Editor-in-Chief:

Dimitri P. Mikhailidis
Dept. of Clinical Biochemistry
(Vascular Disease Prevention Clinics)
Royal Free Hospital
Royal Free and University College School of Medicine
(University of London)
Pond Street, London, UK

Deputy Editor-in-Chief:

Lars H. Breimer
Department of Laboratory Medicine
Division of Clinical Chemistry
Örebro University Hospital
Örebro, Sweden

Section: Genetics and Cardiovascular Disease

Section Editor:

Genovefa D. Kolovou
1st Cardiology Department
Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center
Athens, Greece

Section: Experimental Models and Cardiovascular Disease

Section Editor:

Cecil Stanley Thompson
Departments of Clinical Biochemistry & Surgery
Royal Free and University College Medical School
University of London, Hampstead Campus
Pond Street, London, UK

Section: Epidemiology

Section Editor:

Stella S. Daskalopoulou
McGill University Health Center and McGill University
1650 Cedar Ave, B2-236
Montreal, Canada

Section : Cardiology

Section Editor:

Yochai Birnbaum
John S. Dunn Chair in Cardiology Research and Education
The Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
1709 Dryden Road
Suite 9.32, BCM620
Houston, TX, USA

Section : Statistics

Section Editor:

Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos
Biostatistics & Epidemiology
Department of Nutrition Science – Dietetics
Harokopio University, Athens, Greece


Section : Diabetes

Section Editor:

N. Papanas
Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine
Democritus University of Thrace
Greece



Editorial Advisory Board:

T. Abraham (USA) J.W.N. Akkerman (The Netherlands) O. Alfieri (Italy) I.R. Al Rashdan (Kuwait) P. Anversa (USA) V.G. Athyros (Greece) A.H. Baker (UK) M. Banach (Poland) S. Betocchi (Italy) Y. Birnbaum (USA) H. Bogren (USA) L.K. Boshkov (USA) V.A. Campese (USA) R.M. Carey (USA) T. Carrel (Switzerland) M. Cattaneo (Italy) O.A. Centurión (Paraguay) E. Chaikof (USA) D. Chambers (UK) Y.S. Chatzizisis (Greece) D. Chemla (France) H. Cingolani (Argentina) A. Coca (Spain) P.M. Colletti (USA) M. Crook (UK) A.Y. Deng (Canada) X. Fang (USA) C.E. Fiore (Italy) D. Fontaine (Germany) J. Forrester (USA) Z. Fras (Slovenia) E.D. Frohlich (USA) M.L. Fung (Hong Kong) G. Gabbiani (Switzerland) A.Y.Gasparyan (Armenia) G. Grassi (Italy) D.T. Gray (USA) K.K. Griendling (USA)

K.W. Gross (USA) A.A. Hagège (France) M.A.A. Haidara (Egypt) T. Heagerty (UK) C. Hehrlein (Germany) G. Heusch (Germany) H. Hirose (USA) R.E. Hobbs (USA) M. Horiuchi (Japan) E.W. Inscho (USA) D. Jain (USA) R.A. Jose (USA) A. Karagiannis (Greece) L. Kawano (Japan) R. Kelishadi (Iran) L.M. Khachigian (Australia) L.M. Klein (USA) K. Kolev (Hungary) C.M. Kramer (USA) S. Kui-Hian (Malaysia) V. Lahera (Spain) M.M. Lewinter (USA) J.H. Li (USA) E.N. Liberopoulos (Greece) A. Loesch (UK) M.I. Mahmoud (Saudi Arabia) B. Maisch (Germany) G. Mancia (Italy) R.A. Mangiafico (Italy) L. Matturri (Italy) H.F. McIntyre (UK) J.L. Mehta (USA) H. Mohamed (Qatar) R. Morishita (Japan) E. Nagel (Germany) M. Opas (Canada) P. Pacher (USA) P. Palatini (Italy)

R. Paoletti (Italy) K.I. Paraskevas (Greece) D.N. Perrea (Greece) L.A. Pires (USA) C. Pitsavos (Greece) F. Portaluppi (Italy) A. Proudfoot (Switzerland) K. Przyklenk (USA) F.A. Recchia (USA) J. Redon (Italy) W.C. Roberts (USA) M.A. Rossi (Brazil) M. Safar (France) H. Sauer (Germany) J.D. Schipke (Germany) P. Schoenhagen (USA) S. Schroeder (Germany) R. Schulz (Canada) H. Schunkert (Germany) G.L. Semenza (USA) C. Shanahan (UK) A.M. Sharma (Canada) A. Simon (France) H.F. Sinzinger (Austria) M.A. Smith (USA) G. Stansby (UK) D.E. Stec (USA) J.E. Tanus-Santos (Brazil) T. Tatlisumak (Finland) J. Tuomilehto (Finland) M. Ugurlucan (Turkey) H. Ventura (USA) R.C. Webb (USA) H.R. Weiss (USA) J. Weitz (Canada) A. Wierzbicki (UK) J. Zhang (USA)