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_____ EDITOR-IN-CHIEF__________

Abbasali Karimi
Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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__ SENIOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR __

Ali Bozorgi, MD
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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_____ INTERNATIONAL EDITORS_

Zohair Yousef Al-halees, MD, FRCSC, FACS 
Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Heart Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Yadolah Dodge, PhD
Professor of Statistics, University of Neuchâtel, Zürich Area, Switzerland.

Ali Dodge-Khatami, MD, PhD
Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Division of Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery, University of Hamburg- Eppendorf School of Medicne, Germany.

Iradj Gandjbakhch, MD
Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hopital Pitie, University Pierre Marie curie Paris, France.

Ömer Işık, MD
Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Private Pendik Regional Hospital Istanbul, Yeditepe University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.

Sami S. Kabbani, BSc, MD
Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Damascus University Medical School, Bloomfield Hills, United States.

Kayvan Kamalvand, MD, FRCP, FACC
Professor of Cardiology, William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom.

Jean Marco, MD, FESC
Professor of Cardiology, Centre Cardio-Thoracique De Monaco, Monaco, France.

Carlos A. Mestres, MD, PhD, FETCS
Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

Fred Morady, MD
Professor of Cardiovascular Disease, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

Mohammed T. Numanm, MD
Professor of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.

Ahmad S. Omran, MD, FACC, FASE
Professor of Cardiology, King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Fausto J. Pinto, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FSCAI, FASE
Professor of Cardiology, Centro Cardiovascular da Universidade de Lisboa - CCUL, CAML, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal.

Mehrdad Rezaee, MD, PhD
Professor of Cardiology, Stanford University, School of Medicine, USA.

Gregory S Thomas, MD, MPH, FACC, FASNC
Professor of Cardiology, Long Beach, California, University of California, California, USA.

Lee Samuel Wann, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Columbia St. Mary’s Healthcare, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

Hein J. Wellens, MD, PhD
Professor of Cardiology, University of Maastricht, the Netherlands.

Douglas P Zipes, MD
Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Emeritus Director of the Division of Cardiology and Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA.

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_____ EDITORIAL BOARD________

Hossien Ahmadi, MD
Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Shahin Akhondzadeh, PhD
Professor of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Mohammad Alidoosti, MD
Professor of Interventional Cardiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Mohammad Ali Boroumand, MD
Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Ahmad Reza Dehpour, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Alimohammad Haji Zeinali, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Abbasali Karimi, MD
Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Ali Kazemi Saeed, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Seyed Ebrahim Kassaian, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Davood Kazemi Saleh, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Fellowship of Interventional Cardiology, Clinical Research Unit, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Majid Maleki, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical & Research Center, Tehran, Iran.

Mehrab Marzban, MD
Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Sina Moradmand Badie, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Amir Alam Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Mahmood Mirhoseini, MD, Dsc, FACS, FACC
Consultant, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at Heart and Lung Institute of Wisconsin.

Seyed Rasoul Mirsharifi, MD
Professor of Vascular Surgery, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Ahmad Mohebi, MD, FAPSC, FACC
Professor of Cardiology, Shahid Rajaei Cardiovascular, Medical and Research center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Mohammad-Hasan Namazi, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Shaheed Modarres Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Ebrahim Nematipour, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Rezayat Parvizi, MD
Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shahid Madani Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.

Masoud Pezeshkian, MD
Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shahid Madani Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.

Hamid Reza Pour Hosseini, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Hassan Radmehr, MD
Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Hakimeh Sadeghian, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Saeed Sadeghian, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Mojtaba Salarifar, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Nizal Sarrafzadegan, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

Ahmad Yaminisharif, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Mohammad Reza Zafarghandi, MD
Professor of Vascullar Surgery, Sina General Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Aliakbar Zeinaloo, MD 
Professor of Cardiology, Children's Medical Center Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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_____ ADVISORY BOARD_________

Kiyomars Abbasi, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.

Seifollah Abdi, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Professor of Cardiology, Shahid Rajaei Cardiovascular, Medical and Research center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Hassan Aghajani, MD, FSCAI
Associate Professor of Cardiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Alireza Amirzadegan, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Naser Aslanabadi, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.

Carlo Briguori, MD, PhD
Professor of Cardiology, Clinica Mediterranea Hospital, Naples, Italy.

Alaide Chieffo, MD
Professor of Cardiology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.

Saeed Davoodi, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Iraj Firoozi, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Rasoul-e-Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Seyed Khalil Forouzannia, MD
Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Alfredo R. Galassi, MD, FACC, FESC, FSCAI
Professor of Cardiology, University of Catania, Zurich, Switzerland.

Ali Ghaemian, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.

Namvar Ghasemi Movahedi, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Abbas Ghiasi, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Mohammad Jafar Hashemi, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Azita Hajhossein Talasaz, PharmD, BCPS (AQ-Cardiology), BCCP
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Seyed Kianoosh Hosseini, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Farzad Masoudkabir, MD
Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Fardin Mirbolook, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiology, Heshmat Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.

Mehdi Najafi, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Younes Nozari, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Mohammad Reza Rezaee, MD
Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Mohammad Saheb Jam, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Abbas Salehi Omran, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Mahmood Shabestari, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiology, Razavi Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

Shapour Shirani, MD
Professor of Radiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Abbass Soleimani, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiology, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Seyed Abdolhosein Tabatabaei, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiology, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Murat Ugurlucan, MD
Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, Business Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

Arezou Zoroufian, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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_____ STATISTICAL CONSULTANTS__

Mojtaba Akbari, PhD
Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Science, & Department of Epidemiology, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran.

Yousef Alimohamadi, PhD
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, School of Health, Military Health Research Center, Life Style Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Hooman Bakhshande, MD, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology, Heart Research Center, Shaheed Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Tehran, Iran.

Zahra Cheraghi, PhD
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, School of Health, Modeling of Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center, Health Sciences & Technology Research Institute, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.

Fatemeh Jafari, PhD
Assistant Professor of Mother and Child Health, Department of Public Health, School of Public Health, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.

Arash Jalali, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Mohsen Rezaei Hemami, MD, PhD
Rasul-Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran.

Homa Kashani, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Center for Air Pollution Research, Institute for Environmental Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Abbasali Keshtkar, PhD
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Disaster & Emergency Health, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Davood Khalili, MD, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology, Prevention of Metabolic Disorders Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Salman Khazaei, PhD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, School of Health, Research Center for Health Sciences, Health Sciences & Technology Research Institute, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Hamadan, Iran.

Tayeb Mohammadi, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, School of Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.

Mahmood Moosazadeh, PhD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Gastrointestinal Cancer Research Center, Non-communicable Diseases Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.

Soodabeh Navadeh, MD, PhD
Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Asma Pourhoseingholi, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Mahboobeh Rasouli, PhD
Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.

Sevda Riyahifar, PhD
Department of Biostatics, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Siamak Sabour, PhD
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Safety, Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Mojtaba Sepandi, PhD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, School of Health, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Atefeh Talebi, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Mohsen Vahedi, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Mehdi Yaseri, PhD
Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Mir Saeed Yekaninejad, PhD
Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Hossein Zamani, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran.

Kazem Zendehdel, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology, Cancer Biology Research Center, Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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_____ TECHNICAL EDITORS ______

Farshad Amouzadeh, MA
Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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_____ GRAPHIC DESIGN & OFFICE __

Fatemeh Esmaeili Darabi, MA
Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.