Co-Editor in Chief:

Paul J. Higgins
Center for Cell Biology & Cancer Research
Albany Medical College
Albany, New York
United States


Raouf A. Khalil
Harvard Medical School
Vascular Surgery Research
Boston, MA
USA

Associate Editors:

Charalambos Antoniades
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Oxford
Oxford
United Kingdom


Maciej Banach 
Department of Hypertension
Medical University of Lodz
Lodz 
Poland 



Kevin McCusker 
Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
United States


Regional Editors:

Saibal K. Das 
Syngene International Ltd.
Bangalore 
India 


Guido Grassi 
Medical Clinic of the University of Milan-Bicocca
S. Gerardo Hospital-Monza
Milan 
Italy


Serdar Gunaydin
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
University of Kirikkale
Turkey 


Marek Jankowski 
Department of Medicine
University of Montreal 
Montreal, MC
Canada

Editorial Advisory Board:

M. Abeywardena (CSIRO Health Science & Nutrition, Adelaide, SA, Australia)
F. Airoldi (San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy)
O. Akinboboye (State University of New York, New York, NY, USA)
G. Aliev (Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA)
G. Andrassy (Budapest Saint Francis Hospital, Budapest, Hungary)
G. Andrikopoulos (Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece)
C. Antzelevitch (Masonic Med. Res. Laboratory, New York, NY, USA)
W.S. Aronow (Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA)
A. Avolio (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia)
C.M. Ballantyne (Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, TX, USA)
D. Bani (University of Florence, Florence, Italy)
G. Berg (University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
A. Berkowitsch (Kerckhoff Heart Center, Bad Nauheim, Germany)
M. Berndt (Monash University, Clayton, Australia)
G. Bianchi (University Vita e Salute, Milan, Italy)
Y. Birnbaum (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA)
J.D. Bisognano (University of Rochester, New York, NY, USA)
A. Bobik (Baker Heart Res. Inst., Melbourne, Australia)
M.G. Bourassa (Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Canada)
V.M. Campese (Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA)
C. Cardillo (Catholic University Medical School, Rome, Italy)
A. Carine (University of Caen, Caen, France)
S. Chackalamannil (Schering - Plough Research Institute, New Jersey, NJ, USA)
A. Charalambos (University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom)
C. Charles (Christchurch Sch. of Med. and Hlth. Sci., Christchurch, New Zealand)
E.I. Chazov (Russian Cardiology Research Complex, Moscow, Russian Federation)
H. Chen (University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada)
K.-L. Chien (National Taiwan Univ., Taiwan, China)
C. Chrysohou (University of Athens, Athens, Greece)|
A. Cignarella (University of Padova, Padova, Italy)
H. Cingolani (Natl. Univ. La Plata, La Plata, Argentina)
D.L. Clouatre (Clouatre Consulting Group, Santa Monica, CA, USA)
A.J. Coats (University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia)
A. Colombo (EMO Center Cuore Columbus, Milano, Italy)
M.E. Cooper (Baker Heart Res. Inst., Melbourne, Australia)
M.J. Curtis (Rayne Institute, London, UK)
D. Cusi (Universita degli stud di Milano, Milan, Italy)
R.S. Danziger (University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA)
A. Delgado-Almeida (University of Carabobo Medical School, Valencia, Venezuela)
A.Y. Deng (Universty of Montreal, Montreal, Canada)
T. Denolle (Dinard Hospital and Biotrial, Rennes, France)
A. Ducharme (Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Canada)
D. Duprez (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA)
M.H. Ellestad (Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach, CA, USA)
M. Endoh (Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan)
X. Fang (University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa, IA, USA)
R. Ferrari (Univ. Hospital of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy)
D. Franco (University of Jean, Jean, Spain)
T. Fujita (University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan)
M.-L. Fung (University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, China)
R. Garg (University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA)
R.F. Gilmour (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA)
P. Gohlke (University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany)
W. Graier (Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria)
A. Gruber (Emory Univ.School of Med., Atlanta, GA, USA)
A.A. Hagege (Hopital European Georges Pompidou, Paris, France)
C. Hamm (Kerckhoff Heart Center, Bad Nauheim, Germany)
R.C. Hermida (University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain)
Y. Higashi (Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan)
R.E. Hobbs (The Cleveland Clinic Found., Cleveland, OH, USA)
E. Hu (GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals, King of Prussia, USA)
J.S. Ikonomidis (Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA)
R. Inagi (Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan)
C. Indolfi (University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy)
I. Inoue (Saitama Medical School, Saitama, Japan)
A.E. Iskandrian (University of BLVD, Birmingham, AL, USA)
P.A. Jose (Georgetown Univ. Med. Ctr., Washington, WA, USA)
K. Kamide (National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan)
Y. Karter (Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey)
J.C. Kaski (St. George's Hospital Med. Sch., London, UK)
A.T. Kawaguchi (Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan)
L.M. Khachigian (The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia)
W. Kim (University of Suwon, Suwon, Korea)
H. Kobori (Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA)
D.T. Lackland (Medical University of South Carolina, South Carolina, SC, USA)
A.N. Lasaridis (Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece)
M. Lettino (IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy)
J.H. Li (Penn. State Univ. College of Medicine, Pennsylvania, PA, USA)
P.J. Little (Baker Heart Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia)
F. Lombardi (University of Milan, Milan, Italy)
A. Lucas (John P. Robart Research Institute, Ontario, Canada)
F. Lyall (Institute of Medical Genetics, Yorkhill, Glasgow, UK)
F. Maisano (Istituto Scientifico Universitario San Raffaele, Milano, Italy)
A.A. Mangoni (Flinders University, Bedford Park, Australia)
R. Manjunatha Kini (National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore)
A.J. Manolis (Boston University, Boston, MA, USA)
N. Masaomi (University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan)
M.G. Massad (University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, IL, USA)
K. Matsubara (Okayama Prefectural University, Okayama, Japan)
L. Matturri (University of Milan, Milan, Italy)
G. Melillo (Instituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata-IRCCS, Rome, Italy)
S. Neragi-Miandoab (Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY, USA)
D.P. Mikhailidis (University of London, London, UK)
V. Miriel (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA)
A.L. Moens (Johns Hopkins Medical Inst., Baltimore, MD, USA)
R. Morishita (Osaka University, Osaka, Japan)
D. Mukherjee (University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, UK)
P. Mulatero (San Vito Hospital, Turin, Italy)
S. Mukhopadhyay (North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, USA)
T. Nakata (Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan)
L. Ng (Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK)
M.G. Nicholls (UAE University, Al Ain, UAE)
S. Nikol ( Universitatsklinikum, Munster, Germany)
T. Nishikimi (Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan)
M.K. Nishizaka (University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA)
S. Novo (University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy)
J. Nurnberger (University of Essen, Essen, Germany)
T. Okamura (Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan)
S.N. Orlov (University of Montreal Hospital, Montreal, Canada)
H. Ostrowska (Medical Univ. of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland)
N.M. Page (Kingston University London, Surrey, UK)
T. Pallone (University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA)
J.L. Perez-Castrillon (Hospital University Rio Hortega, Valladolid, Spain)
M. Pesce (Laboratorio di Biologia Vascolare e Medicina Rigenerativa, Milan, Italy)
R. Peter (Organon Laboratories, Scotland, UK)
G. Piccirillo (Prima Clinica Medica, Roma, Italy)
S.R. Pillarisetti (Dr Reddy Laboratories, Norcross, GA, USA)
L.A. Pires (St Johns Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA)
M.A. Portman (Childrens Hosp. & Reg. Med. Ctr., Washington, WA, USA)
E. Quteba (Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA)
S.G. Raja (Harefield Hospital, London, United Kingdom)
K.V. Ramana (University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA)
P. Ray (Organon Laboratories, Scotland, UK)
J. Redon (University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain)
G. Remuzzi (Pharmacol. Res., Laboratori Negri, Bergamo, Italy)
D. Ribatti (University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy)
G. Romeo (University of Catania, Catania, Italy)
A. Rosenkranz (Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria)
N. van Royen (AMC,University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef, The Netherlands)
M. Samuels (Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada)
K. Sauerteig (Bavaria Medicine Technology GmbH, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany)
T. Scarabelli (St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA)
G. Schillaci (University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy)
P. Scoenhagen (The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA)
L.A. Sechi (University of Udine, Udine, Italy)
V.P. Shastri (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA)
G.X. Shen (University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada)
D. Sica (University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, USA)
A. Simon (Hopital Broussais APHP, Paris, France)
H. Sinzinger (ASF Wilhelm Auerswald Atherosclerosis Res. Grp., Vienna, Austria)
C.G. Sobey (University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia)
N. Sreejayan (University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA)
P. Stiefel (University Hospital Virgen, Seville, Spain)
H. Strobel (Sanofi-Aventis, Frankfurt, Germany)
A.F. Sved (University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
T. Takeda (University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan)
Y. Tanaka (TOHO University, Chiba, Japan)
A. Tedgui (Hop. Lariboisiere INSERM, Paris, France)
G.N. Thomas (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)
J. Tongers (Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany)
G. Tuszynski (Temple University, Phila, PA, USA)
H.O. Ventura (Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, LA, USA)
M. Volpe (Univ. Roma La Sapienza Sant Andrea Hosp., Rome, Italy)
S. von Haehling (National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK)
S.S. Wafa (Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt)
D.H. Wang (Michigan State University, MI, USA)
S.-I. Yamagishi (Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan)
S. Yla-Herttuala (University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland)
A. Zervoudaki (Athens University, Athens, Greece)
J. Zhang (Univ. of Minnesota Health Sci. Ctr., MN, USA)
T. Ziemssen (Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany)