Special Issues

• Advances in Treatment of Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients with Structural Heart Disease

  Guest Editor: Jackson J. Liang
  Section: Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics
  Keywords: Ventricular tachycardia, Cardiomyopathy, Catheter ablation, Arrhythmia, Neuromodulation
  Submission deadline: 15 August 2022

• Smoking and Oxidative Stress of Cardiovascular Diseases

  Guest Editors: Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Leonardo Schirone, Mariangela Peruzzi
  Section: Lifestyle and Risk Factors
  Submission deadline: 28 August 2022

• Functional and Metabolic Correlates of Coronary Disease and Heart Failure

  Guest Editor: Gabriele Fragasso
  Section: Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
  Keywords: metabolic, atherogenesis, coronary disease, heart failure
  Submission deadline: 30 August 2022

• New Frontiers in Cardiovascular Secondary Prevention

  Guest Editors: Furio Colivicchi, Leonardo De Luca, Stefania Angela Di Fusco
  Section: Lifestyle and Risk Factors
  Keywords: prevention, atherosclerosis, risk factor, biotechnology, cholesterol, inflammation, lipoprotein
  Submission deadline: 30 August 2022

• Lipids and Cardiovascular Risks

  Guest Editors: Federica Fogacci, Giuliano Tocci, Arrigo F.G. Cicero
  Section: Cardiovascular Endocrinology and Metabolism
  Keywords: lipids, epidemiology, emerging lipid-lowering agents, PCSK9, inclisiran, vascular aging, cardiovascular risk
  Submission deadline: 30 August 2022

• New Insights in Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

  Guest Editors: Giuseppe Nasso, Giuseppe Santarpino
  Section: Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics
  Keywords: Atrial fibrillation, Long-standing persistant atrial fibrillation, Catheter ablation, Surgical ablation, Hybrid ablation
  (8 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 31 August 2022

• Cardiac Anesthesia

  Guest Editors: Landoni Giovanni, Vladimir Lomivorotov
  Section: Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics
  Keywords: Cardiopulmonary bypass, Biomarkers, Postoperative complications, Cardiac anesthesia, Myocardial, Protection
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 31 August 2022

• Novel Gene Discovery in Cardiomyopathy

  Guest Editor: John Lynn Jefferies
  Section: Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
  Keywords: Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, Hypertrophic, Arrhythmogenic, Restrictive, Non-compaction, Gene, Cardiovascular genetics, Genomics
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 01 September 2022

• Translational Cardiovascular Research—In Memory of Professor Attilio Maseri

  Guest Editors: Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Mariangela Peruzzi, Antonio Abbate
  Keywords: Cardiovascular disease, Coronary artery disease, COVID-19, Heart failure, Interventional cardiology, Meta-analysis, Translational research, Vascular medicine
  (3 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 03 September 2022

• State-of-the-Art Cardiovascular Medicine in Europe 2022

  Guest Editors: Massimo Volpe, Filippos Triposkiadis, Grigorios Korosoglou, Matteo Cameli
  Keywords: Sudden cardiac death, Arrhythmias, Arterial Hypertension, Cardiovascular disease, Prevention, Cardiac CT, Cardiac MRI, Interventional cardiology, Vascular intervention, Electrocardiogram, Heart failure
  (10 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 15 September 2022

• Myocardial infarction: unsolved issues and future options

  Guest Editor: Gianluca Campo
  Keywords: Myocardial infarction, Reperfusion injury, Left ventricle remodelling, Complete revascularization, Antithrombotic drugs, Antiplatelet agents, Stent, Bioresorbable scaffold, Fractional flow reserve, Resting indexes
  (3 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2022

• Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy: Diagnosis and Therapy

  Guest Editor: Stefan Peters
  Section: Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics
  Keywords: Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, Therapy, Diagnosis, Flecainide, ICD implantation
  (2 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2022

• Treatment of Acute Aortic Dissection in the Current Era: from Early Diagnosis, Treatment to Rehabilitation Pathways

  Guest Editors: Francesco Onorati, Igor Vendramin
  Section: Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics
  Keywords: Acute aortic dissection, Type A aortic dissection, Type B aortic dissection, Non-A non-B aortic dissection, Aortic arch surgery, Acute aortic syndrome, Syndromic and non-syndromic aortic syndromes
  (2 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2022

• The Role of Thermography in Cardiovascular Diseases

  Guest Editor: Eddie Yin Kwee Ng
  Section: Cardiovascular Imaging
  Keywords: Cardiovascular disease, Cardiovascular imagining, Biomarkers, Passive/Active thermograms, Isotherms, Temperature, Inflammation, Peripheral perfusion, Pain/Trauma, Controlling temperature in laser therapy
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2022

• Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Disease Management in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

  Guest Editors: Raffaele Galiero, Ferdinando Carlo Sasso
  Section: Lifestyle and Risk Factors
  Keywords: type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular risk factors, diabetes chronic complications, type 2 diabetes therapy
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2022

• The Management of Advanced Heart Failure

  Guest Editor: Mohammad Reza Movahed
  Section: Heart Diseases
  Keywords: congestive heart failure, systolic heart failure, diastolic heart failure, endstage heart failure, cardiogenic shock, cardiac support devices, cardiac transplantation
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2022

• Surgical Strategies for Total Arterial Myocardial Revascularization

  Guest Editors: Massimo Bonacchi, Francesco Cabrucci
  Section: Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics
  Keywords: CABG, OPCAB, MIDCAB, robotic surgery, total arterial myocardial revascularization, arterial conduits, mammary arteries, radial artery, composite grafts, surgical outcome
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2022

• Cardiogenic Stroke: Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment

  Guest Editors: Marialuisa Zedde, Rosario Pascarella
  Section: Lifestyle and Risk Factors
  Keywords: stroke, atrial fibrillation, endocarditis, ESUS, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, microbleeds, PFO
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2022

• SGLT2 Inhibition: New Insight in Cardiology

  Guest Editors: Robert J. Chilton, Badr Harfouch
  Section: Cardiovascular Drugs
  Keywords: heart failure, coronary atherosclerosis, diabetes mellitus, SGLT-2 inhibitors, lipo-toxicity, metabolic inflexibility, cardiomyocyte molecular function
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2022

• New Advances in Cardiac CT Angiography

  Guest Editor: Attila Kardos
  Section: Cardiovascular Imaging
  Keywords: cardiac CT in structural intervention, visceral and perivascular fat and risk assessment, FFR-CT, plaque composition, AI and image analysis, radiomics
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2022

• Cardiorenal Syndrome in Acute Kidney Injury

  Guest Editors: Grazia Maria Virzì, Anna Clementi
  Section: CardioRenal
  Keywords: Cardiorenal Syndrome, AKI, Organ crosstalk, Mechanisms
  Submission deadline: 01 October 2022

• The Pathophysiology of Acute Coronary Syndromes

  Guest Editor: Salvatore De Rosa
  Section: Vascular Diseases
  Keywords: Atherosclerosis, Acute coronary syndrome, Acute myocardial infarction, Coronary plaque, Cardiovascular risk, Revascularization, Antiplatelets, Biomarkers, Personalized medicine, Artificial intelligence, Molecular mechanisms, Pathophysiology, Stent, Coronary physiology, Fractional flow reserve, Instantaneous wave-free ratio, MINOCA, ACS-NNOCA, Residual risk
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 15 October 2022

• New Advances in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

  Guest Editors: Francesco Nicolini, Francesco Formica, Alan Gallingani
  Section: Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics
  Keywords: coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), arterial coronary revascularization, off-pump CABG, minimally invasive CABG, functional mitral valve regurgitation, left ventricular dysfunction, cardiac surgery
  Submission deadline: 15 October 2022

• Cardiac Stress Testing

  Guest Editors: Pompilio Faggiano, Andrea Rossi
  Section: Diet and Physical Inactivity
  Keywords: Exercise stress test, Stress echocardiography, Dovuta mine echocardiography, Dipiridamole echocardiography, Nuclear perfusion imaging, Cardiopulmonary exercise test, Physical adaptation, Cardiac rehabilitation
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 30 October 2022

• Risk Stratification in Cardiovascular Diseases

  Guest Editors: Gary Tse, Sharen Lee, Tong Liu
  Section: Lifestyle and Risk Factors
  Keywords: risk stratification, cardiovascular, machine learning, prognosis, diagnosis
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 30 October 2022

• New Advances in Drug Eluting Stents

  Guest Editors: Juan Luis Gutiérrez-Chico, Myung Ho Jeong
  Section: Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics
  Keywords: drug-eluting stents, coronary revascularization, percutaneous revascularization, percutaneous coronary interventions
  Submission deadline: 30 October 2022

• Cardiac Rehabilitation—Volume 2

  Guest Editors: Kazuhiro P. Izawa, Peter H. Brubaker
  Section: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
  Keywords: exercise training, resistance training, adherence, physical activity, disease management, sedentary behavior, health-related quality of life, environment, cost-effectiveness
  (2 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 30 October 2022

• Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Diseases—Volume 2

  Guest Editors: Ichiro Wakabayashi, Klaus Groschner
  Section: Lifestyle and Risk Factors
  Keywords: aging, atherosclerosis, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, obesity, smoking
  Submission deadline: 30 October 2022

• Coronary Artery Disease in Dialysis Patients

  Guest Editors: Simonetta Genovesi, Giuseppe Regolisti
  Section: CardioRenal
  Keywords: chronic artery disease, acute coronary syndrome, end stage kidney disease, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis
  Submission deadline: 30 October 2022

• The Management of Long QT Syndromes

  Guest Editor: Richard G. Trohman
  Section: Clinical Electrophysiology
  Keywords: congenital LQTS/genetics, acquired LQTS, ion channels/repolarization reserve, beta blockers, sympathectomy, pacemakers/ICDs, QT prolonging drugs, electrolyte abnormalities, controversies, knowledge gaps
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 30 October 2022

• New Insight into Cardiac Strain Imaging

  Guest Editors: Constantina Aggeli, Dimitrios Tsartsalis
  Section: Cardiovascular Imaging
  Keywords: speckle tracking echocardiography, strain imaging;diastolic dysfunction, atrial function, left ventricular function, right ventricular, left atrium, right atrium
  Submission deadline: 30 October 2022

• Stress and Inflammation in Coronary Artery Disease

  Guest Editors: Dragan M. Djuric, Vladimir Jakovljevic
  Section: Lifestyle and Risk Factors
  Keywords: Atherosclerosis, Coronary artery disease, Endothelium, Free radicals, Heart, Inflammation, Stress
  (2 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2022

• Intravascular imaging and Cardiovascular intervention

  Guest Editors: Grigorios Tsigkas, Athanasios Moulias, Anastasios Apostolos
  Section: Cardiovascular Imaging
  Keywords: coronary artery disease, percutaneous coronary interventions, intravascular imaging, IVUS, OCT
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2022

• Gene Therapy and Stem Cells Therapy in Cardiovascular Diseases

  Guest Editors: Rajesh Katare, Venkata Naga Srikanth Garikipati
  Section: Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
  Keywords: ischemic heart disease, diabetic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, angiogenesis, stem cells, extracellular vesicles, gene therapy, regenerative medicine, microRNA, circular RNA, snoRNA, pluripotent stem cells, adult stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2022

• 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
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2022

• Vascular Injury: Basic, Translational and Clinical Insights and Therapeutic Implications

  Guest Editors: Daniel I. Simon, Teruo Inoue
  Section: Vascular Diseases
  Keywords: Vascular injury, Inflammation, Endothelial regeneration, Vascular regeneration therapy, Angiogenesis therapy
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2022

• Advances in Pharmacological Treatments of Acute Coronary Syndromes

  Guest Editor: Pietro Scicchitano
  Section: Cardiovascular Drugs
  Keywords: acute coronary syndrome, cardiovascular pharmacology, target therapies, vascular biology, metabolomics, advances in therapies
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2022

• Inflammation and Cardiovascular Diseases

  Guest Editors: Allison B. Reiss, Joshua De Leon
  Section: Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
  Keywords: cardiovascular, atherosclerosis, inflammatory pathways, obesity, oxidative stress, molecular mechanisms, endothelium
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2022

• The Technological Innovations of the Electrophysiological World: Are We Facing New Frontiers of Treatment for Patients? — Volume 2

  Guest Editor: Matteo Bertini
  Section: Clinical Electrophysiology
  Keywords: innovations, leadless, physiologic pacing, zero-fluoro, high density mapping, epicardial approach, new energy forms
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2022

• New Frontiers in the Epidemiology of Arrhythmias

  Guest Editors: Christopher Wong, Samuel J Tu
  Section: Clinical Electrophysiology
  Keywords: arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation, economic costs, electrophysiology, epidemiology, quality-of-care, risk factors, screening, sudden cardiac death, ventricular arrhythmias
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2022

• Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Diagnosis, Prognosis and Management

  Guest Editors: George Giannakoulas, Alexandra Arvanitaki
  Section: Heart Diseases
  Keywords: adult congenital heart disease, multimodality imaging, biomarkers, prediction models, surgical approach, interventional therapies, multisystem complications
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2022

• Heat Therapy and Cardiovascular Health

  Guest Editor: Setor K. Kunutsor
  Section: Lifestyle and Risk Factors
  Keywords: heath therapy, sauna, cardiovascular disease, prevention, mechanisms
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2022

• Alcohol and Heart Health

  Guest Editor: Vincent Figueredo
  Section: Lifestyle and Risk Factors
  Keywords: alcohol, drinking, coronary heart disease, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, stroke, hypertension, heart health, genetics
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2022

• Drug Treatment for Heart Failure

  Guest Editors: Massimo Iacoviello, Vincenzo De Marzo
  Section: Cardiovascular Drugs
  Keywords: heart failure, echocardiography, cardiovascular therapy, biomarkers, cardiorenal syndrome
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2022

• Tissue Repair and Regeneration in Heart Failure

  Guest Editors: Jerome Roncalli, Anthony Matta
  Section: Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
  Keywords: cell therapy, gene therapy, bioengineering, heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, exosomes, delivery routes
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2022

• Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction

  Guest Editors: Damiano Magrí, Giovanna Gallo
  Section:
  Keywords: Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, Cardiovascular imaging, Biomarkers, Functional evaluation, Arrhythmias, Prognosis
  (2 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 01 December 2022

• Cardiovascular Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Perspective

  Guest Editor: Peter A. McCullough
  Section: COVID-19 and the Cardiovascular System
  Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, complications, myocarditis, thromboembolism, myocardial infarction, stroke, spike protein, vaccine, mRNA, adenoviral DNA, antigen
  (3 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 01 December 2022

• Exercise-Induced Cardiac Injury: Sudden Cardiac Death Prevention

  Guest Editors: Fabian Sanchis-Gomar, Carl  J. Lavie
  Section: Lifestyle and Risk Factors
  Keywords: Exercise, Cardiac damage, Health, Sudden cardiac death
  Submission deadline: 15 December 2022

• Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

  Guest Editors: Omer Dzemali, Hector Rodriguez
  Keywords: minimal invasive cardiac surgery, mini sternotomy, hybrid cardiac surgery, robotics, video-assisted, valve surgery, valve repair, valve replacement, coronary artery bypass graft, atrial fibrillation, aortic surgery
  Submission deadline: 15 December 2022

• Vehicle for Cardiovascular Translational Research: Nutrition

  Guest Editors: Grant N. Pierce, Bram Ramjiawan
  Section: Cardiovascular Imaging
  Keywords: nutrition, diet, food, heart disease, cardiovascular disease, lifestyle, dietary supplement, metabolism
  Submission deadline: 16 December 2022