Editors
Editor-in-Chief
Kazuaki Tanabe, MD
4th Department of Internal Medicine,
Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Shimane, Japan
Founding Editor-in-Chief (2003-2008)
Kiyoshi Yoshida, MD
Department of Cardiology,
Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan
Editor-in Chief Emeritus(2009-2015)
Yutaka Otsuji, MD
Second Department of Internal Medicine,
University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan
Associate Editors
Yukio Abe, MD
Department of Cardiology,
Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan
Toshihiko Asanuma, MD
Division of Functional Diagnostics, Department of Health Sciences,
Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Akihiro Hayashida, MD
Department of Cardiology,
The Sakakibara Heart Institute of Okayama, Okayama, Japan
Katsuomi Iwakura, MD
Division of Cardiology,
Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital, Osaka, Japan
Masaki Izumo, MD
Department of Cardiology,
St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
Kenya Kusunose, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine,
Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan
Yoko Miyasaka, MD
Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine II
Kansai Medical University
Tetsuari Onishi, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine,
Hyogo Brain and Heart Center, Hyogo, Japan
Kiyohiro Takigiku, MD
Department of Pediatric Cardiology,
Nagano Children's Hospital, Nagano, Japan
Hidekazu Tanaka, MD
Department of Internal Medicine,
Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan
Norihisa Toh, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine,
Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan
Hiroyuki Watanabe, MD
Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine,
Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
Hiroyuki Watanabe, MD
Department of Cardiology,
Tokyo Bay Urayasu Ichikawa Medical Center, Chiba, Japan
Satoshi Yamada, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine,
Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
Satoshi Yuda, MD
Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center,
Teine Keijinkai Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan
Honorary Editors
Jong-Hoa Bae, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, Korea
Terumi Hayashi, MD
Department of Cardiology,
Saitama Kenoh Hospital, Saitama, Japan
Hironori Hirai, MD
Yamauchi Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
Hitoshi Hishida, MD
Division of Cardiology
Fujita Health University, Aichi, Japan
Akira Kitabatake, MD
Department of Cardiology
Hokkaido University, Osaka, Japan
Samon Koyanagi, MD
Department of Cardiology,
Haradoi Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
Tsuguya Sakamoto, MD
Department of Cardiology
Hanzoumon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Consulting Editors
Makoto Akaishi, MD
Department of Cardiology
Tokai University Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Takashi Akasaka, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
NamSik Chung, MD
College of Medicine
Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Nobuo Fukuda, MD
Department of Clinical Research
National Hospital Organization Shinkoku Medical Center for Children and Adults, Kagawa, Japan
Tsui-Lieh Hsu, MD
Division of Cardiology
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Bijoy K. Khandheria, MD
Echocardiography Services
Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Roberto M. Lang, MD
Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging Laboratories
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Robert A. Levine, MD
Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Tohru Masuyama, MD
Hoshigaoka Medical Center, Osaka, Japan
Makoto Matsumura, MD
Department of Cardiology
Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
Taisei Mikami, MD
Faculty of Health Sciences
Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
Shinichi Minagoe, MD
Department of Cardiology
National Hospital Organization Kagoshima Medical Center, Kagoshima, Japan
Katsufumi Mizushige, MD
Department of Cardiology
National Hospital Organization Takamatsu Medical Center, Kagawa, Japan
Kazuhiro Mori, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Tokushima Municipal Hospital, Tokushima, Japan
Satoshi Nakatani, MD
Health Sciences
Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Eiji Ohtaki, MD
Ohtaki Cardiology Clinic, Tokyo, Japan
Dae-Won Sohn, MD
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine
Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Jae-Kwan Song, MD
Division of Cardiology
Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
Makoto Suzuki, MD
Fujisawa Smart Town Clinic, Kanagawa, Japan
Akira Takarada, MD
Internal Medicine
Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
Nobuaki Tanaka, MD
Faculty of Health Sciences
Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan
Jun Tanouchi, MD
Division of Cardiology
Osaka Rosai Hospital, Osaka, Japan
Xin-Fang Wang, MD
Department of Medical Ultrasound,
Wuhan Union Hospital, Wuhan, China
Nozomi Watanabe, MD
Department of Cardiology
Miyazaki Prefectural Miyazaki Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan
Masakazu Yamagishi, MD
Osaka University of Human Science, Osaka, Japan