Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, an American Heart Association journal, has named Sunil V. Rao as the new editor-in-chief, effective July 1.
Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions focuses on interventional techniques pertaining to coronary artery disease, structural heart disease and vascular disease, with priority placed on original research and on randomised trials and large registry studies that advance clinical practice and patient outcomes.
Rao is Professor of Medicine at Duke University Health System, Chief of Cardiology at the Durham Veterans Affairs Health System, and a member of the Duke Clinical Research Institute. His main research interests deal with pharmacological and interventional therapies for acute coronary syndromes, as well as bleeding and blood transfusion complications among patients with ischemic heart disease. He has led several clinical trials in the interventional cardiology space, and has published over 200 papers in leading medical journals.
Rao is a former associate editor for the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Journal. In addition, he was the Editor-in-Chief for the ACC CathSAP 5 and will be the meeting chair for the 2019 Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) Annual Scientific Sessions.
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