Editorial board

Editor-in-Chief

Kaoru Dohi, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiology and Nephrology
Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan
 

Founding Editor-in-Chief (2003-2008)

Kiyoshi Yoshida, MD
Department of Cardiology,
Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan

Editor-in Chief Emeritus(2009-2015)
Yutaka Otsuji, MD
Second Department of Internal Medicine,
University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan

Editor-in Chief Emeritus(2016-2024)
Kazuaki Tanabe, MD
4th Department of Internal Medicine,
Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Shimane, Japan
 

Associate Editors

Yukio Abe, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiology,
Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Katsuomi Iwakura, MD, PhD
Division of Cardiology,
Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Masaki Izumo, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiology,
St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
 

Kenya Kusunose, MD, PhD, Professor
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nephrology, and Neurology
TGraduate School of Medicine University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

Yoko Miyasaka, MD, PhD
Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine II
Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan

Sakiko Miyazaki, MD, PhD
Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Norihisa Toh, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine,
Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan

Masaru Obokata, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine

Tetsuari Onishi, MD, PhD, MBA
Harima-Himeji General Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan

Kiyohiro Takigiku, MD, PhD
Department of Pediatric Cardiology,
Nagano Children's Hospital, Nagano, Japan

Hidekazu Tanaka, MD, PhD
Department of Internal Medicine,
Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan

Hikaru Tsuruta, MD, PhD
Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroyuki Watanabe, MD, President
Department of Cardiology,
Tokyo Bay Urayasu Ichikawa Medical Center, Chiba, Japan
 

Satoshi Yamada, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine,
Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan

Satoshi Yuda, MD
Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center,
Teine Keijinkai Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan

Honorary Editors

Jong-Hoa Bae, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, Korea

Terumi Hayashi, MD
Department of Cardiology,
Saitama Kenoh Hospital, Saitama, Japan

Hironori Hirai, MD
Yamauchi Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan

Hitoshi Hishida, MD
Division of Cardiology
Fujita Health University, Aichi, Japan

Akira Kitabatake, MD
Department of Cardiology
Hokkaido University, Osaka, Japan

Samon Koyanagi, MD
Department of Cardiology,
Haradoi Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Tsuguya Sakamoto, MD
Department of Cardiology
Hanzoumon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Consulting Editors

Makoto Akaishi, MD
Department of Cardiology
Tokai University Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Akasaka, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

NamSik Chung, MD
College of Medicine
Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Nobuo Fukuda, MD
Department of Clinical Research
National Hospital Organization Shinkoku Medical Center for Children and Adults, Kagawa, Japan

Tsui-Lieh Hsu, MD
Division of Cardiology
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Bijoy K. Khandheria, MD
Echocardiography Services
Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI, USA

Roberto M. Lang, MD
Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging Laboratories
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

Robert A. Levine, MD
Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

Tohru Masuyama, MD
Hoshigaoka Medical Center, Osaka, Japan

Makoto Matsumura, MD
Department of Cardiology
Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan

Taisei Mikami, MD
Faculty of Health Sciences
Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

Shinichi Minagoe, MD
Department of Cardiology
National Hospital Organization Kagoshima Medical Center, Kagoshima, Japan

Katsufumi Mizushige, MD
Department of Cardiology
National Hospital Organization Takamatsu Medical Center, Kagawa, Japan

Kazuhiro Mori, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Tokushima Municipal Hospital, Tokushima, Japan

Satoshi Nakatani, MD
Health Sciences
Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Eiji Ohtaki, MD
Ohtaki Cardiology Clinic, Tokyo, Japan

Dae-Won Sohn, MD
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine
Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Jae-Kwan Song, MD
Division of Cardiology
Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Makoto Suzuki, MD
Fujisawa Smart Town Clinic, Kanagawa, Japan

Akira Takarada, MD
Internal Medicine
Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Hospital, Hyogo, Japan

Nobuaki Tanaka, MD
Faculty of Health Sciences
Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan

Jun Tanouchi, MD
Division of Cardiology
Osaka Rosai Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Xin-Fang Wang, MD
Department of Medical Ultrasound,
Wuhan Union Hospital, Wuhan, China

Nozomi Watanabe, MD
Department of Cardiology
Miyazaki Prefectural Miyazaki Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan

Masakazu Yamagishi, MD
Osaka University of Human Science, Osaka, Japan