Cardiovascular medicine

"Cardiovascular Medicine" is the official publication of the Swiss Society of Cardiology, the Swiss Society for Angiology, the Swiss Society of Hypertension and the Swiss Paediatric Cardiology Society.

The journal covers the entire thematic spectrum of cardiovascular medicine and is a central platform for further education and scientific work in the fields of cardiology, angiology, hypertension and cardiac and vascular surgery.

Mode of publication: 11 issues per year


ISSN print version: 1423-5528
ISSN online version: 1662-629X

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Editors

Editors in chief

Prof. Dr. med. Thomas F. Lüscher (Klinik für Kardiologie, UniversitätsSpital Zürich)

Prof. Dr. med. René Lerch (Centre de cardiologie, Hôpital cantonal universitaire, Genève)

Deputy editors

PD Dr. med. Jan Steffel (Klinik für Kardiologie, UniversitätsSpital Zürich)

Prof. Dr. med. Georg Noll (Klinik für Kardiologie, UniversitätsSpital Zürich)

Section editors: The interesting ECG

Dr. med. Michael Kühne (Kardiologie, Kantonsspital Basel)

Dr. med. Jürg Schläpfer (Division de Cardiologie, CHUV, Lausanne)

Section editors: The new compound

PD Dr. med. Jérôme Biollaz (Division de pharmacologie clinique, Département de médecine interne, CHUV, Lausanne)

Prof. Dr. med. Georg Noll (Klinik für Kardiologie, UniversitätsSpital Zürich)

Section editors: Images in cardiovascular medicine

Dr. med. Alain Delabays (Service de médecine, Ensemble Hospitalier de la Côte, Morges)

Dr. med. Michel Zuber (Privatpraxis, Othmarsingen)

Section editors: The new device

PD Dr. med. Haran Burri (Hôpital Cantonal, HUG, Genève)

Prof. Dr. med. Stephan Windecker (Kardiologie, Inselspital, Bern)

Section editors: Evidence-based cardiology

Prof. Heiner Bucher, Basel

PD Jens Hellermann, Altstätten

PD Jörg Muntwyler, Kloten

Editors

Prof. Dr. med. Paul Erne (Kardiologie, Kantonsspital Luzern)

Prof. Dr. med. Augusto Franco Gallino (Servizio di cardiologia, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona)

Prof. Dr. med. Lukas Kappenberger (Division de cardiologie, CHUV, Lausanne)

Prof. Dr. med. Bernhard Meier (Kardiologie, Inselspital, Bern)

Prof. Dr. med. Matthias Pfisterer (Kardiologie, Departement Innere Medizin, Universitätsspital Basel)

Prof. Dr. med. Hans Rickli (Kardiologie, Kantonsspital St. Gallen)

Prof. Dr. med. Christian Seiler (Universitätsklinik für Kardiologie, Bern)

Prof. Dr. med. Bernard Waeber (Division de physiopathologie, CHUV, Lausanne)