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74 editors and editorial board members in 14 countries/regions

  • Argentina (1)
  • Canada (3)
  • China (20)
  • Croatia (1)
  • France (1)
  • Germany (7)
  • Italy (10)
  • Japan (1)
  • Netherlands (1)
  • Republic of Korea (1)
  • Switzerland (1)
  • Turkey (1)
  • United Kingdom (UK) (4)
  • United States (USA) (22)

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Editors-in-Chief

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Haiyang Li

    Haiyang Li MD

    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

    Interests: coronary artery disease surgery; aortic disease surgery; valvular surgery; minimally invasive CABG; hybrid aortic surgery

    Biography:

    Prof. Li Haiyang is a doctoral supervisor and a distinguished cardiologist. He currently serves as the Vice President of Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, and the Deputy Director of the Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases. He possesses extensive clinical experience in cardiac surgery, having performed over 10,000 cardiac and aortic surgeries as the lead surgeon, achieving a remarkable record of zero mortality in 2,100 consecutive cardiovascular surgeries. He led more than 10 national and provincial research projects, yielding fruitful research results and receiving multiple science and technology progress awards.

  • 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 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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Zhan Hu

    Zhan Hu MD

    Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

    Interests: coronary artery disease; coronary artery bypass grafting; atherosclerosis; cardiac surgery; bypass graft conduit

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Fei Li

    Fei Li MD

    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

    Interests: calcific valvular heart disease; tissue-engineered heart valve; senescence; heart transplantation; heart failure; multiomics analysis

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 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 PhD, MSc, DO, FACC

    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 MD, FACC, FHRS

    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 MD, FACC, FESC

    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 MD, MBA

    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 Haytham Elgharably

    Haytham Elgharably MD, PhD, FACS

    Division of Cardiothoracic & Transplantation surgery, Tampa General Hospital / University of South florida, Tampa, Florida, USA

    Interests: infective endocarditis; lung transplantation; complex valve surgery; pulmonary endarterectomy

  • 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 MD, PhD, FACC

    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 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 Hai-Ou Hu

    Hai-Ou Hu MD

    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Aortic Disease Center, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Engineering Research Center of Vascular Prostheses, Beijing, China

    Interests: aortic dissection; thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysm; aortic aneurysm; aortic stenting; coronary heart disease; valvular heart disease

  • 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 MD, FACC

    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 Jian Liu

    Jian Liu MD, PhD

    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of South China Structural Heart Disease, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

    Interests: minimally invasive cardiac surgery; totally endoscopic cardiac surgery; small-incision cardiac surgery; transcatheter valve interventions; percutaneous cardiovascular interventions; structural heart disease; atrial fibrillation; surgical ablation; hybrid cardiac procedures

  • 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 Liang Ma

    Liang Ma MD

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

    Interests: cardiac transplantation; aortic aneurysm and dissection surgical management; minimally invasive cardiovascular surgery; coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG); transcatheter/interventional valve therapies

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Tomas D. Martin

    Tomas D. Martin MD, MSc, BA, BSc, FRCSC

    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 Hani K. Najm

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

    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 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 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 MD, MBA

    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 MD, MSc, FRCSC

    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, PhD, MSc

    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
  • 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 Guowei Tu

    Guowei Tu MD

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

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

  • 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

Biostatistics Editors

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Ahmed K. Awad

    Ahmed K. Awad MD

    Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Interests: coronary artery bypass grafting; aortic surgery; infective endocarditis; right heart failure; complex reoperations; pulmonary endarterectomy; radiation heart disease

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Kanhua Yin

    Kanhua Yin MD, MPH

    Department of Surgery, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA

    Interests: cardiac and aortic surgery outcomes; innovation in surgical techniques; rare cardiovascular diseases; research methodology and statistical rigor in surgery

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