The International Cardiovascular Forum Journal is an international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing high quality reports, studies, trials, investigations and theories covering all aspects of cardiovascular and cardiometabolic health and disease.
The International Cardiovascular Forum Journal is a proud member of COPE, the Committee on Publication Ethics (https://publicationethics.org/category/publisher/barcaray-international).
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Published by Barcaray International Publishing (Dubai, Hong Kong, London), C/0 T&F Group, The Maze Tower, Sheikh Zayed Road, PO Box 58531, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (http://barcaray.com)
Website http://www.icfjournal.org
ISSN 2409-3424 (online) 2410-2636 (Print)
Afilliated with:
THE MALTESE CARDIAC SOCIETY
THE KOSOVO SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF CARDIOLOGY, SIENA

ICFJ covers a broad area of interest from molecules,
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Editorial Board Svend Aakhus (Norway) Gani Bajraktari (Kosovo) Lennart Bergfeldt (Sweden) Matteo Cameli (Italy) John Chapman (France) Ragnar Danielsen (Iceland) Constantinos Davos (Greece) Frank Dini (Italy) Xin Du (China) Raimund Erbel (Germany) Carmen Ginghina (Romania) Pascal Gueret (France) Christian Hassager (Denmark) Charles Jazra (Lebanon) Xu Yu Jin (UK) Juan Carlos Kaski (UK) Joseph Kisslo (USA) Juhani Knuuti (Finland) Lars H Lindholm (Sweden) Changsheng Ma (China) |
Gerald Maurer (Austria) William McKenna (UK) Sergio Mondillo (Italy) Joseph Moutiris (Cyprus) Sherif Nagueh (USA) Rachel Nicoll (UK) Mitsuru Ohishi (Japan) Basil Okeahialam (Nigeria) Ali Oto (Turkey) John Pepper (UK) Eugenio Picano (Italy) Fausto Pinto (Portugal) Axel Schmermund (Germany) Otto Smiseth (Norway) Chuwa Tei (Japan) Anders Waldenström (Sweden) Olov Wiklund (Sweden) Robert Xuereb (Malta) Fuquan Yang (China) Pepe Zamorano (Spain) | Joint Editors-in-Chief: Professor Michael Henein, Umea Professor Andrew Coats, Monash |
Associate Editors
Reinadlo Bulgarelli Bestetti (Ribeirão Preto, Brazil)
Rafaelle Bugiardini (Bologna, Italy)
L. Ceri Davies (London, UK)
Jan Engvall (Linköping, Sweden)
Abdel José Fuenmayor (Merida, Venezuela)
Per Lindqvist (Stockholm, Sweden)
Paolo Emilio Puddu (Rome, Italy)
Stefan Söderberg (Umeå, Sweden)
Xander Wehrens (Houston, USA)
Reidar Winter (Stockholm, Sweden)
Announcements
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Vol 20 (2020)
Full Issue
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Table of Contents
Editorial
Robert Skalik
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Review
Shahzar Khan, Hasnain Jan, Shah Faisal, Ayyaz Khan, Rashida Ilyas, Khadija Bibi, Sadeeq ur Rehman
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Abdullah Abdullah, Shah Faisal, Hasnain Jan, Rimsha Zainab, Ayyaz Khan, Anees ur Rahman, Baseerat Bibi, Hania Ishaq
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Shah Faisal, Shahzar Khan, Muhammad Ajmal, Hasnain Jan, Muhammad Taj Akbar, Rashida Ilyas, Khadija Bibi, Sadeeq ur Rehman
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Original Article
Yong Ji, Amar Desai, Gary E. Fraser, Deepika Narasimha, Islam Abudayyeh, Kenneth R. Jutzy, Anthony A. Hilliard
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Kamilu Musa Karaye, Idris Y Mohammed, Hadiza Sa'idu, Naser A Ishaq, Suleiman A Balarabe, Jamilu Tukur, Tewogbade Adedeji, Olufemiwa N Makinde, Rasaaq A Adebayo
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Letters to the Editor
Rachel Anne Xuereb, Sara Xuereb, Tiziana Felice, Mariosa Xuereb, Alex Borg
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Reiner Buchhorn, Christoph Baumann, Christian Willaschek
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Christian Brooks, Heather Cooke
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