Acknowledgment to Reviewers of Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease in 2021

Rigorous peer-reviews are the basis of high-quality academic publishing. Thanks to the great efforts of our reviewers, Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease was able to maintain its standards for the high quality of its published papers. Thanks to the contribution of our reviewers, in 2021, the median time to first decision was 19 days, and the median time to publication was 39.5 days. The editors would like to extend their gratitude and recognition to the following reviewers for their precious time and dedication, regardless of whether the papers they reviewed were finally published:

Afanasieva, Olga	Lorenzo González, Óscar
Agrifoglio, Marco	Lozano-Velasco, Estefania
Al-Adawi, Samir	Lucchese, Gianluca
Alexy, Tamas	Lucero, Diego
Amarelli, Cristiano	Lugnier, Claire
Amiya, Eisuke	Lundegaard, Pia Rengtved
Andreassi, Maria	Ma, Hong
Angeli, Fabio	Ma, Hui
Angelini, Paolo	Macedo, Guilherme
Antonakopoulos, Nikolaos	Mahmoud, Ahmed
Arnaud, Pauline	Mahtab, Edris A. F.
Azhar, Mohamad	Mair, Helmut
Bajraktari, Gani	Małek, Łukasz
Balla, Cristina	Maloberti, Alessandro
Bamforth, Simon D.	Maltsev, Victor
Baranyai, Tamás	Mancarella, Salvatore
Barge-Schaapveld, Daniela Q. C. M.	Manesis, Emanuel K.
Barison, Andrea	Manetti, Mirko
Barletta, Giuseppe	Mantovani, Francesca
Barragán, Rocio	Marín-Juez, Rubén
Bayes De Luna, Antonio	Marino, Fabiola
Beis, Dimitris	Mariotti, Alessandro
Belo, José António	Markwald, Roger
Belo, Luis	Martini, Bortolo
Bergau, Leonard	Masarone, Daniele
Bianco, Francesco	Massaro, Marika
Bidaux, Gabriel	Mattina, Alessandro
Body, Simon Christopher	Matusik, Paweł
Boriani, Giuseppe	Maurea, Nicola
Borja, Mark S.	Mauro, Pepi
Borovac, Josip A.	Mehboob, Hassan
Brandt, Mathias C.	Merkely, Béla
Brugada, Pedro	Metzinger, Laurent
Bruno, Piergiorgio	Meune, Christophe
Busjahn, Andreas	Miano, Joseph
Butcher, Jonathan	Mitsui, Toshiyuki
Cai, Qiangjun	Miyagawa-Tomita, Sachiko
Calabrò, Paolo	Möller, Sören
Calvo-Iglesias, Francisco Eugenio	Mommersteeg, Mathilda
Caminiti, Giuseppe	Montecucco, Fabrizio
Campione, Marina	Moreno-Macías, Hortensia
Capoccia, Massimo	Mori, Shumpei
Carles Escola-Gil, Joan	Moritz, Anton
Carulli, Lucia	Murdaca, Giuseppe
Carvalho, Marta S.	Nasso, Giuseppe
Castellani, Chiara	Natsis, Konstantinos
Cazzola, Roberta	Neef, Klaus
Chakrabarti, Mrinmay	Nelson, Rachael K.
Chang, Chuang-Rung	Ng, G. André
Chen, Chun-Jung	Nguyen, Hoang H.
Chen, Shaojie	Nicolosi, Gian Luigi
Chen, Weicheng	Nistri, Stefano
Chen, Weijie	Norris, Russell
Chilton, Robert	Nurzynska, Daria
Chiu, Nicholas	Obal, Detlef
Chmielewski, Przemyslaw	Obama, Takashi
Cho, Kazutoshi	Obrist, Dominik
Chokshi, Aalap	Oh, Yong-Seog
Christian, Mosimann	Ohte, Nobuyuki
Cimmino, Giovanni	Okovityi, Sergey V.
Claesen, Jürgen	Oláh, Attila
Clark, Stephen	Oliver, Eduardo
Clerico, Aldo	Omiya, Kazuto
Collins, Michelle M.	Ortega, Miguel A.
Conlon, Frank	Ortolani, Fulvia
Costa, Marco	Osuna, Eduardo
Coufal, Nicole	Oury, Cécile
D’Agostino, Donato	Paraskevaidis, Ioannis
D’Angelo, Emanuela	Parikh, Priyanka A.
Danilowicz-Szymanowicz, Ludmila	Park, Hun-Jun
Das, Bibhuti B.	Pasta, Salvatore
De Geest, Bart	Pastori, Daniele
De Oliveira, Camila Maciel	Patarrão, Rita
De Santo, Luca Salvatore	Patschan, Daniel
Del Monte Nieto, Gonzalo	Pavasini, Rita
Dettlaff-Pokora, Agnieszka	Pedretti, Roberto Franco Enrico
Di Mauro, Michele	Pellet-Many, Caroline
Di Mise, Annarita	Penson, Peter
Di Nora, Concetta	Pepi, Mauro
Diab, Mahmoud	Perek, Bartłomiej
DiMizio, Giulio	Perrone, Marco Alfonso
Donatelli, Francesco	Petit, Patrice X.
Donoiu, Ionut	Pfuhl, Gerit
Du, Xiaoyan	Piccoli, Marco
Dudzinski, David M.	Pitsis, Antonios A.
Duran-Ruiz, Mª Carmen	Pitta, Sridevi R.
El-Khazragy, Nashwa	Plant, Leigh
Escolà-Gil, Joan Carles	Płatek, Anna E.
Etchevers, Heather C.	Pöling, Jochen
Faletra, Francesco	Poniedziałek-Czajkowska, Elżbieta
Falsini, Giovanni	Porta, Alberto
Fang, Yuehua	Porter, George
Farre, Nuria	Poulsen, Steen Hvitfeldt
Feier, Horea	Přeček, Jan
Fernández, Borja	Protonotarios, Alexandros
Filipovic, Nenad	Prsa, Milan
Fishman, Glenn	Ptaszynska-Kopczynska, Katarzyna
Formica, Francesco	Puddu, Paolo Emilio
Fragakis, Nikolaos	Pulli, Raffaele
Francisco, Julio Cesar	Puślecki, Mateusz
Francois, Mathias	Rader, Florian
Friedrich Boettcher, Michael	Rahman, Aziz
Frigy, Attila	Rajpurohit, Surendra
Fukuda, Hirotsugu	Rakowski, Tomasz
Fusini, Laura	Rammos, Christos
Gaba, Prakriti	Rao, Carmelo Massimiliano
Galatou, Eleftheria	Rav Acha, Moshe
Gallagher, Mark M.	Reffo, Elena
Galli, Elena	Regazzoli, Damiano
Gambaryan, Stepan	Richards, Dylan Jack
Gao, Ge	Richardt, Doreen
Garrity, Deborah	Rigby, Michael
Gasperetti, Alessio	Riley, Paul
Gatzoulis, Konstantinos A.	Rivinius, Rasmus
George, Rajani	Roberto, Maurizio
Georges, Adrien	Roberts, Drucilla J.
Giannouli, Stavroula	Roll, Patrice
Gilsanz, Fernando	Roohafza, Hamidreza
Girao, Henrique	Rubino, Antonino S.
Gonzalez Rosa, Juan Manuel	Rugonyi, Sandra
Gonzalez, Daniel R.	Rybtsov, Stanislav
Gordon, Karen	Saeed, Sahrai
Gragnano, Felice	Said, Sameh
Grajek, Stefan	Saito, Aya
Grapow, Martin	Sak, Jarosław J.
Greco, Ernesto	Sakurai, Toshihiro Sakurai
Grinshtein, Yuriy I.	Salto-Gonzalez, Rafael
Grossfeld, Paul	Samidurai, Arun
Guillen-Grima, Francisco	Sandovici, Maria
Guo, Lilong	Santarpino, Giuseppe
Hakovirta, Harri H.	Santovito, Donato
Hall, Duane	Sbrollini, Agnese
Handcock, Phil	Schach, Christian
Hatoum, Hoda	Schlüter, Klaus-Dieter
Hawrysz, Liliana	Schmucker, Johannes
Henderson, Deborah	Schoen, Frederick
Henein, Michael	Schrickel, Jan Wilko
Hołda, Mateusz Krystian	Scott, Ian
Hörer, Jürgen	Sedmera, David
Horowitz, John D.	Sekiguchi, Akiko
Hoshi, Tomoya	Senbonmatsu, Takaaki
Hossain, Mohammad Bakhtiar	Sergi, Consolato M.
Houyel, Lucile	Serraino, Giuseppe Filiberto
Hsu, Jonghau	Shah, Nilank C.
Hu, Dongjian	Shelton, Elaine L.
Huang, Hui	Shephard, Mary N.
Huang, Ke	Sheth, Sudip
Huang, Ngan	Shi, De-Li
Hubacek, Jaroslav A.	Shimoni, Sara
Hueb, Whady Armindo	Shingu, Yasushige
Hund, Thomas	Shiono, Yasutsugu
Hwang, Daw-Yang	Sikalidis, Angelos
Iliou, Marie Christine	Singh, Anand Prakash
Inoue, Katsuji	Sirico, Felice
Iop, Laura	Smith, Kelly
Ishiguchi, Hironori	Snyder, Christopher S.
Izawa, Kazuhiro P.	Soliman, Osama
Jackson-Cook, Colleen K.	Soma, Prashilla
Jagielak, Dariusz	Sperling, Silke R.
Jang, Sun-Joo	Spiewak, Mateusz
Jaźwińska, Anna	Stanojevic, Dragana M.
Jensen, Bjarke	Stătescu, Cristian
Jiao, Kai	Stein, Joerg-Ingolf
Jimeno, Cecilia Alegado	Stieber, Juliane
Jordaens, Luc J. L. M.	Sturtzel, Caterina
Jouk, Pierre Simon	Suen, Jacky Y.
Joung, Boyoung	Sugiura, Atsushi
Just, Steffen	Sullivan, Ryan D.
Kablak-Ziembicka, Anna	Sutanto, Henry
Ka̧dziela, Jacek	Szczepańska-Gieracha, Joanna
Kałka, Dariusz	Szeiffova Bacova, Barbara
Kanda, Tatsuo	Szekacs, Bela
Kang, Ju-Seop	Szöcs, Katalin
Karatzanos, Eleftherios	Tada, Hayato
Kasai, Takatoshi	Takeda, Atsuhito
Kaulitz, Renate	Tamborini, Gloria
Kavsak, Peter A.	Tappia, Paramjit
Keceli, Gizem	Torella, Daniele
Keller, Bradley	Tribulova, Narcis
Kelly, Robert	Trimarco, Bruno
Kiliszek, Marek	Trindade, Fábio
Kim, Kye Hun	Turu, Gábor
King, Benjamin L.	Unterhuber, Matthias
Kingsley, Michael	Van Eys, Guillaume J.
Kitsara, Maria	Vanoli, Emilio
Klaassen, Sabine	Vaskelyte, Jolanta-Justina
Kobayashi, Ryota	Vendramin, Igor
Kołodziejczak, Michalina	Venketasubramanian, Narayanaswamy
Kolodziejski, Pawel Antoni	Vetrugno, Luigi
Koltowska, Kaska	Vicente, Cristina P.
Koshiba-Takeuchi, Kazuko	Vila Sobrino, Xosé Antón
Kostner, Gert M.	Vrachatis, Dimitrios A.
Koutouzis, Michael	Wachter, Rolf
Kubilius, Raimondas	Ware, Stephanie
Kumar Mishra, Ajay	Watanabe, Ryu
Kuroyanagi, Hidehito	Waxman, Joshua
Kusunose, Kenya	Wayda, Brian
Kutikhin, Anton G.	Weiss, Christel
Kuwata, Shingo	Weyand, Michael
Lancellotti, Patrizio	Więckowski, Krzysztof
Lansberg, Peter	Wigle, Jeffrey
Lee, Wei-Chieh	Wilczek, Piotr
Levesque, Eric	Wittlinger, Thomas
Li, Ning	Wu, Sean M.
Li, Songnan	Yagishita, Atsuhiko
Lichtenauer, Michael	Yamagishi, Hiroyuki
Lien, Ching-Ling (Ellen)	Yamashita, Masashi
Lin, Yuh-Jyh	Yeh, Jih-Kai
Liu, Jiandong	Yutzey, Katherine
Lombardi, Raffaella	Zaffran, Stéphane
Longhini, Federico	Zanella, Fabian