EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Peter F. Cohn, MD Professor of Medicine, Vice-Chairman, Chief of Cardiology Emeritus, Department of Medicine, State University of New York Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook ASSOCIATE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Stephen P. Glasser, MD Professor of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham CONSULTANT BOARD Roger S. Blumenthal, MD Director, The Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland Steven Borzak, MD Florida Cardiology Group and Florida Cardiovascular Research, Atlantis, Florida Peter M. Buttrick, MD Head, Division of Cardiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Leslie S. H. Cho, MD Director, Women’s Cardiovascular Center, Medical Director, Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation, Cleveland Clinic Foundation Luther T. Clark, MD Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Professor of Clinical Medicine, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York Joseph T. Dell’Orfano, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut Douglas Dulli, MD, MS Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinic, Madison, Wisconsin Ira J. Goldberg, MD Professor of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine and Nutrition, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York Alan H. Gradman, MD Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Professor of Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Pittsburgh Peter H. Jones, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Atherosclerosis and Lipid Research, Baylor College of Medicine and The Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Tex Richard J. Katz, MD Bloedorn Professor of Cardiology and Director, Division of Cardiology, George Washington University, Washington, DC Stanley Katz, MD Chief, Division of Cardiology, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York Sanjay Kaul, MD Director, Vascular Physiology and Thrombosis Research Laboratory at the Burns and Allen Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles William E. Lawson, MD Professor of Medicine, State University of New York Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook | Harold L. Lazar, MD Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts Robert A. Levine, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut William C. Little, MD Chief, Cardiology Section, Wake Forest University, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina John K. Maesaka, MD Chief, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, and Director of Research, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York George I. Mallis, MD Chief of Cardiology, Cardiology Section, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Northport, New York Samuel J. Mann, MD Professor of Clinical Medicine, Hypertension Division, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill/Cornell Medical School, New York, New York Frank Mazzola, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York Tasneem Z. Naqvi, MD, MRCP Associate Director, Cardiac Noninvasive Laboratory, and Director, Interventional Echocardiography, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Associate Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles RoseMarie Pasmantier, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, State University of New York Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook Wendy S. Post, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, The Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland Ernst A. Raeder, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiology Division, State University of New York Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook Michael W. Rich, MD Director, Geriatric Cardiology Program, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri *Hal A. Skopicki, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy Program, State University of New York Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook Richard M. Steingart, MD Chief, Cardiology Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York Richard E. Stewart, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, St. Louis University Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri Robert J. Straka, PharmD Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Stephen C. Vlay, MD Professor of Medicine, Cardiology Division, State University of New York Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook Alan G. Wasserman, MD Professor of Medicine, Chairman, Department of Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC |