Editor in Chief
Upendra Kaul, MD, PhD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Batra Hospital and Medical research Centre; Maulana Azad Medical College South Delhi – Delhi, India
Deputy Editors
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University – Nanjing, China
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
National Cardiovascular Center Harapan Kita – Jakarta Barat, Indonesia
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Keio University School of Medicine – Tokyo, Japan
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Queen Elizabeth Hospital – Kowloon, Hong Kong
Huay Cheem Tan, MBBS
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
National University Heart Centre – Singapore, Singapore
Guest Editor
Davide Capodanno, MD, PhD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
University of Catania – Catania, Italy
Ethics Committee
Marie Claude Morice, MD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Private hospital Jacques Cartier – Massy, France
Richard Ng, MD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Mount Elizabeth Hospital – Singapore, Singapore
Advisory Editors
Bernard Chevalier, MD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Hopital privé Jacques Cartier – Massy, France
Jean Fajadet, MD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Clinique Pasteur – Toulouse, France
Run Lin Gao, MD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases Fu Wai Hospital – Beijing, China
Adnan Kastrati, MD, FESC
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Deutsches Herzzentrum – Munich, Germany
Patrick W. Serruys, MD, PhD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
National University of Ireland – Galway, Ireland
Ashok Seth, FRCP, FESC, DSc
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Fortis Escorts Heart Institute – New Delhi, India
William Wijns, MD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
National University of Ireland – Galway, Ireland
Section Editors
Coronary Interventions
Xiaofei Gao, MD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
Zhen Ge, MD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
Ning Guo, MD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
Fazila Malik, MBBS, MRCP, FSCAI
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
National Heart Foundation Hospital – Research Institute – Dhaka, Bangladesh
Goran Stankovic, MD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
University Clinical Center of Serbia – Belgrade, Serbia
Rajesh Vijayvergiya, MD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
Valvular Interventions
Shunsuke Kubo, MD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Kurashiki Central Hospital – Kurashiki, Japan
Mike Saji, MD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Gunasekaran Sengottuvelu, MD,DM
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road – Chennai, India
Angus Shing Fung Chui, MD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Queen Elizabeth Hospital – Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Yusuke Watanabe, MD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Teikyo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Masanori Yamamoto, MD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Toyohashi Heart Center, Toyohashi, Japan
Peripheral Interventions
Tarun Grover, MD, FASC
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Medanta, Gurgaon, Dehli, India
Eugenio Stabile, MD, PhD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Ospedale San Carlo – Potenza, Italy
Sanjiv Sharma, MD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Batra Hospital Saket, Delhi, India
Bryan Yan, MD, MBBS
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Chinese University of Hong Kong – Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Intra Coronary Imaging
Ziad Ali, MD, DPhil
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
St Francis Hospital and Heart Center, New York, USA
Alan KC Chan, MD, MBBS
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Lisie Heart Institute, Lisie Hospital, Kochi, India
Rony Mathew, MBBS, MD, DM
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Queen Elizabeth Hospital – Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Ajit Mullasari, MD, DM, FRCP
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
The Madras Medical Mission – Chennai, India
Non-Invasive imaging
Swati Naik, MD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Batra Hospital Saket, Delhi, India
Statistical & Meta-analysis Editors
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
New York University Langone Medical Center, New York
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Senior Editorial Consultants
Peter Barlis, PhD, MD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Melbourne Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences, University of Melbourne – Melbourne, Australia
Bernard De Bruyne, MD, PhD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Cardiovascular Center Aalst – Aalst, Belgium
David Holmes, MD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Mayo Clinic Rochester – Rochester, USA
Vijay Kunadian, MD, BS, MB
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Newcastle University – Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Sydney Lo, MD, MBBS
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Liverpool Hospital – Sydney, Australia
Christoph Naber, MD, PhD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Klinikum Wilhelmshaven – Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Duk-Woo Park, MD, PhD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul Korea
Alexander Thomas, MD, DM
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Kovai Medical Center and Hospital – Coimbatore, India
Rakesh Yadav, MD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
All India Institute of Medical Sciences – New Delhi, India
Social Media Team
Editor: Priyadarshini Arambam, MD
Director of the Gauri Kaul Foundation
New Delhi, India
Mirvat Alasnag, MD
Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital – Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
International Editorial Board and Reviewers
Abe Mitsuru, MD
National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center – Kyoto, Japan
Abizaid Alexandre, MD
Cardiovascular Research Center – São Paulo, Brazil
Ahn Taehoon, MD
Gil Hospital, Gachon University of Medicine and Science – Incheon, Republic of Korea
Ahn Youngkeun, MD
Cardiovascular Center, Chonnam National University Hospital – Gwangju, Republic of Korea
Akasaka Takashi, MD
Wakayama Medical University – Wakayama, Japan
Aoki Jiro, MD, PhD
Mitsui Memorial Hospital – Tokyo
Awata Masaki, MD
Mombetsu General Hospital – Mombetsu, Japan
Bahl Vinay K, MD, DM
All India Institute of Medical Science – New Delhi, India
Brugaletta Salvatore, MD, PhD
University of Barcelona – Barcelona, Spain
Byrne Robert, PhD, MB BCh
Mater Private Network – Dublin, Ireland
Choi Donghoon, MD, PhD
Yongin Severance Hospital -Yongin, Republic of Korea
Choi Seung-Hyuk, MD, PhD
Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine – Seoul, Republic of Korea
Colombo Antonio, MD
IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital – Rozzano-Milan, Italy
Di Mario Carlo, MD, PhD
University of Florence – Florence, Italy
Ducrocq Gregory, MD
Hôpital Bichat Claude Bernard – Paris, France
Eeckhout Eric, MD
Cardiovascular Research Center Aalst, OLV Hospital – Aalst, Belgium
Fajadet Jean, MD, PhD, FESC
Co-Chair PCR – Toulouse, France
Fujita Buntaro, MD
Heart and Diabetes Center NRW- Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
Ge Junbo, MD
National Clinical Research Center for Interventional Medicine – Shanghai, China
Grube Eberhard, MD, PhD
Clinic III for Internal Medicine, University of Cologne – Cologne, Germany
Han Yaling, MD
General Hospital of Northern Theater Command – Shenyang, China
Hara Hidehiko, MD
Toho University Ohashi Medical Center – Tokyo, Japan
Heo Jung Ho, MD, PhD
Kosin University College of Medicine – Busan, South Korea
Hildick-Smith David, MD
Sussex Cardiac Centre, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust – Brighton, UK
Hong Myeong-Ki, MD
Yonsei University College of Medicine – Seoul, South Korea
Huo Yong, MD
Peking University First Hospital – Beijing, China
Hur Seung-Ho, MD, PhD
Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center – Daegu, South Korea
Iqbal Javaid, MD, PhD
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Sheffield, UK
Ishibashi Yuki, MD, PhD
Thoraxcenter, Erasmus Medical Center – Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Jiang Xiongjing
National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, PUMC – Beijing, China
Joner Michael, MD
Deutsches Herzzentrum München, München, Germany
Kalarickal S. Mathew, MD, DM
Department of Cardiology, Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre – Mumbai, India
Kao Paul HL, MD
National Taiwan University Hospital – Taipei, Taiwan
Khanna Narendra Nath, MD, DM
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital – New Delhi, India
Kim June Hong, MD, PhD
Yangsan Hospital – Yangsan, South Korea
Kim Kee-Sik, MD
Daegu Catholic University Medical Center – Daegu, South Korea
Kobayashi Yoshio, MD, PhD
Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine – Chiba, Japan
Koh Tian-Hai, MD
National Heart Centre Singapore – Singapore, Singapore
Koo Bon-Kwon, MD, PhD
Seoul National University Hospital – Seoul, Republic of Korea
Kornowski Ran, MD
Rabin Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Krishnan S. Radha, MBBS, MD, DM
Fortis Escorts Heart Institute – New Delhi, India
Kumar K. Krishna, MBBS,MD, DM
PRS Hospital – Trivandrum, India
Lassen Flensted Jens, MD, PhD
Odense University Hospital – Odense, Denmark
Lee Jae-Hwan, MD
Chungnam National University Hospital – Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Lefèvre Thierry, MD
Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud – Massy, France
Louvard Yves, MD
Hôpital privé Jacques Cartier – Massy, France
Mahfoud Felix, MD, MA
Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes and Saarland University – Homburg, Germany
Mathur Atul, MBBS, MD, DM
Fortis Escort Heart Institute – New Delhi, India
Mehta Ashwin B, MBBS, MD
Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre – Mumbai, India
Mishra Sundeep, MD, DM
AIIMS – New Delhi, India
Muramatsu Takashi, MD, PhD
Fujita Health University Hospital – Toyoake, Japan
Mylotte Darren, MD, PhD
University Hospital Galway – Galway, Ireland
Naganuma Toru, MD
New Tokyo Hospital – Chiba, Japan
Nakagawa Yoshihisa, MD
Shiga University of Medical Science Hospital – Otsu, Japan
Nakatani Shimpei, MD, PhD
Osaka Police Hospital – Osaka, Japan
Nam Chang-Wook, MD, PhD
Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center – Daegu, Republic of Korea
Nanasato Mamoru, MD
Sakakibara Heart Institute – Fuchu, Japan
Natsuaki Masahiro, MD
Saga University – Saga, Japan
Okamura Takayuki, MD, PhD
Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine – Ube, Japan
Ong Andrew T.L, MD, PhD
Westmead Hospital – New South Wales, Australia
Ozaki Yukio, MD, PhD
Fujita Health University Hospital -Toyoake, Japan
Räber Lorenz, MD, PhD
Bern University Hospital, University of Bern – Bern, Switzerland
Rao Daya Sagar, MD
Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences – Hyderabad, India
Ruiz Carlos, MD
Hackensack University Medical Center – Hackensack, NJ, USA
Sabate Manel, MD, PhD
Universitat de Barcelona – Barcelona, Spain
Saito Naritatsu, MD
Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University – Kyoto, Japan
Saito Shigeru, MD
Shonan Kamakura General Hospital – Kamakura, Japan
Santoso Teguh, MD, PhD
MEDISTRA Hospital – Jakarta, Indonesia
Seth Ashok, MD
Fortis Escorts Heart Institute – New Delhi, India
Sharma Sanjeev, MD
Eternal Hospital – Jaipur, India
Sheiban Imad, MD
University of Torino – Peschiera del Garda, Italy
Shen Weifeng, MD, PhD
Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine – Shanghai, China
Shiomi Hiroki, MD, PhD
Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine – Kyoto, Japan
Shirai Shinichi, MD
Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu – Fukuoka, Japan
Sievert Horst, MD
Cardiovascular Center Frankfurt – Frankfurt, Germany
Sotomi Yohei, MD, PhD
Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine – Osaka, Japan
Stanetic Bojan, MD, PhD
Univerzitet Ski klinicki centar Republike Srpske – Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Stefanini Giulio, MD, PhD
Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele – Milan, Italy
Tada Tomohisa, MD
Shizuoka General Hospital – Shizuoka, Japan
Tanabe Kengo, MD
Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Tateishi Hiroki, MD, PhD
Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
Tobaru Tetsuya, MD
Sakakibara Heart Institute – Tokyo, Japan
Tyagi Sanjay, MD, DM
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital – New Delhi, India
Vahanian Alec, MD
University of Paris – Paris, France
Valgimigli Marco, MD, PhD
Cardiocentro Ticino Foundation – Lugano, Switzerland
Waksman Ron, MD
MedStar Heart Institute – Washington, USA
Wan Ahmad Wan Azman, MD
University of Malaya Medical Centre – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Windecker Stephan, MD
Bern University Hospital – Bern, Switzerland
Yamaji Kyohei, MD
Kokura Memorial Hospital – Kitakyushu Japan
Yan Yuejin, MD
Cardiovascular Institute & Fu Wai Heart Hospital – Beijing, China






