Editors

Editor-in-Chief
Nobuhisa Hagiwara, MD, PhD, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo,  Japan

Editors
Akiyoshi Fukamizu, MD, PhD, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba,  Japan
Yoichi Goto, MD, PhD, Yoka Municipal Hospital, Yabu,  Japan
Hiroshi Nishida, MD, PhD, Harajuku Rehabilitation Hospital,  Tokyo,  Japan
Kazuyuki Shimada, MD, PhD, Shin-Oyama City Hospital, Oyama,  Japan
Motoaki Sugawara, MD, PhD, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo,  Japan
Hitonobu Tomoike, MD, PhD, The Sakakibara Memorial Foundation, Tokyo,  Japan
Hiroyuki Tsutsui, MD, PhD, International University of Health and Welfare, Fukuoka,  Japan
Hiroyuki Yamagishi, MD, PhD, Keio University, Tokyo,  Japan

 
Editorial Advisor
Saichi Hosoda, MD, PhD, Jichi Medical University, Tokyo,  Japan 
Shigetake Sasayama, MD, PhD, Kyoto University, Kyoto,  Japan

Editorial Board
Masanori Aikawa, MD, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, United States
Shigeyuki Aomi, MD, PhD, Marfan Aortic Heart Clinic, Japan
Kazutaka Aonuma, MD, PhD, Mito Saiseikai General Hospital, Japan
Joseph E. Bavaria, MD,  FACS, FRCS, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, United States
John F. Beltrame, MD, PhD, Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide, Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Australia
Robert Bonow, MD, MS, Northwestern University, United States
Antonio Maria Calafiore, MD, Hospital Gemelli, Italy
Shin-Ann  Chen, MD, National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University School of Medicine, Taiwan
Namsik Chung, MD, PhD, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea
Stefanie  Dimmeler, PhD, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Roberto  Ferrari, MD, PhD, Ferrara University, Italy
Keiichi Fukuda, MD, PhD, Keio University, , Japan
Runlin Gao, MD, PhD, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, China
Bernard J. Gersh, MD, PhD, Dept of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, United States
Gerd Hasenfus, MD, Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, University Medical Center Göttingen,Georg-August University, Germany
Gerd Heusch, MD, PhD,  University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Toru Hosoda, MD, PhD, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Japan
Dayi Hu, MD, FACC, FESC, Peking University People's Hospital, China
Teruhiko Imamura, MD, PhD, University of Toyama, Japan
Teruo Inoue, MD, PhD, Nasu Red Cross Hospital, Japan
Tomoko Ishizu, MD, PhD, Tsukuba University, Japan
Kazuomi Kario, MD, PhD, Jichi Medical University, Japan
Masafumi Kitakaze, MD, PhD, Hanwa Memorial Hospital, Hanwa Hospital, Japan
Kirk U. Knowlton, MD, PhD, The University of Utah, School of Medicine, United States
Shigetoyo Kogaki, MD, PhD, Osaka General Medical Center, Japan
Michel Komajda, MD, , Service de cardiologie, université Pierre et Marie Curie; hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
Issei Komuro, MD, PhD, International University of Health and Welfare, Japan
Yoshihisa Kurachi, MD, PhD, Osaka University, Japan
Shunei Kyo, MD, PhD, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Japan
Martin M. LeWinter, MD, , Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, United States
Basil S. Lewis, MD, FACC, FESC, MBBCh, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Israel
Peter  Liu, MD, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Canada
Douglas L. Mann, MD, FACC, Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis: Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, United States
Allyn L. Mark, MD, University of Iowa Health Care, United States
Ikuro Maruyama, MD, PhD, Kagoshima University, Japan
Tohru Masuyama, MD, PhD, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan
Akira Matsumori, MD, PhD, International Society of Cardiomyopathy, Myocarditis, and Heart Failure, Japan
Tetsuji Miura, MD, PhD, Hokkaido University of Science, Japan
Ryuichi Morishita, MD, PhD, Osaka University,  Japan
Ryozo Nagai, MD, PhD, Jichi Medical University, Japan
Michinobu Nagao, MD, PhD, Tokyo Woman’s Medical University, Japan
Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD, University of Oklahoma, United States
Satoshi Nakatani, MD, PhD, Osaka Saiseikai Senri Hospital, Japan
Hiroshi Niinami, MD, PhD, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan
Koichi Node, MD, PhD, Saga University, Japan
Hisao Ogawa, MD, PhD, Kumamoto University,  Japan
Byung Hee Oh, MD, Director Incheon Sejong Hospital, Korea
Nobuyuki Ohte, MD, PhD, Nagoya City University, Japan
Ken Okumura, MD, PhD, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, Japan
Ali Oto, MD, FACC, FESC, FHRS, FISHNE, Ankara Hospital, Turkey
Satoshi Saito, MD, PhD, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan
Ryuzo Sakata, MD, PhD, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Japan
Yoshiki Sawa, MD, PhD, Osaka Police Hospital, Japan
Markus Schwaiger, MD, , Technical University of Munich, Germany
Peter J. Schwartz, MD, PhD, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Italy
Yoshihiro Seo, MD, PhD, Nagoya City University, Japan
Patrick W. Serruys, MD, PhD, University of Galway, Netherlands
Ajay Shah, MD, PhD,  King’s College London School of Medicine, United Kingdom
Tsuyoshi Shiga, MD, PhD, Tokyo Jikei Medical University, Japan
Hiroaki Shimokawa, MD, PhD, International University of Health and Welfare, Japan
Toshiharu Shinoka, MD, PhD, Ohio State University, Nationwide Children's Hospital, United States
Isao Shiraishi, MD, PhD, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Japan
Naokata Sumitomo, MD, PhD, Saitama Medical University, Japan
Kenji Sunagawa, MD, PhD, Kyushu University, Japan
Takaaki Suzuki, MD, PhD, Saitama Medical University, Japan
Karl  Swedberg, MD, PhD, FESC, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Yasuchika Takeishi, MD, PhD, Fukushima Medical University,  Japan
Nagara Tamaki, MD, PhD, Kyoto College of Medical Science (President), Japan
James D. Thomas, MD, FACC, FASE, FESC, Northwestern University, United States
Eric Topol, MD, The Scripps Research Institute, United States
James Udelson, MD, Tufts Medical Center, United States
Makiko Ueda, MD, PhD, Morinomiya University of Medical Sciences, Japan
William Wijns, MD, PhD, National University of Ireland Galway, Belgium
Kam Sang Woo, MD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Satoshi Yamada, MD, PhD, Tokyo Medical University, Japan
Masakazu Yamagishi, MD, PhD, Osaka University of Human Sciences, Japan
Keiko Yamauchi-Takihara, MD, PhD, Osaka University, Japan
Kenji  Yamazaki, MD, PhD, Hokkaido Cardiovascular Hospital, Japan
Takanori Yasu, MD, PhD, Dokkyo Medical University, Japan
Michihiro Yoshimura, MD, PhD, Tokyo Jikei Medical University, Japan