Basic Research in Cardiology is an international journal for cardiovascular research. It provides a forum for original and review articles related to experimental cardiology that meet its stringent scientific standards. Thus, it comprises all aspects related to the physiology and pathology of the structure and function of the heart and the cardiovascular system, including their regulation by neuronal and humoral mechanisms. The journal regularly receives articles from the fields of

- Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Biochemistry
- Biophysics
- Pharmacology
- Physiology and Pathology
- Clinical Cardiology

Fields of interest: Cardiology, Physiology, Pathology

Editor
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. G. Heusch, FRCP
Institut für Pathophysiologie
Zentrum für Innere Medizin
Universitätsklinikum Essen
Hufelandstraße 55, 45147 Essen, Germany
Phone: +49 (201) 723-4480
Fax: +49 (201) 723-4481

Assistant Editor
Priv. Doz. Dr. A. Skyschally
Institut für Pathophysiologie
Zentrum für Innere Medizin
Universitätsklinikum Essen
Hufelandstraße 55, 45147 Essen, Germany
Phone: +49 (201) 723-4485
E-Mail: editorial.office@basic.res.cardiol.de
Consulting Editors

M. Böhm, Homburg/Saar
H.A. Katus, Heidelberg

Editorial Board

I. Andreadou, Athens
J. Bauersachs, Hannover
C. Bode, Freiburg
R. Bolli, Louisville
H.E. Botker, Aarhus
R. Brandes, Frankfurt
T. Braun, Bad Nauheim
P.G. Camici, Milan
W.M. Chilian, Rootstown
M.V. Cohen, Mobile
F. Cuello, Hamburg
S. Davidson, London
B. Dawn, Las Vegas
A. Deussen, Dresden
F. Di Lisa, Padua
S. Dimmeler, Frankfurt
D. Dobrev, Essen
T. Doenst, Jena
J.M. Downey, Mobile
A. El-Armouche, Dresden
G. Ertl, Würzburg
T. Eschenhagen, Hamburg
J. Fandrey, Essen
A. Fender, Essen
J.W. Fischer, Düsseldorf
B. Fleischmann, Bonn
I. Fleming, Frankfurt
N.G. Frangogiannis, New York
S. Frantz, Würzburg
N. Frey, Kiel
A. Gödecke, Düsseldorf
D.D. Gutterman, Milwaukee
C.W. Hamm, Bad Nauheim
G. Hasenfuss, Göttingen
D.J. Hausenloy, London
J. Heineke, Mannheim
F. Heinzel, Berlin
D. Hermann, Essen
D. Hilfiker-Kleiner, Hannover
I. Hilgendorf, Freiburg
B. Ibáñez, Madrid
E.K. Iliodromitis, Athens
S.P. Jones, Louisville
M. Kelm, Düsseldorf
M. Kitakaze, Osaka
P. Kleinbongard, Essen
S. Lecour, Cape Town
E.J. Lesnefsky, Richmond
F. Leuschner, Heidelberg
B. Levkau, Essen
M. Lindsey, Omaha
K. Lorenz, Würzburg
C. Maack, Würzburg
L. Maier, Regensburg
E. Marban, Los Angeles
T. Miura, Sapporo
T. Münzel, Mainz
M. Nahrendorf, Boston
G. Nickenig, Bonn
M. Ovize, Lyon
K. Przyklenk, Detroit
T. Rassaf, Essen
W. Schaper, Bad Nauheim
K.-D. Schlüter, Giessen
K. Schröder, Frankfurt
R. Schulz, Giessen
H. Schunkert, München
D. Sedding, Halle
C. Steenbergen, Baltimore
M.A. Sussman, San Diego
T. Thum, Hannover
J.D. Tune, Indianapolis
G. Vilahur, Barcelona
N. Voigt, Göttingen
C. Weber, München
T. Wieland, Mannheim
K.C. Wollert, Hannover
D.M. Yellon, London
A.M. Zeiher, Frankfurt
A. Zernecke-Madsen, Würzburg
W.H. Zimmermann, Göttingen