Past Review Focus Issues

Cardiovascular Research publishes occasional review series devoted to a specific research topic. These series may be accompanied by high quality, original research papers on this theme.

Please find a full list below of Review Issues published in Cardiovascular Research since 2006.

The following list provides links to the introductory editorial of each issue as well as to the issue's table of contents.

New insights into the molecular basis of atrial fibrillation: mechanistic and therapeutic implications
Published: 10 January 2011

Dobromir Dobrev, Division of Experimental Cardiology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Stanley Nattel, Department of Medicine and Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute and Universite de Montreal, Canada

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Review focus on inorganic nitrite and nitrate in cardiovascular health and disease
Published: 15 February 2011

Christopher G. Kevil, Department of Pathology, LSU Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, USA
David J. Lefer, Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Carlyle Fraser Heart Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA

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Mitochondrial metabolism revisited: a route to cardioprotection
Published: 1 October and 1 November 2010

Derek J. Hausenloy, The Hatter Cardiovascular Institute, University College London, UK
Marisol Ruiz-Meana, Institut de Recerca, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

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Contrast ultrasound molecular imaging: harnessing the power of bubbles
Published: 1 September 2009

Jonathan R. Lindner, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, Portland, USA

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MicroRNA and Cardiovascular Function
Published: 1 Sep 2008

Gianluigi Condorelli, University of California, San Diego, and Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Multimedica, Milan
Stefanie Dimmeler, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt

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The Cardiac Myocyte Sarcomere
Published: 1 Mar 2008

R. John Solaro, University of Illinois, Chicago
Pieter P. de Tombe, University of Illinois, Chicago

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Adventitial Control of Vascular Function and Growth
Published: 1 Sep 2007

Patrick J. Pagano, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit
David Gutterman, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wisconsin

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Calmodulin and Calmodulin Kinases in the Heart – Physiology and Pathophysiology
Published: 1 Mar 2007

Lars S. Maier, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen
Donald M. Bers, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago

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Hypoxia and the Pulmonary Circulation
Published: 1 Sep 2006

Werner Seeger, University of Giessen Lung Center, Giessen
Friedrich Grimminger, University of Giessen Lung Center, Giessen

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Caveolae in Cardiovascular Signaling
Published: 1 Mar 2006 and 1 April 2006

Ingrid Fleming, Klinikum der J.W. Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main

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