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Australian and New Zealand Society of The Cardiac Society of

Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons Australia and New Zealand
Official Journal of
Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand and the
Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons

Affiliated Journal of
National Heart Foundation of Australia
Editor-in-Chief
A. Robert Denniss, Sydney, Australia
Previous Editors-in-Chief
Franklin Rosenfeldt (1991–2003)
Richmond Jeremy (2004–2011)
Section Editors’ Board
Cardiology Editors Cardiac Imaging Editors
John Atherton Daniel Friedman
Derek Chew Joseph Selvanayagam
Gemma Figtree Tony Stanton
Richmond Jeremy
Basic Cardiovascular Science Editor
Harry Lowe
William Parsonage Salvatore Pepe
Aaron Sverdlov Editors for Indigenous Cardiovascular Health
Interventional Cardiology Editors Anna Rolleston
Ravinay Bhindi Warren Walsh
Andrew TL Ong Cardiovascular Nursing Editor
Peter Psaltis Patricia Davidson
Jim Stewart Allied Health Editor
Heart Rhythm Editors Julie Redfern
Kim Chan Sports Cardiology Editor
Haris Haqqani Andre La Gerche
Cardiothoracic Surgery Editors Editorial Office address:
John Alvarez Heart, Lung and Circulation
Andrew Cochrane
Suite 4, Level 12, 189 Kent Street
Alistair Royse
Sydney NSW 2000
Adam El Gamel
Email: journal@csanz.edu.au
Paediatric Cardiology and Surgery Editors
Michael Cheung Commissioning Editor
Yves D’Udekem Ann Gregory
Robert Justo Editorial Manager
Deborah Edward
Editorial Board
Con Aroney, Brisbane, Australia Scott Levick, Milwaukee, USA Peter Thompson, Perth, Australia
Alex Brown, Adelaide, Australia Peter MacDonald, Sydney, Australia Eugene Du Toit, Southport, Australia
Fadi Charchar, Ballarat, Australia Christian Mussap, Sydney, Australia Elmer Villanueva, Suzhou, China
Lea Delbridge, Melbourne, Australia Jonathan Mynard, Melbourne, Australia Darren Walters, Brisbane, Australia
Ben Freedman, Sydney, Australia Benjamin Ng, Sydney, Australia Michael Ward, Sydney, Australia
Scott Harding, Wellington, NZ Doan Ngo, Newcastle, Australia Gillian Whalley, Auckland, NZ
Livia Hool, Perth, Australia Jason Peart, Southport, Australia Harvey White, Auckland, NZ
Masatsugu Hori, Osaka, Japan Daniel Penny, Houston, USA Michael Williams, Dunedin, NZ
John Horowitz, Adelaide, Australia Martin Vila Petroff, La Plata, Argentina Gavin Wright, Melbourne, Australia
Garry Jennings, Melbourne, Australia A Mark Richards, Christchurch, NZ Rui-Ping Xiao, Baltimore, USA
Simon Knight, Melbourne, Australia Peter Ruygrok, Auckland, NZ Magdi Yacoub, London, UK
Len Kritharides, Sydney, Australia Ryan Schrale, Townsville, Australia Dimitry Zorov, Moscow, Russia
Edward Lakatta, Baltimore, USA Aaron Sverdlov, Newcastle, Australia
Yeung Leng Lim, Singapore Liza Thomas, Sydney, Australia

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