The Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal ISSN: 1874-1924 Volume 2, 2008

Editor-in-Chief:

Dimitri P. Mikhailidis
Dept. of Clinical Biochemistry
(Vascular Disease Prevention Clinics)
Royal Free Hospital
Royal Free and University College School of Medicine
(University of London)
Pond Street , London , UK

Section: Genetics and Cardiovascular Disease

Section Editor:

Genovefa D. Kolovou
1st Cardiology Department
Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center
Athens, Greece

Section: Experimental Models and Cardiovascular Disease

Section Editor:

Cecil Stanley Thompson
Departments of Clinical Biochemistry & Surgery
Royal Free and University College Medical School
University of London, Hampstead Campus
Pond Street, London, UK

Section: Epidemiology

Section Editor:

Stella S. Daskalopoulou
McGill University Health Center and McGill University
1650 Cedar Ave, B2-236
Montreal , Canada

Section : Cardiology

Section Editor:

Yochai Birnbaum
The Division of Cardiology
The University of Texas Medical Branch
5.106 John Sealy Annex
301 University Blvd.
Galveston Texas 77555-0553
USA

Section : Statistics

Section Editor:

Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos
Biostatistics & Epidemiology
Department of Nutrition Science – Dietetics
Harokopio University, Athens, Greece

Editorial Advisory Board:

T. Abraham (USA) J.W.N. Akkerman (The Netherlands) O. Alfieri (Italy) P. Anversa (USA) V.G. Athyros (Greece) A.H. Baker (UK) M. Banach (Poland) S. Betocchi (Italy) Y. Birnbaum (USA) H. Bogren (USA) L.K. Boshkov (USA) V.A. Campese (USA) R.M. Carey (USA) T. Carrel (Switzerland) O.A. Centurión (Paraguay) E. Chaikof (USA) D. Chambers (UK) Y.S. Chatzizisis (Greece) D. Chemla (France) H. Cingolani (Argentina) A. Coca (Spain) P.M. Colletti (USA) M. Crook (UK) A.Y. Deng (Canada) X. Fang (USA) C.E. Fiore (Italy) D. Fontaine (Germany) J. Forrester (USA) Z. Fras (Slovenia) E.D. Frohlich (USA) M.L. Fung (Hong Kong) G. Gabbiani (Switzerland) G. Grassi (Italy) D.T. Gray (USA)

K.K. Griendling (USA) K.W. Gross (USA) A.A. Hagège (France) M.A.A. Haidara (Egypt) T. Heagerty (UK) C. Hehrlein (Germany) G. Heusch (Germany) H. Hirose (USA) R.E. Hobbs (USA) M. Horiuchi (Japan) E.W. Inscho (USA) D. Jain (USA) R.A. Jose (USA) L. Kawano (Japan) L.M. Khachigian (Australia) L.M. Klein (USA) K. Kolev (Hungary) C.M. Kramer (USA) V. Lahera (Spain) M.M. Lewinter (USA) J.H. Li (USA) E.N. Liberopoulos (Greece) A. Loesch (UK) B. Maisch (Germany) G. Mancia (Italy) R.A. Mangiafico (Italy) L. Matturri (Italy) H.F. McIntyre (UK) J.L. Mehta (USA) R. Morishita (Japan) E. Nagel (Germany) M. Opas (Canada) P. Pacher (USA) P. Palatini (Italy)

R. Paoletti (Italy) D.N. Perrea (Greece) L.A. Pires (USA) C. Pitsavos (Greece) F. Portaluppi (Italy) A. Proudfoot (Switzerland) K. Przyklenk (USA) F.A. Recchia (USA) J. Redon (Italy) W.C. Roberts (USA) M.A. Rossi (Brazil) M. Safar (France) J.E. Tanus-Santos (Brazil) H. Sauer (Germany) J.D. Schipke (Germany) P. Schoenhagen (USA) S. Schroeder (Germany) R. Schulz (Canada) H. Schunkert (Germany) G.L. Semenza (USA) C. Shanahan (UK) A.M. Sharma (Canada) A. Simon (France) H.F. Sinzinger (Austria) G. Stansby (UK) D.E. Stec (USA) T. Tatlisumak (Finland) J. Tuomilehto (Finland) H. Ventura (USA) R.C. Webb (USA) H.R. Weiss (USA) J. Weitz (Canada) A. Wierzbicki (UK) J. Zhang (USA)