Progress in pediatric cardiology provides a rich mix of news opinion debate and research for academics clinicians healthcare managers and policy makers on all aspects of the understanding management and improvement of cardiovascular diseases in children ppc is led by a patient focused editorial read more. Each issue of progress in cardiovascular diseases comprehensively covers a single topic in the understanding and treatment of disorders of the heart and circulation some issues include special articles definitive reviews that capture the state of the art in the management of particular clinical problems in cardiology benefits to authors. Progress in cardiology written specifically for the internist cardiologist reviews selected current knowledge in clinical and laboratory cardiology diagnostic tools useful in patient management help form the basis for the first section. An effort to present a series of review articles on subjects of current interest in cardiology is made with this initial publication the authors objectives are to present informative articles of value not only to cardiologists but medical students residents fellows and practicing physicians further additions are planned with no exact time schedule but with the presentation of