From the Experts

Morton J. Kern, with contributions from:

Drs. Herb Aronow, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island;

Arnold Seto, Long Beach VA Medical Center, Long Beach, California;

Prashant Kaul, Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta, Georgia;

Kirk Garrett, ChristianaCare, Wilmington, Delaware;

Steve Bailey, LSU Shreveport School of Medicine, Shreveport, Louisiana;

Ajay Kirtane, Columbia University, New York City, New York;

James Blankenship, Geisinger Cardiovascular Center for Clinical Research, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania;

Bonnie Weiner, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts;

James McCabe, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington;

Guri Sandhu, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Habib Samady, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA

Clinical Editor; Chief of Medicine, Long Beach VA Medical Center, Long Beach, California; Associate Chief Cardiology, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California 

Mason D. Nagel¹, BS, and George Adams², MD, MHS, FACC

¹NCSU of Raleigh, North Carolina; ²UNC Rex Hospital of Raleigh, North Carolina; University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina