Clinical Editor's Corner: Kern

Morton Kern, MD, with contributions from Drs. David Cohen, St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, New York; Kirk Garratt, Wilmington, Delaware; Steven L. Goldberg, Monterey, California; Timothy D. Henry, MD, The Carl and Edyth Lindner Center for Research and Education, The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio; Lloyd W. Klein, Sonoma, California; Mitchell W. Krucoff, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Bernard Meier, Bern, Switzerland; Stephen R. Ramee, Ochsner Clinic New Orleans, Louisiana; Arnold H. Seto, Long Beach, California; Paul S. Teirstein, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California; Bonnie H. Weiner, Worchester, Massachusetts; George Vetrovec, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

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

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

with contributions from: Steve Bailey, MD, Shreveport, Louisiana; Sam Butman, MD, Cottonwood, Arizona; Richard Chazal, MD, Fort Meyers, Florida; Kirk Garratt, MD, Wilmington, Delaware; Steven L. Goldberg, MD, Monterey, California; Timothy D. Henry, MD, The Carl and Edyth Lindner Center for Research and Education, The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio; Spencer King, MD, Atlanta, Georgia; Lloyd W. Klein, MD, Sonoma, California; Mitchell W. Krucoff, MD, Durham, North Carolina; J. Jeffrey Marshall, MD, Atlanta, Georgia; Michael Ragosta, MD, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia;  Stephen R. Ramee, MD, New Orleans, Louisiana; Paul S. Teirstein, MD, La Jolla, California; Carl Tommaso, MD, Chicago, Illinois; George W. Vetrovec, MD, VCU Richmond, Virginia; Bonnie H. Weiner, MD, Worcester, Massachusetts

Morton J. Kern, MD, with contributions from Steven R. Bailey, MD, Shreveport, Louisiana; Malcolm R. Bell, MD, Rochester, Minnesota; James C. Blankenship, MD, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Sam Butman, MD, Cottonwood, Arizona; David J. Cohen, MD, MSc, Kansas City, Missouri; Mauricio G. Cohen, MD, Miami, Florida; Timothy D. Henry, MD, Cincinnati, Ohio; Nils P. Johnson, MD, MS, Houston, Texas; Lloyd Klein, MD, Sonoma, California; Mitchell W. Krucoff, MD, Raleigh, North Carolina; Kreton Mavromatis, MD, Atlanta, Georgia; Sunil V. Rao, MD, Raleigh, North Carolina; Barry F. Uretsky, MD, Little Rock, Arkansas.

Morton J. Kern, MD, with contributions from Dawn Abbott, MD, Providence, Rhode Island; Sam Butman, MD, Cottonwood, Arizona; David J. Cohen, MD, MSc, Kansas City, Missouri; William Fearon, MD, Palo Alto, California; Lloyd Klein, MD, Sonoma, California; Mike Ragosta, MD, Charlottesville, Virginia 

Morton Kern and Peter J. Golden, RN, with contributions from John Bittl, Ocala, Florida; Emmanuel Brilakis, Minneapolis, Minnesota; David Cohen, Kansas City, Missouri; Mauricio G. Cohen, Miami, Florida; Larry Dean, Seattle, Washington; Kirk Garratt, Wilmington, Delaware; Neil Kleiman, Houston, Texas; Mitchell Krucoff, Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina; Jeff Marshall, Atlanta, Georgia; Joe Moore, Bolivar, Missouri; Jeff Moses, New York City, New York; Keith G. Oldroyd, Glasgow, United Kingdom; Gurpreet S. Sandhu, Rochester, Minnesota; Karen Smith, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 

Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA

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

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

Clinical Editor; Chief of 

Cardiology, Long Beach VA 

Medical Center, Long Beach, California; Professor of Medicine, 

University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California 

With contributions from Steven R. Bailey, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine, LSU Health School of Medicine, Shreveport, Louisiana; Sam Butman, MD, Verde Valley Medical Center, Cottonwood, Arizona; Larry Dean, MD, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington;  Kirk N. Garratt, MD, Center for Heart and Vascular Health, ChristianaCare, Newark, Delaware; David E. Kandzari, MD, Director, Interventional Cardiology and Chief Scientific Officer Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta, Georgia; Prashant Kaul, MD, Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta, Georgia; Neil Kleiman, MD, Houston Methodist, Houston, Texas; Lloyd Klein, MD, Sonoma, California; Bernhard Meier, MD, Professor of Cardiology, University Hospital (Inselspital), Bern, Switzerland; Ken Rosenfeld, MD, Boston, Massachusetts: Jonathan Tobis, MD, Professor of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California; Bonnie Weiner, MD, Worchester, Massachusetts; Chris White, MD, Professor and Chair of Medicine & Cardiology, Medical Director, Value Based Care, System Chair for Cardiovascular Diseases, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana

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

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

Dr. Morton J. Kern, with commentary from Drs. Bob Applegate, Winston Salem, North Carolina; Peter Block, Atlanta, Georgia; Sam Butman, Cottonwood, Arizona; Jim Blankenship, Geisinger Clinic, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Larry Dean, Seattle, Washington; Kirk N. Garratt, Center for Heart and Vascular Health, ChristianaCare, Newark, Delaware; Lloyd Klein, Sonoma, California; Michael Kutcher, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Michael Lim, St. Louis, Missouri; Jeff Marshall, Atlanta, Georgia; Gary Mintz, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York City, New York; E. Magnus Ohman, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Steve Ramee, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana; Fred Resnic, Lahey Clinic, Boston, Massachusetts; Chet Rihal, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota;  Jon Tobis, Los Angeles, California; 

Carl Tommaso, Evanston, Illinois; Barry Uretsky, Little Rock, Arkansas; Bonnie Weiner, Worcester, Massachusetts; Christopher J. White, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.

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