Volume 6 • Issue 1European Cardiology
Cover image: False-colour SEM of a blood clot within the heart. © Prof P Motta and G Macchiarelli/Science Photo Library
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Torkel HJ Aberg
Nominating Committee, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Jan Peder Amlie
Past President, Cardiology Section, European Union of Medical Specialists
Angelo Auricchio
Director, Electrophysiology and Heart Failure, Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano
Friedhelm Beyersdorf
Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Albert Ludwigs University
Carina Blomström-Lundqvist
Professor of Electrocardiology, University Hospital, Uppsala
Raffaele De Caterina
Chairman, Institute of Cardiology and Centre of Excellence on Ageing, ‘G d'Annunzio’ University
Christian De Chillou
Department of Cardiology, University of Nancy, Hôpital de Brabois, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy
Editorial Board
Alberto Cuocolo
Professor of Diagnostic Imaging, University of Naples
Sabine Ernst
Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital, London
Gerd Heusch
Director, Institute of Pathophysiology, University Clinic, Essen
Carl-Johan Jakobsen
Associate Professor of Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital
Sverre E Kjeldsen
Chief Physician, Department of Cardiology, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo
Steen Dalby Kristensen
Professor of Cardiology, University Department of Cardiology, Skejby Hospital, Aarhus
Carlo Di Mario
Professor of Cardiology, UK National Heart and Lung Institute
Jose L Merino
Director, Arrhythmia– Electrophysiology Research Unit, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid
Petros Nihoyannopoulos
Professor of Cardiology, UK National Heart and Lung Institute
Silvia G Priori
Professor of Cardiology, University of Pavia
Cesare Rusconi
Clinical Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology, University of Brescia
Marja-Riitta Taskinen
Professor of Medicine, University of Helsinki
Ronnie Willenheimer
Associate Professor of Cardiology, Lund University Medical School, Malmö
Jose Luis Zamorano
Professor of Medicine, University Complutense, Madrid
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