A newborn journal of interventional cardiology. Where are we going? A dialogue between generations

Abstract

Instead of writing a conventional editorial I have tried to respond to the question of Dr Fernando Alfonso, Associate Editor of REC: Interventional Cardiology: “where are we going?” by letting myself be interviewed by a senior interventional cardiologist from South America, Dr Rodrigo Modolo, who is currently writing his PhD thesis in Rotterdam. QUESTION: Professor, do we need another interventional cardiology journal? ANSWER: Rodrigo, in the United States we have, ranked by their impact factors, 3 influential interventional cardiology journals: JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, and Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. In Europe, EuroIntervention is the journal of the EAPCI (European Association of Percutaneous Intervention). But we have a tendency to forget that the language of the South American continent is Spanish (…and Portuguese, as Dr Modolo reminded me), and the Spanish language represents one of the 3 most widely spoken languages in the world. Revista Española de Cardiología currently has a major impact factor and faces the challenge of creating a new subspecialty journal, REC: Interventional Cardiology. It is a challenging decision but also a great opportunity. Q.: Do you think that interventional cardiology has reached its peak maturity? A.: Interventional cardiology has reached the peak of its 40 years of existence and it is...