Diet and Physical Inactivity
  Keywords: gut microbiome; cardiovascular disease; atherosclerosis; hypertension; arrhythmia; heart failure; trimethylamine-N-oxide; short chain fatty acids; uremic toxins; bile acids; pathogenesis; biomarker
  Submission deadline: 30 December 2023

• Advanced Echocardiography in the Diagnosis and Management of Structural Heart Disease

  Guest Editor: Christos G. Mihos
  Section: Cardiovascular Imaging
  Keywords: 4-D echocardiography; cardiomyopathies; congenital heart disease; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; intra-cardiac echocardiography; left atrial appendage occlusion; mitral valve regurgitation; speckle-tracking echocardiography; structural heart disease; transcatheter aortic valve replacement; transcatheter mitral valve edge-to-edge repair; transcatheter tricuspid valve edge-to-edge repair; transesophageal echocardiography; tricuspid valve regurgitation; valvular heart disease
  Submission deadline: 30 December 2023

• Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation: The XXI Century Diseases

  Guest Editor: Fabiana Lucà
  Section: Heart Diseases
  Keywords: heart failure; HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF); HF with mildly reduced ejection fraction (HFmrEF); HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF); sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i); Rare diseases; Amyloidosis; Anderson-Fabry disease; targeted therapies; pathophysiology; treatment; diagnosis; classification; Atrial Fibrillation; Antiarrhythmic Drugs; DOACs; cancer; women; pregnancy; liver diseases; renal diseases; high and low weight
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 31 December 2023

• Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis of TakoTsubo Syndrome (TTS) What is Known and What is to be Known – Volume 2

  Guest Editor: Giuseppe Andò
  Section: Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics
  Keywords: Takotsubo syndrome; acute cardiac care; coronary artery disease; acute coronary syndrome; acute myocardial infarction; computed tomography coronary angiography; cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
  (2 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 31 December 2023

• Perioperative Management in Cardiac Surgery

  Guest Editors: Takatoshi Kasai, Guo-wei Tu
  Keywords: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; enhanced recovery after surgery; hemodynamic monitoring; cardiogenic shock; sedation; machine learning; fluid responsiveness; renal replacement therapy; cardiopulmonary bypass; coronary artery bypass; intensive care; quality improvement
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 31 December 2023

• Advances in Coronary and Structural Heart Interventions

  Guest Editors: Ciro Indolfi, Alberto Polimeni
  Section: Heart Diseases
  Keywords: DES; TAVR; TEER; ACS; FFR; iFR; IMR; RFR
  Submission deadline: 31 December 2023

• Novel Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease and their Applications in Clinical Practice

  Guest Editor: Lihua Sun
  Section: Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics
  Keywords: cardiovascular diseases; biomarkers; diagnosis; myocardial infarction; heart failure
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 31 December 2023

• Sodium Intake and Cardiovascular Health

  Guest Editors: Yangfeng Wu, Yifang Yuan
  Section: Lifestyle and Risk Factors
  Keywords: salt intake; methods for measuring or monitoring salt intake; salt reduction strategies; effectiveness; cost-effectiveness; safety; barriers to implementation; real world practices; blood pressure; hypertension; cardiovascular disease; non-cardiovascular disease
  Submission deadline: 31 December 2023

• The Management of Chronic Heart Diseases with Telemedicine

  Guest Editor: Helena Domínguez
  Section: Heart Diseases
  Keywords: telemedicine (or telehealth); remote monitoring; teleconsultations; cross-sector; shared-care; heart failure; coronary disease; multimorbidity; atrial fibrillation
  Submission deadline: 30 January 2024

• Wearable Devices for Monitoring Sleep and Cardio-Respiratory Parameters

  Guest Editors: Paolo Visconti, De Fazio Roberto
  Section: Lifestyle and Risk Factors
  Keywords: wearable devices; health monitoring; monitoring sleep; cardio-respiratory parameters
  Submission deadline: 31 January 2024

• Cardio-Oncology: State-of-the-Art Reviews

  Guest Editors: Tong Liu, Ying Liu, Leilei Cheng
  Keywords: cardio-oncology; anticancer treatment; cardiovascular toxicity; prevention; mechanism
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 31 January 2024

• Lipid Metabolism and Atherosclerotic Diseases

  Guest Editors: Yanwen Qin, Zhiyong Du
  Section: Lifestyle and Risk Factors
  Keywords: dyslipidemia; low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol; triglyceride; lipoprotein (a); atherosclerosis; arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease; cardiovascular disease
  Submission deadline: 31 January 2024

• Cardiogenic Shock—Volume 2

  Guest Editors: Karim Bendjelid, Ahmed Zaky
  Section: Lifestyle and Risk Factors
  Keywords: heart failure; IABP; LVAD; ECMO; shocks; inflammation
  Submission deadline: 31 January 2024

• Advances of Drug Therapy in Heart Failure

  Guest Editor: Massimo Iacoviello
  Section: Cardiovascular Drugs
  Keywords: heart failure; drug therapy; prognosis; cardiomyopathies, cardiovascular ımaging; arrhythmias
  Submission deadline: 31 January 2024

• Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy: Current Updates and Future Challenges

  Guest Editors: Barbara Bauce, Alessandro Zorzi
  Section: Heart Diseases
  Keywords: arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
  Submission deadline: 31 January 2024

• Recent Advances in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy

  Guest Editors: Djamel Lebeche, Abdul Majid
  Section: Heart Diseases
  Keywords: diabetes mellitus; diabetic cardiomyopathy; heart failure; cardiac fibrosis; cardiomyocyte hypertrophy; diastolic dysfunction; calcium; hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia; hyperinsulinemia; metabolism; molecular imaging; Energetics; non-coding RNAs; mitochondrial dysfunction; immune response; therapy
  Submission deadline: 31 January 2024

• Present and Future of Tricuspid Regurgitation – Volume 2

  Guest Editors: Antonio Mangieri, Azeem Latib
  Section: Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics
  Keywords: tricuspid regurgitation; right heart failure; transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement; transcatheter tricuspid valve repair
  Submission deadline: 31 January 2024

• Research of Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease

  Guest Editors: Michele Provenzano, Giuseppe Coppolino, Claudia Torino
  Section: Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics
  Keywords: peripheral arterial disease; chronic kidney disease; cardiovascular events
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 29 February 2024

• Genetic Polymorphism and Coronary Artery Disease

  Guest Editors: Xiang Xie, Ying-Ying Zheng
  Section: Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
  Keywords: genetics polymorphism; coronary artery disease; personalized medicine; precision medicine
  Submission deadline: 29 February 2024

• Applications for Aortic Valve Replacement

  Guest Editors: Francesco Nicolini, Alan Gallingani
  Section: Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics
  Keywords: Aortic valve replacement; aortic valve repair; TAVI; TAVR; Ross Operation; Rapid deployment prosthesis; biological vs mechanical aortic valve
  Submission deadline: 29 February 2024

• Physical Activity and Fitness in the Prevention and Management of Cardiometabolic Disease: Age, Race, and Sex Differences

  Guest Editor: Peter Kokkinos
  Section: Lifestyle and Risk Factors
  Keywords: physical activity; exercise capacity; fitness; disease prevention; mortality
  Submission deadline: 29 February 2024

• Nutraceuticals and Dietary Patterns and Their Impact on Psycho-Cardiometabolic Health

  Guest Editors: Nenad Naumovski , Andrew McKune
  Section: Diet and Physical Inactivity
  Keywords: nutraceuticals; dietary patterns; functional foods; cardiometabolic health; mental health
  Submission deadline: 29 February 2024

• Gene-Environment Interactions and Cardiovascular Disease

  Guest Editor: Leonardo Roever
  Section: Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
  Keywords: cardiovascular disease; environmental factors; gene-environment interactions; genetics; genome-wide association study
  Submission deadline: 31 March 2024

• Lipids and Inflammation in Atherosclerosis

  Guest Editor: Nikolaos P. E. Kadoglou
  Section: Cardiovascular Endocrinology and Metabolism
  Keywords: lipid-lowering; anti-diabetic drugs; hypercholesterolemia; hypertriglyceridemia; PCSK9; gene therapy; anti-inflammatory drugs; cytokines; herbal medicine
  Submission deadline: 31 March 2024

• Aortic Valve Stenosis: from Basic Mechanisms to Therapeutic Targets

  Guest Editors: Claudio Muneretto, Lorenzo Di Bacco
  Section: Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics
  Keywords: bicuspid aortic valve; transcatheter aortic valve implantation; suture-less aortic valves; aortic valve reconstruction; small aortic annulus; rapid deployment valves; resilia tissue bioprostheses; self-expandable TAVI; balloon-expandable TAVI; artificial intelligence; machine learning; data mining
  Submission deadline: 31 March 2024

• Risk Factors for Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Diseases

  Guest Editor: Gen-Min Lin
  Section: Lifestyle and Risk Factors
  Keywords: atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases; experimental research; risk factors; population based study; racial/ethnicity difference; sex difference
  Submission deadline: 31 March 2024