KARDIOLÓGIA/CARDIOLOGY – oficiálny časopis Slovenskej kardiologickej spoločnosti a Slovenskej hypertenziologickej spoločnosti (ISSN 1210-0048, ISSN 1336-2429).
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KARDIOLÓGIA/CARDIOLOGY – Official journal of the Slovak Society of Cardiology and the Slovak Society of Hypertension (ISSN 1210-0048, ISSN 1336-2429)
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REDAKČNÁ RADA – EDITORIAL BOARD

HLAVNÝ REDAKTOR – EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

GABRIEL KAMENSKÝ, MD, Bratislava, Slovakia



VEDÚCI REDAKTOR – EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

JURAJ FABIÁN, MD, Bratislava, Slovakia



ZÁSTUPCOVIA – ASSOCIATE EDITORS

VILIAM BADA, MD, Bratislava, Slovakia
ANDREJ DUKÁT, MD, Bratislava, Slovakia
JAROMÍR HRADEC, MD, Prague, the Czech Republic
JOSEPH KISSLO, MD, Durham, NC, USA
ZOLTÁN MIKEŠ, MD, Bratislava, Slovakia
JÁN MURÍN, MD, Bratislava, Slovakia



ŠIRŠIA REDAKČNÁ RADA – EDITORIAL CONSULTANTS

IVAN BALAŽOVJECH, MD, Bratislava, Slovakia
MARIA LENGYEL, MD, Budapest, Hungary
JOZEF BARTUNEK, Aalst, Belgium
JOZEF MAŠURA, MD, Bratislava, Slovakia
A. J. BAYÉS DE LUNA, MD, Barcelona, Spain
HARISIOS BOUDOULAS, MD, Athens, Greece
STANISLAV CAGÁŇ, MD, Bratislava, Slovakia
VÁCLAV CHALOUPKA, MD, Brno, the Czech Republic
MARVIN I. DUNN, MD, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
RAIMUND ERBEL, MD, Essen, Germany
ŠTEFAN FARSKÝ, MD, Martin, Slovakia
SLAVOMÍRA FILIPOVÁ, MD, Bratislava, Slovakia
PETR FRÍDL, MD, Prague, the Czech Republic
EVA GONCALVESOVÁ, MD, Bratislava, Slovakia
PAVEL GREGOR, MD, Prague, the Czech Republic
ROBERT HATALA, MD, Bratislava, Slovakia
VASI HRICÁK, MD, Bratislava, Slovakia
KATARÍNA KANÁLIKOVÁ, MD, Bratislava, Slovakia
EDE KÉKES, MD, Budapest, Hungary
ANDRE KEREN, MD, Jerusalem, Israel
OTTO KAMP, MD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
JOHN B. KOSTIS, MD, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
GERALD MAURER, MD, Vienna, Austria
FLETCHER A. MILLER Jr., MD, Rochester, MN, USA
NAVIN C. NANDA, MD, Birmingham, AL, USA
PETR NIEDERLE, MD, Prague, the Czech Republic
STEVEN E. NISSEN, MD, Cleveland, OH, USA
ISTVÁN PRÉDA, MD, Budapest, Hungary
IGOR RIEČANSKÝ, MD, Bratislava, Slovakia
J.R.T.C. ROELANDT, MD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
IVAN RUTTKAY-NEDECKÝ, MD, Bratislava, Slovakia
DAVID J. SAHN, MD, Portland, OR, USA
JAMES B. SEWARD, MD, Rochester, MN, USA
PAUL SCHWEITZER, New York, NY, USA
DAVID H. SPODICK, MD, Worcester, MA, USA
FEDOR ŠIMKO, MD, Bratislava, Slovakia
COLETTE VEYRAT, MD, Paris, France
CEES A. VISSER, MD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
PETR WIDIMSKÝ, MD, Prague, the Czech Republic