Editorial Board
119 editors and editorial board members in 25 countries/regions
- Argentina (1)
- Australia (1)
- Belgium (2)
- Canada (2)
- China (27)
- Czechia (1)
- Finland (1)
- Germany (2)
- Greece (7)
- Hungary (2)
- Ireland (1)
- Israel (1)
- Italy (36)
- Japan (2)
- New Zealand (1)
- Norway (1)
- Russia (1)
- Slovakia (1)
- South Africa (1)
- Republic of Korea (1)
- Spain (1)
- Sweden (1)
- Switzerland (1)
- United Kingdom (UK) (1)
- United States (USA) (23)
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Editors-in-Chief

Yujie Zhou MD, PhD, FACC, FESC, FHRS, FSCAI
Prof. Yujie Zhou is a distinguished cardiologist and researcher. He currently serves as Deputy Director of the Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, and Chief Physician, Executive Vice-president at Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University. Prof. Zhou serves as a member of the American College of Cardiology (FACC), the member of the American Heart Rhythm Society (FHRS), the member of the American Society of Angiography (SCAI), Vice president of the Chinese College of Cardiovascular Physicians, a standing committee member of the Chinese Society of Cardiology.
Interests: ischemic cardiomyopathy; coronary artery disease; percutaneous coronary intervention; coronary calcification; intracoronary imaging; structural heart disease; transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Karol E. Watson is a Professor of Medicine/Cardiology and a board-certified, full-time cardiologist at the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She holds the John C. Mazziotta Endowed Chair in Medicine and was honored to be named Cardiologist of the Year by the California chapter of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) in 2017. Dr. Watson received her undergraduate degree from Stanford University, her Medical Degree from Harvard Medical School, magna cum laude, and her PhD in Physiology from UCLA. She serves on several committees and panels of the National Institutes of Health. She is a former member of the advisory board for the California Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program.
Interests: heart disease prevention; vascular calcification; hypertension; hypercholesterolemia; cardiovascular disease in black Americans
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Special Issue in Women in Cardiovascular Medicine and Science
Associate Editors

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Interests: Cardiovascular research; Arrhythmias; Cardiovascular damage; Cardiac fibrosis/remodeling; Molecular mechanisms
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Special Issue in Exercise-Induced Cardiac Injury: Sudden Cardiac Death Prevention

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
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Department of Cardiac Intensive Care Centre, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Interests: intensive care; hemodynamic monitoring; acute kidney injury; ECMO
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Special Issue in Perioperative Management in Cardiac Surgery
Special Issue in Monitoring and Organ Support in Cardiac Intensive Care
Special Issue in Organ Interactions in Heart Failure: Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Therapeutics

Department of cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
Interests: coronary artery disease; percutaneous coronary intervention; coronary calcification; gene editing; hypertension; renal denervation
Editorial Board Members

Heart Center, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Interests: atrial fibrillation; anticoagulation; cardioversion; troponins

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

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

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
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Special Issue in New Frontiers in Cardiac Surgery: Biomarkers and Treatment
Special Issue in Women in Cardiovascular Medicine and Science

Adrian Baranchuk MD, FACC, FRCPC
Division of Cardiology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Interests: electrocardiology; electrophysiology; cardiac devices; PPM, ICDs., CRTs, ILR; syncope; Alcohol & CV Health

Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
Interests: arrhythmias; cardiac devices and ablation procedures
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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
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Special Issue in Smoking and Oxidative Stress of Cardiovascular Diseases
Special Issue in Translational Cardiovascular Research—In Memory of Professor Attilio Maseri

Davide Bolignano MD, PhD, FERA
Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
Interests: the epidemiology and pathophysiology of chronic and acute kidney diseases; cardiovascular risk in renal patients; biomarkers and prognostic models of cardiovascular and renal risk
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Giuseppe Boriani MD, PhD, FESC, FEHRA
Cardiology Division, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Policlinico di Modena, Modena, Italy
Interests: scientific activity focused on clinical cardiology; clinical cardiac electrophysiology; pace-makers; implantable defibrillators; cardiac resynchronization therapy; atrial fibrillation; antiarrhythmic drugs; biomarkers; heart failure; ischemic heart disease; telemedicine; digital health; health economics

Mediterranea Cardiocentro, Naples, Italy
Interests: Coronary Heart Disease, Heart Attack, Atherosclerosis, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Angina

Department of Cardiology, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
Interests: cardiovascular metabolism and immunology

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

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Interests: aortic dissection; aortic aneurysm; tricuspid valve insufficiency; right heart failure; transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Interests: cardiometabolic diseases; lipid regulation; hypertension; atrial fibrillation; coronary heart disease; heart failure; other common cardiovascular conditions; pulmonary hypertension; other vascular disorders

Department of Health Sciences, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
Interests: dialysis; hemodialysis; chronic renal failure; diabetes; hypertension; acute kidney injury; clinical nephrology; kidney transplantation; transplantation; carbon dioxide
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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

Medical Faculty Charité, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany; German Center for Heart and Circulation Research, Berlin, Germany
Interests: heart transplantation; mechanical circulatory support; echocardiography
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Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, 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
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Buddhadeb Dawn MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP, FIACS
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Interests: Echocardiography; Atrial fibrillation

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
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Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
Interests: cardiovascular disease; biomarkers; invasive coronary imaging; IVUS; OCT; coronary angiography
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Special Issue in The Pathophysiology of Acute Coronary Syndromes

Naranjan S. Dhalla PhD, MD, FRSC
Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Interests: diabetic cardiomyopathy, ischemic heart disease and heart failure; molecular and cellular mechanisms; regulation of Ca2+- transport systems; vasoactive hormones and signal transduction mechanisms; oxidative stress and Intracellular Ca2+- overload

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
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Special Issue in Interventions for the failing left ventricle
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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
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Special Issue in Cardiac Stress Testing

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
Interests: cardiac surgery; cardiovascular surgery; pediatric cardiac surgery; cardiovascular abnormalities; heart failure; human induced pluripotent stem sells

Department of Cardiology, St Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, PA, USA
Interests: alcohol and the heart; hypertension; hyperlipidemia; cardiovascular risk factors; history of the heart
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Special Issue in Alcohol and Heart Health

Jerome L. Fleg MD, FACC, FAHA, FAPS, FHFSA
Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Bethesda, MD, USA
Interests: geriatric cardiology; coronary artery disease; heart failure; exercise physiology; cardiac rehabilitation; preventive cardiology
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Special Issue in Heart Health and Aging

Heart Failure Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy
Interests: heart failure; left ventricular function; exercise; coronary artery disease; metabolism
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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

Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy
Interests: Cardiac rehabilitation and cardiology; Geriatric cardiology and internal medicine

Department of Health Sciences, Clinica Medica, University Miano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Interests: blood pressure; heart failure; hypertension

Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Interests: Congenital echocardiography; Congenital cardiac interventional consortium

Department of Pharmacy, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital Affiliated to Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
Interests: cardiovascular pharmacology; heart failure; cardiotoxicity; cardiac fibrosis/remodeling; mitochondria; molecular mechanisms

Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Interests: interventional treatment of coronary heart disease; aortic disease, and peripheral vascular disease

Umea Heart Centre, Umea University, Sweden
Interests: Coronary calcification; Heart failure; Valvular heart disease
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Rongchong Huang MD, PhD, FESC, FACC
Cardiovascular Center, Division of Cardiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, China
Interests: interventional diagnosis and treatment of coronary heart disease and valvular disease; dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis; obesity hypertension; shared decision-making

Massimo Iacoviello MD, PhD, FESC, FANMCO
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences; University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
Interests: heart failure; autonomic nervous system activity; dilated cardiomyopathies; echocardiography
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Special Issue in Drug Treatment for Heart Failure

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
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John Lynn Jefferies MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA, FESC
School of Public Health, University of Memphis, 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
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Special Issue in Novel Gene Discovery in Cardiomyopathy

Department of Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China
Interests: blood management and organ protection in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass in cardiac surgery; clinical and basic research related to extracorporeal life support; development and validation of extracorporeal life support devices

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

Division of Cardiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Interests: Atrial Fibrillation; Anticoagulant Agent; Hemorrhage; Pulmonary Veins; Catheter Ablation; Atrial Fibrillation; Idarucizumab; Dabigatran Etexilate; Anticoagulant Agent

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
Interests: Infiltrative cardiomyopathies; Lipidology; Pulmonary hypertension; Cardiac imaging

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

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Interests: sleep apnea; sleep disorders; heart failure; hemodynamics; positive airway pressure; telemedicine
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Special Issue in State-of-the-Art Cardiovascular Medicine in Asia 2021
Special Issue in Perioperative Management in Cardiac Surgery

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
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Special Issue in Gene Therapy and Stem Cells Therapy in Cardiovascular Diseases

Lloyd W. Klein MD, FACC, FSCAI
Cardiology Section, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Interests: congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart rhythm disorders, heart failure

Department of Kinesiology and Health, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA; Department of Cardiology, Washington DC VA Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA; School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
Interests: exercise science; exercise physiology; physical activity; exercise intervention; exercise performance; sports science; physical fitness; epidemiology; exercise testing; hypertension
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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

GRN Hospital Weinheim, Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, Weinheim, Germany
Interests: atherosclerosis; imaging; cardiology; inflammation; interventional cardiology; heart failure; computed tomography; magnetic resonance; myocardial infarction; echocardiography
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Special Issue in State-of-the-Art Cardiovascular Medicine in Europe 2022
Special Issue in Applications of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA)

Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART), North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa; SAMRC Extramural Research Unit for Cardiovascular Disease and Hypertension, Faculty of Health Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Interests: primary prevention of CVD; paediatric hypertension

Cardiology Department, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
Interests: Computed tomography; Echocardiography; Interventional cardiology; Infective endocarditis; Basic science

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
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Special Issue in Exercise-Induced Cardiac Injury: Sudden Cardiac Death Prevention

Antonio Maria Leone MD, PhD, FESC
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
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Special Issue in Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia

Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing, China
Interests: lipid, inflammation, and ASCVD; interventional cardiology; hypertension

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
Interests: coronary artery disease; renal denervation; heart failure drug and device therapy; physiological pacing

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
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Special Issue in Translational Perioperative Cardioprotection

Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Interests: heart failure; cardiomyopathy; coronary heart disease; hypertension; arrhythmia

Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
Interests: atrial fibrillation; diabetes and atrial remodeling; cardio-oncology; syncope
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Special Issue in Risk Stratification in Cardiovascular Diseases
Special Issue in Cardio-Oncology: State-of-the-Art Reviews
Special Issue in Atrial Fibrillation: From Bench-to-Bedside

Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
Interests: acute coronary syndrome; acute aortic syndrome; coronary/aortic intervention; complex coronary intervention; myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury; heart failure; ischemic cardiomyopathy

Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Transvascular Implantation Devices, Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Interests: diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases such as arrhythmia and coronary heart disease, cardiac implantable electronic device therapy (e.g., pacemakers); mechanisms and translational applications of cardiac metabolism and regeneration in cardiovascular diseases

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
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Special Issue in Present and future of tricuspid regurgitation
Special Issue in Present and Future of Tricuspid Regurgitation – Volume 2

University Hospital Gregorio Maranon, Madrid, Spain
Interests: myocardial infarction
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Special Issue in Acute Coronary Syndromes in the Octogenarians
Special Issue in Acute Coronary Syndromes in the Octogenarians—Volume 3

Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece
Interests: cardiovascular imaging modalities; autoimmune rheumatic diseases; arrhythmia; heart failure; coronary artery disease; valvular disease
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Special Issue in Role of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Cardiology
Special Issue in Research of Cardiovascular Imaging in Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases

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

Mohammad Reza Movahed MD, PhD, FSCAI, FACC
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
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Special Issue in The Management of Advanced Heart Failure

Electrophysiologist at Electrophysiology and Cardiac Pacing Unit, Cardiology Division, West Vicenza General Hospitals, Arzignano, Vicenza, Italy
Interests: cardiovascular medicine; arrhythmias; electrophysiology; electronic device implantations
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Special Issue in Advances in Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing

Department of Medicine, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
Interests: echocardiography; cardiology; hypertension; three-dimensional echocardiography; transesophageal; cardiomyopathies; sport physiology; coronary artery disease
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Special Issue in Hypertension and Cardiac Function: Insights from Imaging

Clinical Research Unit, Italian Institute of Telemedicine, Varese, Italy; Department of Cardiology, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian
Interests: hypertension; telemedicine; clinical cardiology; blood pressure monitoring
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Petr Ostadal MD, PhD, FESC, FIACS
Department of Cardiology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
Interests: cardiogenic shock; cardiac arrest; mechanical circulatory support; acute myocardial infarction; lipid-lowering therapy

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

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
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Special Issue in Cardiac Hypertrophy: from Basic Science to Clinical Application

Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Interests: cardiac hemodynamics; interventional cardiology; microcirculation; coronary artery disease; cardiomyopathy
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Special Issue in Microcirculation and Heart Disease: from Bench to Bedside

Department of Cardiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Interests: risk assessment and guideline practice for coronary artery disease; research and development of interventional treatment technology and devices for coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, and hypertension

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
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Vladimir M. Pokrovskii MD, PhD, ScD, PRPhS, RSC
The Department of Normal Physiology, Kuban State Medical University, Krasnodar, Russian Federation
Interests: cardiac rhythm disorders; atrial fibrillation; chronic heart failure

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
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Special Issue in Inflammation and Cardiovascular Diseases

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
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Special Issue in Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis: Translation from Basic to Clinic

Gaston Rodriguez-Granillo MD, PhD, FACC
Department of Cardiovascular Imaging, Instituto Medico ENERI, Clinica La Sagrada Familia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Interests: atherosclerosis; vulnerable plaque; cardiac computed tomography; spectral imaging

Applied Medical Technologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Interests: hypertension, cardiovascular acute events, cardiovascular risk, mitochondrial dysfunction, Molecular genetics of cardiomyopathies

Vincenzo Russo MD, PhD, FAIAC, FISC
Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Cardiology and Syncope Unit, University of Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli'-Monaldi Hospital, Piazzale E. Ruggeri, Naples, Italy
Interests: sudden cardiac death; syncope; neuromuscular disorders; cardiomyopathy; atrial fibrillation; ventricular arrhytmias; cardiovascular pharmacology
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Special Issue in Sudden Cardiac Death in Special Population
Special Issue in Sudden Cardiac Death in Special Population—Volume 2

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

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.
Interests: cardiopulmonary bypass; cardiovascular; cardiac surgery; cardiothoracic surgery; aortic valve; coronary artery bypass; heart failure; heart valve diseases; echocardiography; pacemakers
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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
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Special Issue in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases 2022

Cardiovascular Department, Manzoni Hospital in Lecco, Lecco, Italy
Interests: chronic and acute coronary disease; ACS in the elderly; PCI

Victor L. Serebruany MD, PhD, FESC
Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Interests: risk factors and prevention; interventional cardiology; pharmacotherapy
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Special Issue in Myths and Realities of Modern Antithrombotic Strategies

Patrick W.J.C. Serruys MD, PhD, FACC, FESC
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

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

Michael D. Shapiro DO, MCR, FACC, FAHA
Department of Cardiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Interests: lipids; lipoprotein metabolism; atherosclerosis; prevention of cardiovascular disease
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Special Issue in Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases

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

Cardiac Intensive Care Center, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Interests: acute kidney injury; renal replacement therapy; cardiogenic shock; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; perioperative management
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Department of Pharmacology, Harbin Medical University, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Interests: arrhythmia; myocardial ischemia; heart failure; cardiovascular pharmacology
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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
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Special Issue in 3D Printing in Heart and Cardiovascular Disease

Hirofumi Tanaka MSc, PhD, FAHA, FNAK, FACSM, FSGC, FGSA
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

Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Interests: echocardiography; arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; aortic stenosis; tricuspid regurgitation

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

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
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Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Interests: Valve diseases; Myocardial and pericardial diseases; Echocardiography; Heart failure
1st Cardiology Department, "Hippokration" General Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
Interests: inflammation; atherosclerosis; acute coronary syndromes

Filippos Triposkiadis MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FHFA
School of Medicine, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus; Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece
Interests: Chronic heart failure; Diseases of the aorta; Coronary artery disease chronic; Myocardial disease
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Special Issue in State-of-the-Art Cardiovascular Medicine in Europe 2022

Antonino Tuttolomondo MD, PhD, MSc
Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Interests: Fabry Disease; Alpha-Galactosidase; Enzyme Replacement Therapy; Mediterranean Diet; Adherence; Cardiovascular Disease; Killer Cell Immunoglobulin Like Receptor; Southern Chinese Han Individual; Receptor
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Special Issue in Congestive Heart Failure

Division of Cardiology, Central Arkansas Veterans Administration Hospital, Little Rock, AR, USA
Interests: Cardiology; Interventional cardiology; Coronary; Endovascular; Internal medicinem; Cardiovascular; Angiography; Healthcare

Krishnaswami Vijayaraghavan MD, MSc, FACP, FACC, FHFSA, FNLA
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
Special Issues in IMR Press journals

Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Interests: Hypertension; Chronic Heart Failure; Hypertension
Special Issue in IMR Press journals
Special Issue in State-of-the-Art Cardiovascular Medicine in Europe 2022

Department of Cardiology, Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
Interests: coronary artery disease; heart failure; atherosclerosis; valvular disease

Department of Cardiology, Fuwai Hospital and National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
Interests: complex coronary intervention; intracoronary imaging and physiology; coronary artery ectasia

Department of Cardiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
Interests: interventional diagnosis and treatment of complex coronary artery disease; management of refractory hypertension and heart failure; mechanistic research on hypertension-induced myocardial hypertrophy and atherosclerosis

Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
Interests: basic and clinical research on arteriosclerosis and related diseases

Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
Interests: coronary artery disease; percutaneous coronary intervention; intravascular imaging and coronary physiology

Sun Yat-sen University First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Interests: atrial fibrillation; heart failure; myocardial hypertrophy; myocardial fibrosis; stroke prevention; adverse outcomes

Institute of Cardiology, G. D'Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy
Interests: Coronary artery disease; Intravascular imaging; TAVI; Mitraclip; PFO closure

Alessandro Zorzi MD, PhD, FESC
Department of Cardio-Thoraco-Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
Interests: sports cardiology; sudden death; ventricular arrhythmias; athletes; arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy; cardiac arrest
Special Issue in IMR Press journals
Special Issue in Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy: Current Updates and Future Challenges
