Editorial Board
Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members
West-German Heart and Vascular Center, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Duisburg Essen, 45122 Essen, Germany
Interests: acute coronary syndromes; cardiac biomarker research; ischemia/reperfusion injury research; cardio-protection and conditioning; coronary artery bypass grafting; minimal invasive valve surgery; aortic valve surgery; mitral and tricuspid valve repair; transcatheter and endovascular techniques; outcome research; beating heart surgery
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Interests: acute coronary syndromes; cardiac biomarker research; ischemia/reperfusion injury research; cardio-protection and conditioning; coronary artery bypass grafting; minimal invasive valve surgery; aortic valve surgery; mitral and tricuspid valve repair; transcatheter and endovascular techniques; outcome research; beating heart surgery
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1. Heart Center, Clinica San Gaudenzio, 28100 Novara, Italy
2. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, 20138 Milan, Italy
Interests: cardiac surgery; thoracic surgery; vascular surgery; teaching; biostatistics
2. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, 20138 Milan, Italy
Interests: cardiac surgery; thoracic surgery; vascular surgery; teaching; biostatistics
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico, Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo F. Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy
Interests: molecular and cellular mechanisms of angiogenesis and vasculogenesis; use of angiogenic growth factors for therapeutic angiogenesis and tissue regeneration; diabetes complications; genetics of cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases
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Interests: molecular and cellular mechanisms of angiogenesis and vasculogenesis; use of angiogenic growth factors for therapeutic angiogenesis and tissue regeneration; diabetes complications; genetics of cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases
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Cardiac Surgery F.U., Experimental and Clinical Medicine Department, University of Florence, 50134 Firenze, Italy
Interests: aortic valve disease; electrophysiology/arrhythmia; cardiac; heart failure
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Interests: aortic valve disease; electrophysiology/arrhythmia; cardiac; heart failure
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Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Interests: coronary surgery; minimally invasive valve surgery; transcatheter valve interventions; aortic disease; clinical research
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Interests: coronary surgery; minimally invasive valve surgery; transcatheter valve interventions; aortic disease; clinical research
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Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Hugstetterstrasse 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
Interests: aortic medicine; limited access valve surgery
Interests: aortic medicine; limited access valve surgery
Departamento de Biología Experimental, Universidad de Jaen, 23071 Jaen, Spain
Interests: cardiovascular development; transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation; cardiac arrhythmias; organoids and cardioids
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Interests: cardiovascular development; transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation; cardiac arrhythmias; organoids and cardioids
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Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zürich, Wagistrasse 14, 8952 Schlieren, Switzerland
Interests: mechanism of multiorgan remodelling; heart pathogenesis; fibrosis; fibroblast; arrhythmia; conduction system; 3D cardiac models, systemic sclerosis, heart dysfunction
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Interests: mechanism of multiorgan remodelling; heart pathogenesis; fibrosis; fibroblast; arrhythmia; conduction system; 3D cardiac models, systemic sclerosis, heart dysfunction
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Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 4640 West Sunset Boulevard, Off Campus, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Interests: heart failure; transplantation medicine and echocardiography; heart failure management in children with congenital heart diseases and cardiomyopathy; health economics; leadership and change-management in medical organizations
Interests: heart failure; transplantation medicine and echocardiography; heart failure management in children with congenital heart diseases and cardiomyopathy; health economics; leadership and change-management in medical organizations
Department of Medicine, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
Interests: preclinical markers of cardiovascular disease
Interests: preclinical markers of cardiovascular disease
Institute of Pathophysiology, Clinic for Cardiology, West German Heart and Vascular Centre Essen, University of Essen Medical School, Hufelandstraße 55, 45122 Essen, Germany
Interests: cardiomyocyte; cell physiology; cell signaling; coronary microvasculature; development/ fetal programming; diabetes and obesity; exosomes; hormonal regulation; inflammation; integrative cardiovascular; ischemic conditioning; microcirculation; neural control; omics; pathology-vascular, atherosclerosis, aneurysms; pathology-myocardial infarction, ischemia/reperfusion, stunning; sex differences; signaling
Interests: cardiomyocyte; cell physiology; cell signaling; coronary microvasculature; development/ fetal programming; diabetes and obesity; exosomes; hormonal regulation; inflammation; integrative cardiovascular; ischemic conditioning; microcirculation; neural control; omics; pathology-vascular, atherosclerosis, aneurysms; pathology-myocardial infarction, ischemia/reperfusion, stunning; sex differences; signaling
Department of Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, London WC2R 2LS, UK
Interests: the analysis of cardiac shape through computational meshes; non-invasive methods to estimate central blood pressure and its components; the robust estimation of metrics of diastolic performance (myocardial stiffness and decaying active tension)
Interests: the analysis of cardiac shape through computational meshes; non-invasive methods to estimate central blood pressure and its components; the robust estimation of metrics of diastolic performance (myocardial stiffness and decaying active tension)
Department of Cardiology, University of Liège, University Hospital Sart Tilman, 4000 Liège, Belgium
Interests: cardiovascular Imaging; valvular heart disease; interventional structural heart disease
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Interests: cardiovascular Imaging; valvular heart disease; interventional structural heart disease
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Biological and Environmental Sciences, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX 75429-3011, USA
Interests: study of myofibrillogenesis and heart inductive processes in developing embryonic hearts at the cell and molecular levels; use of a unique RNA that induces stem cells and other non-muscle cells to differentiate into cardiac muscle cells
Interests: study of myofibrillogenesis and heart inductive processes in developing embryonic hearts at the cell and molecular levels; use of a unique RNA that induces stem cells and other non-muscle cells to differentiate into cardiac muscle cells
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Interests: cardiovascular injury and dysfunction; contribution of Mg deficiency; roles of anti-retroviral drugs and anti-cancer EGFR-TKIs; lysosomal iron and effects of beta-blockers; neurogenic inflammation; intervention by SP-receptor blockade; oxidative/nitrosative stress; glutathione status; genomic regulation of the Nrf2 pathway
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Interests: cardiovascular injury and dysfunction; contribution of Mg deficiency; roles of anti-retroviral drugs and anti-cancer EGFR-TKIs; lysosomal iron and effects of beta-blockers; neurogenic inflammation; intervention by SP-receptor blockade; oxidative/nitrosative stress; glutathione status; genomic regulation of the Nrf2 pathway
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Institute of Cardiology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy
Interests: cardiology; electrocardiography; clinical and interventional electrophysiology; emergency cardiology; cardiac pacing and defibrillation devices; atrial fibrillation; cardiac resynchronization therapy
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Interests: cardiology; electrocardiography; clinical and interventional electrophysiology; emergency cardiology; cardiac pacing and defibrillation devices; atrial fibrillation; cardiac resynchronization therapy
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Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery, UKSH Campus Luebeck, 23538 Luebeck, Germany
Interests: cardiovascular disease (e.g., genetic etiology and molecular); embryogenesis; epidemiology of aortic and aortic valve disease; evaluation and validation of drugs and biomarkers; aging of the heart
Interests: cardiovascular disease (e.g., genetic etiology and molecular); embryogenesis; epidemiology of aortic and aortic valve disease; evaluation and validation of drugs and biomarkers; aging of the heart
Imperial College, The Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust, Cardiology and Aortic Centre, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK
Interests: transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI); thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR); left-atrial appendage occlusion; patent foramen ovale; atrial septal defect II-occlusion; non-surgical management of aortic coarctation and malformations
Interests: transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI); thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR); left-atrial appendage occlusion; patent foramen ovale; atrial septal defect II-occlusion; non-surgical management of aortic coarctation and malformations
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Divisione di Cardiochirurgia, Piazzale Stefani,1, 37126 Verona, Italy
Interests: adult cardiac surgery, with particular interest in the surgical treatment of coronary heart disease; valvulopathies (including mitral and aortic minimally invasive techniques); aneurysms; arrhythmias; advanced heart failure (Cardiac Transplant and VAD)
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Interests: adult cardiac surgery, with particular interest in the surgical treatment of coronary heart disease; valvulopathies (including mitral and aortic minimally invasive techniques); aneurysms; arrhythmias; advanced heart failure (Cardiac Transplant and VAD)
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Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, Chelsea, London SW3 6NP, UK
Interests: the thoracic aorta; the aortic valve
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Interests: the thoracic aorta; the aortic valve
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Cardiac Surgery Department, Klinikum Nürnberg-Paracelsus Medical University, 90419 Nürnberg, Germany
Interests: cardiac surgery; aortic valve disease; minimally invasive; mechanical circulatory support; aorta; heart valve disease; coronary artery disease
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Interests: cardiac surgery; aortic valve disease; minimally invasive; mechanical circulatory support; aorta; heart valve disease; coronary artery disease
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1. Social Determinants of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Laboratory, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH, 10 Center Drive, Room 5-5332, MSC 1454, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
2. Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Minority and Health Disparities, NIH, 10 Center Drive, Room 5-5332, MSC 1454, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Interests: neighborhood social environment and cardiovascular risk factors; neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation and obesity; systems science approaches in development of multilevel physical activity interventions; biologic markers of chronic stress from adverse environmental conditions
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2. Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Minority and Health Disparities, NIH, 10 Center Drive, Room 5-5332, MSC 1454, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Interests: neighborhood social environment and cardiovascular risk factors; neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation and obesity; systems science approaches in development of multilevel physical activity interventions; biologic markers of chronic stress from adverse environmental conditions
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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London SE1 7EH, UK
Interests: interventional techniques in paediatric and adult congenital heart disease interventions; evaluating new techniques as well as safety and outcomes
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Interests: interventional techniques in paediatric and adult congenital heart disease interventions; evaluating new techniques as well as safety and outcomes
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Department Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Surgical Sciences, University hospital, 752 37 Uppsala, Sweden
Interests: heart surgery; heart valve disease; aortic valve disease with some focus on BAV-TAV; ischemic heart disease; heart failure
Interests: heart surgery; heart valve disease; aortic valve disease with some focus on BAV-TAV; ischemic heart disease; heart failure
Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 2-5-1 Shikata Cho, Kita-Ward, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
Interests: organ-on-a-chip; cardiovascular regenerative medicine; ischemia-reperfusion injury; space medicine/biology
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Interests: organ-on-a-chip; cardiovascular regenerative medicine; ischemia-reperfusion injury; space medicine/biology
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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
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Interests: myocardial protection/preservation; pulmonary protection/preservation; cardiac anatomy, structure and function; thoracic transplantation; mechanical circulatory support
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Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
Interests: high risk PCI; myocardial infarction; cardiogenic shock; hemodynamic support; angina management
Interests: high risk PCI; myocardial infarction; cardiogenic shock; hemodynamic support; angina management
Department of Cardiology & Pneumology, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, D-37099 Göttingen, Germany
Interests: heart failure; comorbidities; biomarkers; pharmacotherapy; exercise capacity; quality of life
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Interests: heart failure; comorbidities; biomarkers; pharmacotherapy; exercise capacity; quality of life
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