Editorial Board
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Editor-in-Chief
Peyman Sardari Nia, Maastricht University Medical Center, Netherlands
Past Editors
Ludwig K. von Segesser, University Hospital CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Dept. of Cardiovascular Surgery - Heart Center Freiburg University, GermanyMatthias Siepe, Cardiovascular Centre, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
Ethics Committee
Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Freiburg, Germany
Richard Prager, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Peter Licht, Odense, Denmark
Associate Editors
Clemens Aigner, University Medicine Essen, Ruhrlandklinik, Dept. of Thoracic Surgery, Germany (Thoracic Non-Oncology)
Gry Dahle, Rikshospitalet, Olso, Norway (Valvular Heart Disease)
Julia Dumfarth, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria (Vascular Disease)
Martin Dworschak, General Hospital Vienna, Medical University of Vienna (Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine)
Sandy Engelhardt, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany (Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering)
Gabor Erdoes, Inselspital, University Hospital Berne, Switzerland (Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine)
Fateme Esmailie, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA (Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering)
Mario Gaudino, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA (Meta-Analysis)
Can Gollmann-Tepeköylü, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck · Department of Cardiac Surgery, Austria (Resident’s Corner)
Samuel Heuts, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands (Vascular Disease)
Wei-Guo Ma, Yale Medical School, New Haven, United States (Experimental)
Paula Moreno, University Hospital Reina Sofia, Cordoba, Spain (Transplantation)
Cecilia Pompili, Division of Thoracic Surgery and Leeds Institute of Cancer & Pathology - University of Leeds, UK (Thoracic)
Evgenij Vladiomirovic Potapov, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Berlin, Germany (Heart Failure)
David Reineke, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland (Heart Failure and Transplantation)
Sigrid E. Sandner, Cardiac Surgery, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria (Coronary Disease)
Kerem Vural, Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey (Coronary Disease)
Can Yerebakan, Children's National Heart Institute, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA (Congenital)
Mohsen Ibrahim, University of Rome La Sapienza, Sant Andrea Hospital, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Rome, Italy (Thoracic Oncology)
Editorial Board
Lakshmi Dasi, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA (Valves)
Dimitrios Dougenis, Dept Cardiac Surgery, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (Valves, Thoracic Non-Oncology)
Jannis Hagenah, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (Minimally Invasive Surgery)
Yoshito Inoue, Tokyo Dental College Ichikawa General Hospital, Chiba, Japan (Coronary)
Karim Lekadir, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (Arrhythmia, Heart Failure)
Cristian Linte, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, USA (Translational Research)
Alexander Meyer, Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany (Cardiac General)
Syed Murfad Peer, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC, USA (Congenital)
Elena Prisciandaro, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven, Belgium (Thoracic Oncology)
Karthik Ramakrishnan, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, USA (Mechanical Circulatory Surgery)
Gabriele Romano, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany (Minimally Invasive Surgery)
Nikolay Travin, Central Military Clinical Hospital n.a. P.V. Mandryka, Moscow, Russian Federation (Experimental)
Assistant Editors
Kevin An, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (Heart Failure)
Arian Arjomandi Rad, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. (Valvular Heart Disease, Artificial Intelligence)
Katarzyna Januszewska, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital Research Institute, Lodz, Poland (Congenital Disease)
Roya Kamali, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA (Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering)
Michal J. Kawczynski, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, The Netherlands (Atrial Fibrillation)
Silvia Mariani, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands & Cardiac Surgery Unit, Cardio-thoracic and Vascular Department, Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza, Italy (Mechanical Circulatory Support)
Daniela Pasero, Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy (Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine)
Roberto Ribeiro, Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, Halifax, Canada (Heart Failure)
Noriyoshi Sawabata, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan (Experimental)
David Schibilsky, University Medical Center Tuebingen, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Germany (Heart Failure)
Davorin Sef, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK (Coronary, Valvular and Vascular)
Eric E. Vinck, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Colsubsidio Cardiovascular Clinic 100th Street, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Country Clinic, Colombia, Maastricht University (Adult Cardiac)
Haruhisa Matsuguma, Tochigi Cancer Center, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Utsunomiya, Japan (Thoracic Oncology)
Mohamed Rahouma, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, USA (Thoracic Oncology)
Statistical Consultants
Emilia Bagiella, New York, USA
Hans Ulrich Burger, Hoffmann La Roche, Neuenburg, Germany
Manuel Carnero-Alcazar, Hospital Vithas, Madrid, Spain
Matthew Carr, University of Manchester, UK
Hakim-Moulay Dehbi, London, UK
Nick Freemantle, Comprehensive Clinical Trials Unit at University College London, UK
Klaus Kaier, University of Freiburg, Germany
David McNulty, Birmingham, UK
Marco Moscarelli, London, UK
Giuseppe Biondi Zoccai, Rome, Italy
