The European Heart Journal is an international, English language, peer-reviewed journal dealing with cardiovascular medicine. It is an official journal of the European Society of Cardiology and is published weekly.

The European Heart Journal aims to publish the highest quality material, both clinical and scientific, on all aspects of cardiovascular medicine. It includes articles related to research findings, technical evaluations, and reviews. In addition it provides a forum for the exchange of information on all aspects of cardiovascular medicine, including education issues.

In addition to publishing original papers on all aspects of cardiovascular medicine and surgery, the journal also features reviews, clinical perspectives, ESC Guidelines, and editorial articles about recent developments in cardiology as well as encouraging correspondence from its readers.

Editors
Editor-in-Chief
Thomas F. Lüscher, Zurich, Switzerland

T LUESCHER OFF PORT ScROGERS CS C 80Thomas F. Lüscher Lüscher trained at the University Hospital Zurich, Mayo Clinic and University Hospital Basel in Internal Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology and Cardiology. He has been Professor of Clinical Pharmacology in Basel and Professor and Vice-Chairman of Cardiology in Bern and then Director of the University Heart Center and Chairman of Cardiology at the University and University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. Since 2017 Professor Thomas F. Lüscher is the Director of Research, Education & Development and Consultant of Cardiology at Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospital Trust and Imperial College in London and Director of the Center for Molecular Cardiology at the University Zurich (Campus Schlieren). Thomas Lüscher is a clinical and interventional cardiologist with a broad research interest and among the 0.5% most cited scientists. As Editor-in-Chief of the European Heart Journal, he is ex-officio Chairman of the Publications Committee and member of the ESC board.

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Deputy Editors
Jeroen Bax

Jeroen BaxJeroen Bax, MD, PhD. President, European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2016-2018. Professor of Cardiology, is Director of non-invasive imaging in Leiden, Netherlands. He holds several positions in national and international scientific organizations, and was President of the ESC Congress program committee for 2007-2008 and the ESC Cardiology Guidelines chair for 2010-2012. Jeroen Bax focuses on clinicalcardiology, heart failure, cardiac resynchronization therapy, and the application of all different imaging modalities to these clinical fields.

Bernard J. Gersh

bernardgershBernard Gersh, M.B., Ch.B., D.Phil, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, USA. Consultant in Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine. Recipient of numerous distinctions including the AHA’s prestigious James B. Herrick Award, and in 2013, he was designated Master of the American College of Cardiology. Bernard Gersh covers general cardiology for the European Heart Journal and particularly his core research interests (i.e. cardiomyopathies, CAD etc.)

Ulf Landmesser

ulflandmesserUlf Landmesser MD, FESC. Professor of Cardiology, Director Charite University Hospital, Berlin. Co-Prime Investigator of Leducq Transatlantic Network on HDL Dysfunction. Recipient of the Friedrich Goetz Award. Treasurer of the European Association of Cardiovascular Prevention. Ulf Landmesser focuses on prevention, lipids, stem cells and basic science for the European Heart Journal.

Christian M. Matter

christianmatterChristian M. Matter, MD, FESC, Professor of Cardiology. He trained in Lucerne, at the University Hospital Zurich and at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Vascular Biology. As head of Translational Medicine and non-invasive clinical cardiologist at the University Hospital Zurich, he relates experimental research (mouse models of atherothrombosis) to clinical studies in patients with ACS. Christian Matter acts as a rotating weekly editor with Frank Ruschitzka and Thomas F. Lüscher.

Frank Ruschitzka

frankruschFrank Ruschitzka, MD, FRCP, FESC. Professor of Cardiology, Director of Cardiology, University Heart Center Zurich, Director Heart Failure and Transplantation Clinic. President of the ESC Heart Failure Association and recipient of the Friedrich Goetz Award. Frank Ruschitzka focuses on heart failure for the European Heart Journal, and also acts as rotating weekly editor with Christian Matter and Thomas F. Lüscher.

Jan Steffel

STEFFEL J CS C1 48 Jan Steffel, MD, FESC, FHRS. Co-Director Electrophysiology Department, University Hospital Zurich; Co-Chair European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) Certification Committee; Head of University Courses, European Heart Academy. Jan Steffel’s work focuses on Electrophysiology, Cardiac Devices and Anticoagulation, the topics which he also covers for the European Heart Journal.

 

William Wijns

williamwijnsWilliam Wijns, MD, FESC. SFI Professor in Interventional Cardiology, The Lambe Institute for Translational Medicine, Curam, and Saolta University Healthcare Group, National University of Ireland Galway. Previously, Co-Director of the Cardiovascular Center in Aalst, Belgium. Served the ESC in various positions, including Vice-President, Scientific Programme Chair. President of ESC European Association of Percutaneous Cardiac Intervention. Presently, Co-Director of EURO-PCR and Chairman of PCR. William Wijns covers acute coronary syndromes, coronary artery disease and interventional cardiology for the European Heart Journal.

Clinical Review Editor
Freek W.A. Verheugt

Statistics Editor
Rickey Carter

Editorial Team
General Inquiries:  eurheartj@zhh.ch

Lead Managing Editor: Amelia Meier-Batschelet (amelia.meier(at)zhh.ch , +41 76 334 4075)

Managing Editor: Susanne B. Dedecke (susanne.dedecke(at)zhh.ch , +41 44 250 40 89)

Editor, Cardiopulse and People’s Corner: Andros Tofield

Editor, Cardio Image Bank: Martin Meyer

Editorial Operations Supervisor: Johanna Huggler

Editorial Assistants: Jeannine Felber, Maike Harder, Stine Thomsen

The Zurich Heart House,  Hottingerstrasse 14, 8032 Zürich

Local Associate Editors
Corinna Brunckhorst

Giovanni G. Camici

Sarah Costantino

Firat Duru

Urs Eriksson

Andreas Flammer

Oliver Gaemperli

Nils Kucher

Luca Liberale

Willibald Maier

Robert Manka

Fabian Nietlispach

Francesco Paneni

Aju Pazhenkottil

Lorenz Räber 

Christian Schmied

Ludwig Karl von Segesser

Simon F. Stämpfli

Christian Templin

Stephan H. Winnik

International Associate Editors
Victor Aboyans (FR)

Colin Baigent (GB)

C. Noel Bairey Merz (US)

Helmut Baumgartner (DE)

Ronald Binder (AT)

Hugh Calkins (GB)

A. John Camm (GB)

Christopher Cannon (US)

Davide Capodanno (IT)

David Celermajer (AU)

John Cleland (GB)

Francesco Cosentino (SE)

Filippo Crea (IT)

Allan Davies

John E. Deanfield (GB)

Gerasimos Filippatos (GR)

Keith A. A. Fox (GB)

Nazzareno Galiè (IT)

Runlin Gao (CN)

John Gorcsan III (US)

Helmut U. Klein (US)

Patrizio Lancellotti (BE)

Ulrich Laufs (DE)

A. Michael Lincoff (US)

Russell V. Luepker (US)

John J.V. McMurray (GB)

Christian Mueller (CH)

Thomas Münzel (DE)

Matthias Nahrendorf (US)

Stefan Neubauer (GB)

Marc A. Pfeffer (US)

Holger Reinecke (DE)

Heribert Schunkert (DE)

Peter Schwartz (IT)

Udo P. Sechtem (DE)

Sanjay Sharma (GB)

Hiroaki Shimokawa (JP)

Scott Solomon (US)

Karl Swedberg (SE)

Stefano Taddei (IT)

Thomas Thum (DE)

Alec Vahanian (FR)

Dirk van Veldhuisen  (NL)

Consulting Editors
Anthony N. DeMaria

Joe Loscalzo

Frans Van de Werf

Senior Consulting Editors
Stefan Agewall

Tomasz Guzik

Gerhard Hindricks

Tiny Jaarsma

Gerald Maurer

Marco Metra

Massimo Piepoli

Patrick W. Serruys

Adam Timmis

Christian J.M. Vrints

ESC Journal Family Ethics Committee
Maarten L. Simoons

Kim M. Fox

Christian Hamm

Ursula Ravens

David Garcia-Dorado

Mat Daemen