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European Heart Journal 2009 30(1):1-5; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn549
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2009. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

The European Heart Journal goes global: the road ahead of the editorial team 2009–2011

Thomas F. Lüscher, MD, FESC*, Bernhard Gersh, MB, ChB, D Phil, Josep Brugada, MD, FESC, Ulf Landmesser, MD, FESC, Frank T. Ruschitzka, MD, FESC, Patrick W. Serruys, FESC on behalf of the new Editorial Board

Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital, and Institute of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research, Center for Integrative Physiology of the University Zurich, Switzerland

* Corresponding author. Tel: +41 44 255 21 21, Fax: +41 44 255 42 51, Email: cardiotfl@gmx.ch

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Over centuries, the contributions of Europe to the science and practice of cardiology have been impressive and sustained. They began with the seminal discovery of the circulation by William Harvey and the publication of De motu cordis in 1616, and continued with John Whithering in 1785 and Thomas Lauder Brunton 1863 who were the first to attempt to treat cardiac diseases with herbs and drugs. At the beginning of the 20th century, William Einthoven developed the electrocardiogram, and Werner Forssmann attempted the first cardiac catheterization on himself. Both were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology, in 1924 and 1956, respectively. The contributions of Sir Thomas Lewis to translating physiological observations into the clinical arena also had a major impact. Furthermore, seminal surgeons such as Clarence Crafoord at the Karolinska Institutet, Russel Claude Baron Brock in London, and Ake Senning in Zurich, among others, pioneered the surgical management of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

From a single journal to an ESC Journal Family

Building on strength

Expanding globally

Threats in a global world

The future is bright ...


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