Heart and Vessels is an English-language journal that provides a forum of
original ideas, excellent methods, and fascinating techniques on cardiovascular
disease fields. All papers submitted for publication are evaluated
only with regard to scientific quality and relevance to the heart and vessels.
Contributions from those engaged in practical medicine, as well as from
those involved in basic research, are welcomed.

Editor-in-Chief 
Nobuhisa Hagiwara, Tokyo, Japan
Editors
Akiyoshi Fukamizu, Tsukuba, Japan
Yoichi Goto, Yabu, Japan
Hiroshi Nishida, Tokyo, Japan
Kazuyuki Shimada, Oyama, Japan
Motoaki Sugawara, Tokyo, Japan
Hitonobu Tomoike, Tokyo, Japan
Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Fukuoka, Japan
Hiroyuki Yamagishi, Tokyo, Japan

Editorial Advisor
Saichi Hosoda, Tokyo, Japan 
Shigetake Sasayama, Kyoto, Japan

Editorial Board
Masanori Aikawa, United States
Shigeyuki Aomi, Japan
Kazutaka Aonuma, Japan
Joseph E. Bavaria, United States
John F. Beltrame, Australia
Robert Bonow, United States
Antonio Maria Calafiore, Italy
Shin-Ann Chen, Taiwan
Namsik Chung, Korea
Stefanie Dimmeler, Germany
Roberto Ferrari, Italy
Keiichi Fukuda, Japan
Runlin Gao, China
Bernard J. Gersh, United States
Gerd Hasenfus, Germany
Gerd Heusch, Germany
Toru Hosoda, Japan
Dayi Hu, China
Tsutomu Imaizumi, Japan
Teruo Inoue, Japan
Tomoko Ishizu, Japan
Kazuomi Kario, Japan
Masafumi Kitakaze, Japan
Kirk U. Knowlton, United States
Shigetoyo Kogaki, Japan
Michel Komajda, France
Issei Komuro, Japan
Yoshihisa Kurachi, Japan
Shunei Kyo, Japan
Martin M. LeWinter, United States
Basil S. Lewis, Israel
Peter Liu, Canada
Douglas L. Mann, United States
Allyn L. Mark, United States
Ikuro Maruyama, Japan
Tohru Masuyama, Japan
Akira Matsumori, Japan
Tetsuji Miura, Japan
Ryuichi Morishita, Japan
Ryozo Nagai, Japan
Hiroshi Nakagawa, United States
Satoshi Nakatani, Japan
Koichi Node, Japan
Hisao Ogawa, Japan
Byung Hee Oh, Korea
Nobuyuki Ohte, Japan
Ken Okumura, Japan
Ali Oto, Turkey
Yutaka Otsuji, Japan
Ryuzo Sakata, Japan
Yoshiki Sawa, Japan
Markus Schwaiger, Germany
Peter J. Schwartz, Italy
Yoshihiro Seo, Japan
Patrick W. Serruys, Netherlands
Ajay Shah, United Kingdom
Hiroaki Shimokawa, Japan
Toshiharu Shinoka, United States
Isao Shiraishi, Japan
Naokata Sumitomo, Japan
Kenji Sunagawa, Japan
Takaaki Suzuki, Japan
Karl Swedberg, Sweden
Yasuchika Takeishi, Japan
Keiko Takihara, Japan
Nagara Tamaki, Japan
James D. Thomas, United States
Eric Topol, United States
James Udelson, United States
Makiko Ueda, Japan
Paul M. Vanhoutte, Hong Kong
William Wijns, Belgium
Kam Sang Woo, Hong Kong
Satoshi Yamada, Japan
Masakazu Yamagishi, Japan
Kenji Yamazaki, Japan
Takanori Yasu, Japan
Michihiro Yoshimura, Japan