Acta Cardiologica Sinica
Official Journal of Taiwan Society of Cardiology
◎Chinese Version
Publisher: Jyh-Hong Chen
Editor-in-Chief: Chi-Tai Kuo
Associate Editor-in-Chief: Huey-Ming Lo
Editorial Board:
Shih-Ann Chen Pyng Jing Lin
Wen-Ter Lai Lian-Yu Lin
Ming-Shien Wen Nen-Chung Chang
Yih-Jer Wu Jing-Ming Wu
Li-Jen Lin  
Executive Editors:
Chao-Hung Wang Tzung-Dau Wang
Chun-Li Wang Jing-Ming Wu
Yih-Jer Wu Kou-Gi Shyu
Chi-Jen Chang Wei-Jan Chen
Yi-Jen Chen Wan-Jing Ho
Mao-Sheng Hwang Hung-I Yeh
Hon-Kan Yip Chi-Hsiao Yeh
Kuo-Liong Chien Chun-Che Shih
Wen-Chol Voon Mien-Cheng Chen
Tsu-Juey Wu
Consultants:
Nazar Luqman  
English Consultant: Matt Nicodemus
Statisticians: I-Fan Lin
Kuang-Hung Hsu
Managing Editor: Yuh-Ying Lin

Taiwan Society of Cardiology
President: Jyh-Hong Chen
Secretary General: Jun-Jack Cheng
Society and Editorial Office Address: 13F-1, No. 11, Min-Chuan West Road, Taipei 104, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel: 886-2-2597-6177~9 ext 12 or 13
Fax: 886-2-2597-6180
E-mail: acs@tsoc.org.tw
Web site: http://www.tsoc.org.tw
General Information
Acta Cardiologica Sinica (ISSN 1011-6842) is indexed in Excerpta Medica/EMBASE and is issued quarterly at the Editorial Office, Taiwan Society of Cardiology, 7F, No. 27, Min-Chuan W. Road, Taipei 104, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Please direct orders for subscriptions and single copy to: Acta Cardiologica Sinica, Taiwan Society of Cardiology
Subscription Rates:
Institution: US$ 40/year
Individual: US$ 30/year
Single copy: US$ 10
Outside Taiwan, add U.S. $20 for surface postage and handling or US$ 40 for air freight delivery.

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Acta Cardiologica Sinica does not hold itself responsible for statements made by any contributor. Statements or opinions expressed in Acta Cardiologica Sinica reflect the view of the author(s) and do not represent official policy of the Taiwan Society of Cardiology unless so stated.

Listed in Excerpta Medica/EMBASE since December 1987 Sociedad Iberoamericana de Informacion Cientifica (SIIC)