Editorial Board
Editors-in-Chief (2)
Prof. Dr. Cheng Zhang
Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
Interests: Cardiovascular Basic and Clinical Research; Atherosclerosis; Aortic Aneurysm; Cardiomyopathy
Prof. Dr. Yihai Cao
Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
Interests: Angiogenesis; Drug Development; Tumor Biology; Vascular Biology; Metabolism
Scientific Advisory Board (1)
Prof. Dr. Yun Zhang
The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
Interests: Arteriosclerosis; Heart Failure; Echocardiography
Editorial Board Members (22)
Prof. Dr. Ghassan Bkaily
Department of Immunology & Cellular Biology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, PQ J1H 5N4, Canada
Interests: Cardiovascular Physiology; Pathology and Pharmacology; Hypertension; Hypotension; Cardiac Hypertrophy and Heart Failure; Cardiomyopathy; Calcium Homeostasis
Prof. Dr. Paul Cahill
School of Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
Interests: Vascular Biology; Cardiovascular Disease; Extracellular Vesicles (EVs); Tissue Engineering; Nanoparticle Drug Delivery Systems
Prof. Dr. Stephen Clark
Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK
Interests: Heart and Lung Transplantation; ECMO; Mitral Valve Disease; Aortic Valve Disease; Cardiac Tumours; Carcinoid Heart Disease
Prof. Dr. Mark Chappell
Hypertension and Vascular Research Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, USA
Interests: Drug and Alcohol Abuse; Cardiovascular Physiology and Hypertension; Regenerative Medicine; Neuro- and Behavioral Pharmacology; Cancer Therapeutics Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Lifespan Physiology
Dr. Giuseppe Caminiti
1. Department of Human Science and Promotion of Quality of Life, San Raffaele Open University, 00163 Rome, Italy
2. Cardiovascular Unit, San Raffaele IRCCS, 00163 Rome, Italy
Interests: Hypertension; Chronic Heart Failure; Atrial Fibrillation; Exercise Training; Sport Medicine
Dr. Pietro Delise
Division of Cardiology, Ospedale P. Pederzoli, Via Monte Baldo, 24, Peschiera del Garda, 37019 Verona, Italy
Interests: Ischemic Heart Disease; Myocardial Infarction; Angina Pectoris; Electrocardiography; Vectorcardiography; Arrhythmology; Sports Cardiology
Prof. Dr. Maria Dorobantu
1. Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, 020021 Bucuresti, Romania
2. Romanian Academy, Calea Victoriei 125. Sector 1, Cod 010071, Bucuresti, Romania
Interests: Molecular Cardiology; Hypertension
Prof. Dr. Camelia Cristina Diaconu
Department of Internal Medicine, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania
Interests: Heart Failure; Atrial Fibrillation; Arterial Hypertension; Comorbidity
Prof. Dr. Adam El-Gamel
1. Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
2. Waikato Cardiothoracic Unit, Waikato Hospital, 3024 Hamilton, New Zealand
3. Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, 1010 Auckland, New Zealand
Interests: Internal Medicine; Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation; Left Atrial Appendage Closure; Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
Prof. Dr. Francisco Epelde
School of Medicine, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: Emergency Medicine; Cardiovascular Medicine
Prof. Dr. Sameer Hirji
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Interests: Valvular Heart Surgery; Aortic Surgery; Heart Transplantation; ECMO
Prof. Dr. John D. Horowitz
Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5371, Australia
Interests: Nitric Oxide Signalling; Heart Disease in Women; Cardiotoxicity/Cardioprotection
Dr. Reinhard Kopp
Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Interests: Aortic Surgery, Aortic Aneurysm and Endovascular Aortic Repair
Prof. Dr. Raouf A. Khalil
Vascular Surgery Research Laboratories, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Interests: Vascular Physiology and Cell Biology; Mechanisms of Vascular Contraction/Relaxation; Matrix Metalloproteinases; Sex Hormones; Gender Differences in Vascular Disease; Hypertension; Coronary Artery disease; Chronic Venous Disease; Varicose Veins; Pregnancy; Preeclampsia
Prof. Dr. Rossella Marcucci
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, 50132 Florence, Italy
Interests: Interventional Cardiology; Myocardial Infarction; Acute Myocardial Infarction; Atherosclerosis; Hypertension; Heart Failure; Flow Cytometry; Cardiovascular Medicine; Atrial Fibrillation; Clinical Hematology
Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Nasso
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Anthea Hospital, GVM Care & Research, 70124 Bari, Italy
Interests: Atrial Fibrillation; Mitral Valve Surgery; Minimally Invasive Surgery
Prof. Dr. Bertram Pitt
Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Interests: Heart Failure; Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists; Hypertension SGLT2 Inhibitors; Potassium Lowering Drugs
Prof. Dr. David E. Stec
Center for Excellence in Cardiovascular-Renal Research, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State St., Jackson, MS 392161, USA
Interests: Obesity; Diabetes; Hypertension; Cardiovascular Disease; Heme Oxygenase; Bilirubin; Biliverdin Reductase; Antioxidants
Prof. Dr. Yoshiya Toyoda
Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
Interests: Myocardial Protection/Preservation; Pulmonary Protection/Preservation; Cardiac Anatomy, Structure and Function; Thoracic Transplantation; Mechanical Circulatory Support
Prof. Dr. Giancarlo Tonolo
ASSL Olbia, Via Bazzoni-Sircana 2, 07026 Olbia, Italy
Interests: Hypertension; Diabetes Complications; Cardiovascular System; Metabolic Syndrome; Clinical Nutrition; Diabetes; Cardiology
Dr. Mauro Vaccarezza
Curtin Medical School and Curtin Heath Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI), Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
Interests: Inflammation; Human Immunology; Cell-Mediated Immunity; Vascular Biology; Anti-Viral Immunity; Inflammaging
Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Yoshida
Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital, Chiba 277-8567, Japan
Interests: Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular Medicine; Clinical Nutrition; Clinical Pharmacology; Lipid Metabolism; Oxidative Stress