| Rachel Buchan | NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, UK. National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London |
| Roddy Walsh | NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, UK. National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London |
| Paul J R Barton | NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, UK. National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London |
| Stuart A Cook | NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, UK. National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, UK. NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit |
| Dimitrios Th Kremastinos | Attikon General Hospital |
| Magdi H Yacoub | Qatar Cardiovascular Research Center (QCRC), Qatar Foundation, Qatar. NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust |