The DCRI is proud to serve as the editorial office for cardiology's oldest peer-reviewed journal, the American Heart Journal. Dr. Robert M. Califf, the director of the Duke Translational Medicine Institute has been the Editor-in-Chief of the AHJ since 1996. Daniel B. Mark, MD, MPH, the DCRI's Director of Outcomes Research, serves as the Editor of the AHJ.

This journal provides up-to-the-minute, important information about conditions, research, and treatments for its readership, thus aiding in the DCRI's ultimate goal of improving patient care.