| Carolyn S P Lam | National Heart Centre Singapore and Duke-National University of Singapore, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen |
| Gerasimos Filippatos | Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens |
| Peter S Pang | Indiana University School of Medicine |
| Alexandre Mebazaa | Universite Paris Cite, INSERM UMR-S (MASCOT), Saint-Louis and Lariboisiere Hospitals |