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Editorial Board

Editorial Board

  • Editor-in-Chief

    • Prof. Dr.  Guo-Wei He

      • 1. TEDA International Cardiovascular Hospital and The Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
      • 2. Academician (Foreign Correspondence Member), The National Academy of Medicine, France.
      • 3. Clinical Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.

      Research Interests: cardiac surgery; cardiovascular medicine; vascular biology; genetics; proteomics; post-translational modifications of proteins; cardiovascular pharmacology; regenerative medicine.

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  • Editorial Advisory Board

    • Prof. Dr.  Gianni D. Angelini (Chair)

      • 1. Bristol Heart Institute, Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
      • 2. Emeritus British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiac Surgery, UK.
      • 3. Fellow Academy of Medical Sciences, UK.

      Research Interests: saphenous vein bypass graft failure; myocardial protection; blood conservation; coronary artery bypass surgery on the beating heart; arterial revascularization.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Charalambos Antoniades

      • 1. Radcliffe Department of Medicine, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
      • 2. Fellow Academy of Medical Sciences, UK.

      Research Interests: crosstalk between adipose tissue and the cardiovascular system: From target discovery to advanced imaging and risk prediction.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Wolfgang F. Graier

      • 1. Gottfried Schatz Research Center for Cell Signaling, Metabolism and Aging: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (Chair), Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
      • 2. Fellow of BioTechMed Graz, Austria.
      • 3. Member of the Academia Europaea, Europe.

      Research Interests: calcium signaling; mitochondria; vascular & cell biology; (vascular) aging and cancer energy metabolism; design of fluorescence sensors and development of imaging devices.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Mario Gaudino

      Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.

      Research Interests: cardiothoracic surgery.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Daniel Loisance

      • 1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Henri Mondor Hospital, Paris, France.
      • 2. Member of The National Academy of Medicine, France.

      Research Interests: surgeon - cardiothoracic; valvular surgery; transplantation; mechanical circulatory support; coronary surgery; microsurgery; inflammatory response; aortic surgery.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Arthur Weston

      • 1. Division of Cardiovascular Sciences Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
      • 2. Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, UK.

      Research Interests: cardiovascular sciences.

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  • Associate Editors

    • Prof. Dr.  Masashi Komeda

      Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Iseikai Hospital, Osaka, Japan.

      Research Interests: valvular heart diseases especially repair of mitral, aortic, or tricuspid valve and root reconstruction; non-transplant surgery for heart failure in DCM, ICM, FMR, IMR, VSP/VSR LV rupture; cardiomyopathies such as HOCM, HCM, SCO, DCM LVNC; MICS; redo cardiac surgery; myocardial protection; adult congenital heart disease; tissue engineering, cell therapy, growth factor etc.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Xiuyun Liu

      School of Pharmaceutical and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.

      Research Interests: neurocritical care medicine and critical brain-computer interfaces.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Ming Qi

      School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

      Research Interests: circulation; genomics and genetics of cardiovascular diseases.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Zengwu Wang

      Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.

      Research Interests: cardiovasular disease epidemiology; disease burden; helth education; community interevention; telemedicine; wearable device intervention; digital healthcare.

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  • Editorial Board Members

    • Prof. Dr.  Zhiwu Chen

      Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.

      Research Interests: cardiovascular pharmacology; neuropharmacology; cardiovascular pharmacology.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Shengzhong Duan

      The Stomatology Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.

      Research Interests: cross-disciplinary research on oral diseases and systemic systemic diseases; the role of transcriptional regulation and immune modulation in cardiovascular diseases.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Pengyi He

      Heart Center, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.

      Research Interests: heart disease.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Lang He

      Division of Cardiology, Zhejiang Greentown Cardiovascular Hospital, Hangzhou, China.

      Research Interests: cardiology.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Zhiping Hou

      School of Basic Medical Sciences, Chengde Medical University, Chengde, China.

      Research Interests: pathology.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Kai Kang

      Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.

      Research Interests: smart responsive hydrogels; tissue engineering patches; stem cell therapy; myocardial rejuvenation therapy; cardiovascular surgery.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Deling Kong

      College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

      Research Interests: cardiovascular biomaterials and tissue engineering.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Chengqi Lin

      School of Life Science and Technology, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.

      Research Interests: cardiac development and diseases; transcriptional regulation; epigenetic control.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Xiaojing Liu

      • 1. Laboratory of Cardiovascular Diseases, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
      • 2. Department of Cardiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.

      Research Interests: cardiac hypertrophy; cardiac fibrosis; heart failure; atherosclerosis; cardiomyocytes; cardiac fibroblasts.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Xinli Li

      State Key Laboratory for Innovation and Transformation of Luobing Theory, Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.

      Research Interests: heart failure; cardiomyopathy; hypertension; translational medicine.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Lin Liu

      School of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

      Research Interests: embryonic stem cells; pluripotency; telomere; ovarian aging; epigenetics.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Jianming Li

      Department of Nuclear Medicine, TEDA International Cardiovascular Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.

      Research Interests: cardiac nuclear medicine; molecular imaging.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Li Li

      Cardiovascular Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.

      Research Interests: cardiology and sleep medicine.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Zhigang Liu

      Medical School, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.

      Research Interests: mechanical circulatory support; left ventricular assist devices; protection of vital organs (brain, spinal cord) under deep hypothermic circulatory arrest.

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    • Assoc. Prof. Dr.  Zhiyi Ma

      Cardiology Department, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Beijing, China.

      Research Interests: hypertension; sodium metabolisms; blood pressure variation; blood pressure measurement; endothelial cell; gut microbiota.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Cui Ma

      Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Xiamen Cardiovascular Hospital, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.

      Research Interests: basic and translational research on pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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    • Dr.  Pradeep Narayan

      Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Kolkata, India.

      Research Interests: cardio-thoracic surgery; vein graft failure.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Jingsong Ou

      Division of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.

      Research Interests: perioperative cardiovascular protection.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Zhi Qi

      Department of Molecular Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

      Research Interests: molecular pharmacology; myocardial infarction; heart failure; diabetic cardiomyopathy; sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Aijuan Qu

      Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.

      Research Interests: the pathogenesis of metabolic and remodeling-related cardiovascular diseases.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Lihua Sun

      Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.

      Research Interests: myocardial infarction; heart failure; arrhythmia; non-coding RNA.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Zhou Songyang

      School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.

      Research Interests: cell metabolism.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Tomas A. Salerno

      Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami, Miami, USA.

      Research Interests: myocardial protection; off pump; beating valve surgery; lung protection during CPB; Tavr.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Lixian Sun

      • 1. Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Chengde Medical University, Chengde, China.
      • 2. The Cardiovascular Research Institute of Chengde, Chengde, China.
      • 3. Hebei Key Laboratory of Panvascular Diseases, Chengde, China.

      Research Interests: acute coronary syndrome; myocardial infarction; coronary artery disease; cardiac fibrosis; inflammation and oxidative stress.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Yutao Tian

      Medical School, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.

      Research Interests: cellular electrophysiology.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Daowen Wang

      Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

      Research Interests: cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Ming Xu

      Department of Cardiology and Institute of Vascular Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China.

      Research Interests: heart failure.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Xizhen Xu

      Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

      Research Interests: cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure; atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease; insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Hongmei Xue

      Department of Physiology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.

      Research Interests: cardiovascular physiology; pharmacology in endothelial biology.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Qin Yang

      TEDA International Cardiovascular Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.

      Research Interests: vascular biology; ion channels in vascular pathophysiology; ischemia-reperfusion injury; cardiac remodeling; endoplasmic reticulum stress; cardiovascular effects of traditional chinese medicine.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Deye Yang

      • 1. Department of Cardiology, the Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.
      • 2. Academician of International Academy of Ecology & Life Safety Sciences.

      Research Interests: hypertension; mechanism; gene; coronary heart disease; interventional treatment; atherosclerosis.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Fengxu Yu

      Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.

      Research Interests: cardiovascular disease; mechanical biology; atherosclerosis; coronary heart disease; aortic dissection.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Bing Zhang

      Engineering Research Center of Techniques and Instruments for Diagnosis and Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease, Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine, Xin Hua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

      Research Interests: cardiovascular system.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Qiang Zhao

      College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

      Research Interests: cardiovascular biomaterials and regenerative medicine.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Jun Zheng

      Division of Cardiac Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH), Beijing, China.

      Research Interests: cardiac surgery; artificial heart; aortic surgery; heart tumer.

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  • Youth Editorial Board

    • Dr.  Zhipeng Guo

      Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Teda International Cardiovascular Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.

      Research Interests: cardiac surgery; coronary artery bypass grafting; valvular heart disease; mechanical circulatory support; surgical treatment of heart failure.

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    • Assoc. Prof. Dr.  Zuowen He

      Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

      Research Interests: bioactive metabolites and cardiovascular disease; lymphatic and cardiovascular disease.

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    • Dr.  Hui Shen

      Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.

      Research Interests: vascular remodeling; post-translational modification of proteins; ubiquitination and deubiquitination; pulmonary arterial hypertension; atherosclerosis; coronary microcirculation.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Bin Shao

      Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, State Key Laborary of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.

      Research Interests: heart failure; cell death; innate immunity; immunoinflammatory microenvironment; TNFAIP3.

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    • Assist. Prof.  Wentao Sun

      School of Life Sciences and Health, University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Qingdao, China.

      Research Interests: vascular pathophysiology; cardiovascular pathophysiology; vascular function; vascular homeostasis; coronary artery disease; cardiac rehabilitation; endothelial dysfunction.

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    • Assoc. Prof. Dr.  Jingyu Wang

      School of Chinese medicine, Beijing university of Chinese medicine, Beijing, China.

      Research Interests: organoid; nanomedicine; exosome; 3D culture; chinese medicine; pharmaceutics; multiomic analysis.

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    • Assoc. Prof. Dr.  Xiangchong Wang

      Department of Pharmacology, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, China.

      Research Interests: ion channels function and arrhythmia; cardiovascular pharmacology; cardiovascular effects of traditional Chinese medicine; cardiac remodeling; endoplasmic reticulum stress.

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    • Dr.  Xi Zhang

      Chest Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.

      Research Interests: molecular diagnosis; medical genetics; pulmonary hypertension; arterial dissection; infectious disease; laboratory medicine.

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