Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research (JCTR) is a premier journal in cardiovascular translational research. 

JCTR is the journal of choice for authors seeking the broadest audience for emerging technologies, therapies and diagnostics, pre-clinical research, and first-in-man clinical trials.
JCTR's intent is to provide a forum for critical evaluation of the novel cardiovascular science, to showcase important and clinically relevant aspects of the new research, as well as to discuss the impediments that may need to be overcome during the translation to patient care.
JCTR encourages submission of original articles, reports on study designs, and review articles.
• Authors receive a decision within 10 days, on average
• Fast OnlineFirst publication ahead of print
• For more information including details on article submission, please visit http://www.springer.com/12265

Editor-in-Chief
Enrique Lara-Pezzi, CNIC, Madrid, Spain

Managing Editor
Kendra Bartels, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

Associate Editors
Ana Barac, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA 
Emanuele Barbato, Cardiovascular Center, Aalst, Belgium 
Paul Barton, Imperial College London, London, UK
Adrian H. Chester, Imperial College London, London, UK 
Marat Fudim, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Navin K. Kapur, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Sunil Kapur, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Joost Sluijter, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Nicola Smart, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Craig Stolen, Boston Scientific, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Angela Taylor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Junjie Xiao, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
Senior Consulting Editors 
Andre Terzic, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Sir Magdi Yacoub, Imperial College London, London, UK
Consulting Editors 
Anthony DeMaria, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
Spencer B. King, III, St. Joseph's Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA
Jagat Narula, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA 
Christopher O'Connor, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

Founding Editor-in-Chief
Nabil Dib, University of California-San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

Editorial Board 
Juniche Abe, MD Anderson Center, Houston, TX, USA 
Dominick J. Angiolillo, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, USA 
Robert Bache, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA 
Carolyn Carr, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Jay Cohn, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA 
Sharlene Day, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 
Gaetano M. De Ferrari, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy 
Mario Delmar, New York University, New York, NY, USA
Mike Flister, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA 
Pablo Garcia-Pavia, Hospital Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain 
Giuseppe Gargiulo, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
Weihua Guan, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA 
Jennifer L. Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Jeffrey Holmes, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA 
Steve Houser, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA 
Borja Ibanez, CNIC, Madrid, Spain 
Laura Iop, VIMM and University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Walter Koch, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Vijay Koya, Boston Scientific, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Ye Lei, National Heart Centre, Singapore
Fabio Mangiacapra, University of Rome, Rom, Italy 
Leslie W. Miller, Tampa, FL, USA 
Christopher M. Mullin, NAMSA, Northwood, OH, USA 
Fritz Prinzen, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands 
Martin Penicka, Cardiovascular Research Center Aalst, Aalst, Belgium 
Corrado Poggesi, University Firenze, Florence, Italy 
Steve Rich, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA 
Gabriele G. Schiattarella, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
Dinender K. Singla, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Mark Sussman, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA 
Jil Tardiff, Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA 
Doris A. Taylor, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX, USA 
Jay Traverse, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis, MN, USA 
Marco Valgimigli, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland 
Massimo Volpe, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Roddy Walsh, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ellen Weinberg, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA 
Chunxiang Zhang, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA