The aim of this journal is to provide timely perspectives from experts on current advances in cardiovascular medicine. We also seek to provide reviews that highlight the most important recently published papers selected from the wealth of available cardiovascular literature.

We accomplish this aim by appointing key authorities in major subject areas across the discipline. Section editors select topics to be reviewed by leading experts who emphasize recent developments and highlight important papers published over the past year. An Editorial Board of internationally diverse members suggests topics of special interest to their country/region and ensures that topics are current and include emerging research. We also provide commentaries from well-known figures in the field.

Editor-in-Chief:
Steven E. Nissen (Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA)
Associate Editor:
Raimund Erbel (University Duisberg-Essen, Essen, Germany)
Editorial Board:
Jassim Al Suwaidi (Heart Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar)
R. Wayne Alexander (Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
Ramon Brugada (Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
John Camm (St. George’s University of London, London, England, United Kingdom)
Christopher P. Cannon (Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
Kim A. Eagle (University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA)
Harvey Feigenbaum (Krannert Institute of Cardiology, University of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
Junbo Ge (Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China)
Bernard J. Gersh (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA)
Michael R. Gold (Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA)
Antonio Gotto, Jr (Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York, USA)
Dayi Hu (Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China)
Felipe A. Martinez (Cordoba National University, Cordoba, Argentina)
Masakiyo Nobuyoshi (Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan)
Milton Packer (Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA)
José António F. Ramires (University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Gaetano Santulli (Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA)
Heribert Schunkert (Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany)
Patrick W. Serruys (Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Prediman K. Shah (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA)
Kazuyuki Shimada (Jichi Medical School, Tochigiken, Japan)
Kazuaki Shimamoto (Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo-shi, Japan)
Alec Vahanian (Hopital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France)
Magdi Yacoub (Royal Brompton Hospital, London, England, United Kingdom)
Sections and Section Editors:
Cardiac PET, CT, and MRI
Paul Schoenhagen (Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA)
Valvular Heart Disease
Todd L. Kiefer (Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA)
Nuclear Cardiology
Vasken Dilsizian (University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
Heart Failure
Howard J. Eisen (Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA)
Echocardiography
Julius M. Gardin (Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA)
Alfonso H. Waller (Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA)
Ischemic Heart Disease
Debabrata Mukherjee (Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA)
Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes
Hani Jneid (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA)
Invasive Electrophysiology and Pacing
E. Kevin Heist (Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
Interventional Cardiology
Steven R. Bailey (University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA)
Hypertension
David S. Geller (Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Debbie L. Cohen (Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
Stroke
James F. Meschia (Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA)
Lipid Abnormalities and Cardiovascular Prevention
Guy De Backer (Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium)
Cardio-Oncology
Sanjeev A. Francis (Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, USA)
Roisin B. Morgan (Maine Medical Partners, Augusta, Maine, USA)
Pericardial Disease
Allan L. Klein (Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA)
Christine L. Jellis (Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA)
Psychological Aspects of Cardiovascular Diseases
Andrew Steptoe (University College London, London, UK)
Congenital Heart Disease
Richard A. Krasuski (Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA)
Myocardial Disease
Antonio Abbate (Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA)
Gianfranco Sinagra (University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy)
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Christopher J. Cooper (University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA)
Rajesh Gupta (University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA)
Public Health Policy
Elizabeth Klodas (Cardiovascular Imaging Consultants, Edina, Minnesota, USA)
Structural Heart Disease
Robert J. Siegel (Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA)
Nina C. Wunderlich (Cardiovascular Center Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany)
Regenerative Medicine
Sean M. Wu (Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA)
Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
Nathan D. Wong (University of California, Irvine, California, USA)
New Therapies for Cardiovascular Disease
Anthony A. Bavry (University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA)
Global Cardiovascular Health
Gene Y. Bukhman (Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)