Special Issues
Editorial Board
Editors-in-Chief
  • Xuming Mo

    Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, CHINA

    Research Interests: innovative surgical solutions for congenital heart disease; perioperative brain protection and neurodevelopment in congenital heart disease; key gene targets for congenital heart defects

  • Kisaburo Sakamoto

    Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Children’s Hospital, Shizuoka, JAPAN

    Research Interests: congenital, heart failure, valve disease, tricuspid valve disease

  • Vladimiro L. Vida

    University of Padua, Padua, ITALY

    Research Interests: congenital heart surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, scimitar syndrome

Deputy Editor-in-Chief
  • Giovanni Di Salvo

    University of Padua, Padua, ITALY

    Research Interests: congenital heart disease, heart failure, cardiomyopathy

Associate Editors-in-Chief
  • Nianguo Dong

    Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, CHINA

    Research Interests: Complex congenital heart disease in infants and young children, cardiac and heart-lung transplantation, mechanical circulatory support, valvular heart disease and tissue-engineered heart valves

  • Xiangbin Pan

    Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, CHINA

    Research Interests: Interventional treatment techniques for structural heart disease, specializing in minimally invasive surgical and interventional treatments for valvular diseases and congenital heart disease

  • Hao Zhang

    Heart Center and Shanghai Institute of Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease, Shanghai Children's Medical Center Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200127, CHINA

    Research Interests: Primarily engaged in the surgical treatment of pediatric cardiovascular diseases, including congenital heart defects and pulmonary arterial hypertension. Specializes in the surgical correction of complex congenital heart diseases, surgical shunting for idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension, and minimally invasive cosmetic surgery for simple congenital heart diseases through axillary incisions

Associate Editors
  • Samuel Menahem

    Murdoch Children's Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA

    Research Interests: congenital heart disease psychosocial and ethical aspects

  • William M. Novick

    University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, United States

    Research Interests: cardiac surgery, congenital heart disease, health systems, echocardiography, fontan procedure, aortic valve

  • Massimo Padalino

    Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, University of Bari, ITALY

    Research Interests: univentricular heart and hybrid procedures, surgery in marfan and connective tissue disorders, tetralogy of fallot

  • Alain Jean Poncelet

    Cliniques Universitaires saint-Luc, Brussels, BELGIUM

    Research Interests: congenital cardiac surgery, adult cardiac surgery, heart failure, transplantation

Editorial Board Members
  • Roland M. Axt-Fliedner

    Division of Prenatal Diagnosis & Therapy, Dept. OB&GYN, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, GERMANY

    Research Interests: prenatal diagnosis and assessment of cardiovascular anomalies, transition of cardiovascular function from fetus to neonate, advanced cardiac imaging in the fetus (MRI, echo; wall motion tracking), hypoplastic left heart syndrome, PA/IVS, conotruncal anomalies, complex cardiac anomalies, fetal interventions

  • Duraisamy Balaguru

    MD Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, USA

    Research Interests: pediatric cardiology, interventional pediatric cardiology, pediatric cardiac intensive care

  • Osman Baspinar

    Gaziantep University Medical Faculty, Gaziantep, TURKEY

    Research Interests: invasive pediatric cardiology

  • Pedro Betrián Blasco

    Valle de Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, SPAIN

    Research Interests: pediatric and congenital cardiology, pediatric and congenital interventional cardiology

  • Alexander Van De Bruaene

    Congenital and Structural Cardiology, University Hospitals, Leuven, BELGIUM

    Research Interests: heart failure, echocardiography, adult congenital heart disease,cardiovascular surgery, heart valve diseases, cardiac surgery

  • Huiwen Chen

    Heart Center and Shanghai Institute of Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease, Shanghai Children's Medical Center Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200127, CHINA

    Research Interests: Surgical and Fundamental Research on Congenital Heart Disease

  • Xinxin Chen

    Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, CHINA

    Research Interests: The surgical treatment of neonates, infants, and patients with severe and complex congenital heart disease, with particular expertise in pulmonary atresia with collaterals, complete atrioventricular canal with double-outlet right ventricle, congenital tracheal stenosis, aortic translocation, double-switch operations, Ross+Konno, Ross II, and Fontan-type surgeries

  • Devyani Chowdhury

    Cardiology Care for Children, Nemours Cardiac Center, Wilmington DE, USA

    Research Interests: adult congenital, myocardial function, cardio genetics

  • Shaonong Dang

    School of Public Health, Xi'an, CHINA

    Research Interests: Nutritional Epidemiology, Maternal and Child Nutrition and Health, Public Health Evaluation, Clinical Trial Research, Medical Data Processing and Analysis

  • Raffaele Giordano

    Adult and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, University of Naples “Federico II”, ITALY

    Research Interests: pediatric cardiac surgery, cardiovascular surgery, cardiovascular imaging

  • Alvise Guariento

    University of Padua, Padua, ITALY

    Research Interests: congenital heart disease, heart failure, pediatric cardiac surgery, fontan procedure

  • Ziyad M. Hijazi

    Weill Cornell Medicine, QATAR

    Research Interests: congenital and structural heart disease, fontan procedure

  • Lei Jin

    Beijing Bairun Medical Technology Co., Ltd.; Medical and Biochemical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, CHINA

    Research Interests: Artificial Bioprosthetic Valve

  • João Chang Junior

    Instituto do Coração (InCor) do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, BRAZIL

    Research Interests: congenital heart disease, congenital heart surgery, cardiopulmonary bypass machine, artificial intelligence models

  • Kiran.K.Mallula

    University of Texas Health Science Center, USA

    Research Interests: hybrid/fusion imaging, transcatheter valve therapies, interventional MRI

  • Mladen J. Kocica

    UC Clinical Centre of Serbia, Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Belgrade, SERBIA

    Research Interests: aortic dissection, surgical ventricular restoration, aortic root surgery, congenital coronary artery anomalies

  • Shyam S. Kothari

     All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, INDIA

    Research Interests: pediatric cardiology, echocardiography, interventional pediatric cardiology, rheumatic heart disease

  • Yifei Li

    West China Second University Hospital, Chengdu, CHINA

    Research Interests: Heart development, Inherit cardiovascular diseases, Gene therapy, Biomaterials

  • Xin Li

    Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, CHINA

    Research Interests: Surgiery for pediatric and congenital heart disease; Critical congenital heart disease in neonate and infant; Perioperative management for congenital heart disease; Mechanical circulatory support and ventricular assist device; Organ protection for cardiopulmonary bypass; Prenatal and postnatal management of congenital heart disease; Congenital heart surgery database

  • Lin Liu

    First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, CHINA

    Research Interests: Fetal, Pediatric, and Adult Cardiac Ultrasound Diagnosis

  • Hugues Lucron

    Congenital Heart Disease Department, Hôpital Marie-Lannelongue, Paris, FRANCE

    Research Interests: pediatric and congenital cardiology; interventionnal pediatric and congenital cardiology; echocardiography in congenital heart-disease; pediatric cardiac surgery

  • Tabitha Moe

    University of Arizona, USA

    Research Interests: pediatrics, cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology

  • Konstantinos S. Mylonas

    University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, USA

    Research Interests: TGA, Fontan physiology, pediatric heart transplant, cardiovascular genetics

  • Majani Naizihijwa

    JAKAYA KIKWETE CARDIAC INSTITUTE, TANZANIA

    Research Interests: The areas of interest encompass cardiovascular epidemiology, with a particular focus on the diagnosis and early detection of heart diseases. This includes a concentrated attention on the significant public health challenges posed by rheumatic heart disease and congenital heart disease in East Africa, specifically Tanzania.

  • Kunjing Pang

    Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, CHINA

    Research Interests: Dedicated to the echocardiographic diagnosis of congenital heart disease and structural heart disease. Specializes in the ultrasound diagnosis of fetal and pediatric congenital heart disease and surgical assessment

  • Sophie Pierard

    UCLouvain – Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, BELGIUM

    Research Interests: haemodynamics, shunt lesions

  • Jirong Qi

    Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, CHINA

    Research Interests: Congenital Heart Disease Surgery, Pediatric General Thoracic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Treatment for Pediatric Cardiac and General Thoracic Diseases, Assessment and Treatment of Fetal Birth Defects during Pregnancy; Comprehensive Diagnosis and Treatment of Chest Pain in Children, Comprehensive Diagnosis and Management of Thoracic Deformities, Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation for Heart and Chest Diseases

  • Domenico Sirico

    University of Padua, Padua, ITALY

    Research Interests: pediatric cardiology, interventional cardiology, echocardiography, valvular heart disease

  • Sivakumar Sivalingam

    Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery, National Heart Institute, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA

    Research Interests: complex paediatric cardiac surgery, paediatric heart valve repair, adult congenital heart surgery, heart surgery in low-birth-weight babies

  • Mi Kyoung Song

    Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul, KOREA

    Research Interests: pediatric arrhythmia, pediatric electrophysiology, sudden cardiac death, pediatric cardiomyopathy, channelopathy

  • Qiang Wang

    Beijing Anzhen Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, CHINA

    Research Interests: Proficient in the surgical treatment of complex and severe congenital heart disease, particularly in newborns and small infants. Skilled in performing surgeries during the neonatal period for various complex congenital heart diseases, single-source (fusion) surgeries for pulmonary atresia, and non-transannular surgical treatments for tetralogy of Fallot

  • Xu Wang

    Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, CHINA

    Research Interests: Postoperative recovery and emergency management for congenital heart disease patients, particularly the treatment of postoperative care for newborn infants and critically ill complex congenital heart disease patients

  • Di Yu

    Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, CHINA

    Research Interests: congenital heart disease, cardiac surgery, risk prediction

  • Qifeng Yu

    Shanghai NewMed Medical Technology Co., Ltd. CHINA

    Research Interests: Artificial Heart Valve Device

  • Yuqi Zhang

    Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, CHINA

    Research Interests: The diagnosis of congenital heart disease using echocardiography, with expertise in the application of transesophageal echocardiography and three-dimensional echocardiography in interventional therapy and surgical procedures, and proficiency in the prenatal echocardiographic diagnosis of congenital heart disease

  • Jun Zhu

    West China Second University Hospital, Chengdu, CHINA

    Research Interests: Molecular Epidemiology of Major Birth Defects; Genetic Epidemiology of Birth Defects Based on Genetic and Environmental Interaction; Establishment of Standardized Birth Defects Database and Biobank

  • María Álvarez-Fuente

    Pediatric Cardiology and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Department, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, SPAIN

    Research Interests: congenital heart disease: interventional cardiology and pulmonary hypertension

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