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Background, rationale and mission statement of the “Editors’ Club” (Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology)

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The continuous help of Anne Mascarelli (ESC) deserves special recognition.

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  1. Revista Española de Cardiología, Sociedad Española de Cardiología, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, 5-7, 28028, Madrid, Spain

    Fernando Alfonso MD, PhD, FESC, Giuseppe Ambrosio MD, PhD, FESC, Fausto J. Pinto MD, PhD, FESC & Ernst E. Van der Wall MD, PhD, FESC (Chairman of the Task Force)

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  1. Fernando Alfonso MD, PhD, FESC
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  4. Ernst E. Van der Wall MD, PhD, FESC (Chairman of the Task Force)
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Correspondence to Fernando Alfonso MD, PhD, FESC.

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This manuscript will be simultaneously published in all National Societies Journals that consented to publication.

Co-authors: Anesti Kondili, Djamaleddine Nibouche, Karlen Adamyan, Kurt Huber, Hugo Ector, Izet Masic, Rumiana Tarnovska, Mario Ivanusa, Vladimír Stanêk, Jørgen Videbæk, Mohamed Hamed, Alexandras Laucevicius, Pirjo Mustonen, Jean-Yves Artigou, Ariel Cohen, Mamanti Rogava, Michael Böhm, Eckart Fleck, Gerd Heusch, Rainer Klawki, Panos Vardas, Christodoulos Stefanadis, József Tenczer, Massimo Chiariello, Aleksandras Laucevicius, Joseph Elias, Aleksandras Laucevicius, Halima Benjelloun, Olaf Rødevand, Piotr Kułakowski, Edvard Apetrei, Victor A. Lusov, Rafael G. Oganov, Velibor Obradovic, Gabriel Kamensky, Miran F. Kenda, Christer Höglund, Thomas F. Lüscher, René Lerch, Moufid Jokhadar, Habib Haouala, Vedat Sansoy, Valentin Shumakov, Adam Timmis

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Appendix

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National society journal names (by alphabetic order of Country origin) and Members (Editors-in-Chief) of the Editors' Club Task Force are listed below:

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Alfonso, F., Ambrosio, G., Pinto, F.J. et al. European National Society Cardiovascular Journals. Clin Res Cardiol 97, 349–355 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-008-0659-4

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