Contributors

Numbers in brackets refer to the chapter(s) written or cowritten by the contributor.

Jamil Aboulhosn, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine;

Director Ahmanson/UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center,

David Geffen School of Medicine,

University of California,

Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California [22]

Elliott M. Antman, MD

Professor of Medicine,

Cardiovascular Division,

Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital;

Associate Dean for Clinical/Translational Research,

Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts [39, 41]

Eric H. Awtry, MD

Cardiology Division, Boston Medical Center,

Boston, Massachusetts [29, 30]

Robert C. Basner, MD

Professor of Clinical Medicine,

Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine,

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons,

New York, New York [Appendix]

Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine,

Harvard Medical School;

Chief of Cardiology, VA Boston Healthcare System;

Senior Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital;

Senior Investigator, TIMI Study Group, Boston, Massachusetts [42]

Eugene Braunwald, MD, MA (Hon), ScD (Hon), FRCP

Distinguished Hersey Professor of Medicine,

Harvard Medical School;

Founding Chairman, TIMI Study Group,

Brigham and Women's Hospital,

Boston, Massachusetts [7, 28, 40]

Cynthia D. Brown, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine,

Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care,

Sleep and Occupational Medicine Indiana University,

Indianapolis, Indiana [Review and Self-Assessment]

Christopher P. Cannon, MD

Professor of Medicine,

Harvard Medical School;

Senior Physician, Cardiovascular Division,

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts [40]

Jonathan R. Carapetis, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FAFPHM

Director, Telethon Kids Institute,

The University of Western Australia,

Crawley, Western Australia [32]

Agustin Castellanos, MD, FACC, FAHA

Professor of Medicine;

Director, Clinical Electrophysiology,

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine,

Cardiovascular Division, Miami, Florida [35]

Murali Chakinala, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine,

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine,

Washington University School of Medicine,

St. Louis, Missouri [19]

John S. Child, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASE

Streisand Professor of Medicine and Cardiology;

Director, Ahmanson-UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center;

Director, UCLA Adult Noninvasive Cardiodiagnostics Laboratory Ronald Reagan-UCLA Medical Center,

Geffen School of Medicine, University of California,

Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California [22]

Wilson S. Colucci, MD, FAHA, FACC

Thomas J. Ryan Professor of Medicine,

Boston University School of Medicine;

Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine,

Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts [29, 30]

Mark A. Creager, MD

Professor of Medicine and Surgery,

Director, Heart and Vascular Center,

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire

Marcelo F. Di Carli, MD

Professor, Department of Radiology,

Harvard Medical School;

Chief, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging;

Executive Director, Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging Program,

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts [12, 51]

Robert H. Eckel, MD

Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology,

Metabolism and Diabetes,

Division of Cardiology;

Professor of Physiology and Biophysics,

Charles A. Boettcher, II Chair in Atherosclerosis,

University of Colorado School of Medicine,

Anschutz Medical Campus, Director Lipid Clinic,

University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, Colorado [38]

Andrew J. Einstein, MD, PhD

Victoria and Esther Aboodi Assistant Professor of Medicine;

Director, Cardiac CT Research;

Co-Director, Cardiac CT and MRI, Department of Medicine,

Cardiology Division, Department of Radiology,

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons,

New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York [Appendix]

Jonathan A. Epstein, MD

William Wikoff Smith Professor;

Chair, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology;

Scientific Director, Penn Cardiovascular Institute,

Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1]

David P. Faxon, MD

Vice Chair of Medicine for Strategic Planning,

Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Senior Lecturer,

Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts [13, 42, 53]

J. Michael Gaziano, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School;

Chief, Division of Aging, Brigham and Women's Hospital;

Director, Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Center,

Boston VA Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts [2]

Thomas A. Gaziano, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School;

Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management,

Center for Health Decision Sciences,

Harvard School of Public Health;

Faculty Co-Leader, Chronic and Cardiovascular Diseases Working Group,

Harvard Institute for Global Health,

Harvard University; Associate Physician in Cardiovascular Medicine,

Department of Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts [2]

Ary L. Goldberger, MD

Professor of Medicine,

Harvard Medical School;

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering,

Harvard University;

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,

Boston, Massachusetts [11, 50, 52]

Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD

Professor of Medicine,

Harvard Medical School;

Director, Thrombosis Research Group,

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts [45]

Helen H. Hobbs, MD

Professor, Internal Medicine and Molecular Genetics,

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center;

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute,

Dallas, Texas [37]

Judith S. Hochman, MD

Harold Snyder Family Professor of Cardiology,

Clinical Chief, Leon Charney Division of Cardiology,

Co-Director, NYU-HHC Clinical and Translational Science Institute;

Director, Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center,

New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York [34]

Brian Houston, MD

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine,

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore,

Maryland [Review and Self-Assessment]

Sharon A. Hunt, MD, FACC

Professor of Medicine,

Cardiovascular Medicine,

Stanford University, Palo Alto, California [21]

David H. Ingbar, MD

Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Physiology;

Director, Pulmonary Allergy,

Critical Care and Sleep Division,

University of Minnesota School of Medicine,

Minneapolis, Minnesota [34]

Roy M. John, MBBS, PhD, FRCP

Assistant Professor of Medicine,

Harvard Medical School;

Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital,

Boston, Massachusetts [18]

Adolf W. Karchmer, MD

Professor of Medicine,

Harvard Medical School,

Division of Infectious Diseases,

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,

Boston, Massachusetts [31]

Louis V. Kirchhoff, MD, MPH

Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Epidemiology,

University of Iowa; Staff Physician,

Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,

Iowa City, Iowa [33]

Theodore A. Kotchen, MD

Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicine;

Associate Dean for Clinical Research,

Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin [43]

Alexander Kratz, MD, MPH, PhD

Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology and Cell Biology,

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons;

Director, Core Laboratory,

Columbia University Medical Center and the New York Presbyterian Hospital;

Director, the Allen Hospital Laboratory, New York, New York [Appendix]

Raymond Y. Kwong, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine,

Harvard Medical School;

Director of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging,

Cardiovascular Division,

Department of Medicine,

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts [12, 51]

Neil K. Lakdawala, MD

Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School;

Associate Physician, Cardiovascular Medicine,

Brigham and Women's Hospital;

Boston VA Healthcare; Boston, Massachusetts [27]

Jane A. Leopold, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine,

Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women's Hospital,

Boston, Massachusetts [13, 53]

Peter Libby, MD

Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine,

Harvard Medical School;

Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine,

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts [1, 36]

Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD

Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine,

Harvard Medical School; Chairman,

Department of Medicine, and Physician-in-Chief,

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts [1, 3, 6-10, 23-27, 39, 41, 46-49]

Hari R. Mallidi, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery and Chief,

Division of Transplant and Assist Devices;

Lester and Sue Smith Endowed Chair in Surgery,

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas [21]

Douglas L. Mann, MD

Lewin Chair and Chief,

Cardiovascular Division; Professor of Medicine,

Cell Biology and Physiology,

Washington University School of Medicine,

Cardiologist-in-Chief,

Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri [19]

Mandeep R. Mehra, MD, FACC, FACP

Professor of Medicine,

Harvard Medical School; Executive Director,

Center for Advanced Heart Disease,

Brigham and Women's Hospital;

Co-Director, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center,

Boston, Massachusetts [20]

Gregory F. Michaud, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine,

Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women's Hospital,

Boston, Massachusetts [17]

David A. Morrow, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine,

Harvard Medical School; Director,

Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit; Senior Investigator,

TIMI Study Group,

Brigham and Women's Hospital,

Boston, Massachusetts [4]

Robert J. Myerburg, MD

Professor, Departments of Medicine and Physiology,

Division of Cardiology; AHA Chair in Cardiovascular Research,

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine,

Miami, Florida Robert J. Myerburg [35]

Patrick T. O'Gara, MD

Professor of Medicine,

Harvard Medical School; Director,

Clinical Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital,

Boston, Massachusetts [9, 10, 23-26]

Michael A. Pesce, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Pathology and Cell Biology,

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; Director,

Biochemical Genetics Laboratory,

Columbia University Medical Center,

New York Presbyterian Hospital,

New York, New York [Appendix]

Daniel J. Rader, MD

Seymour Gray Professor of Molecular Medicine; Chair,

Department of Genetics; Chief,

Division of Translational Medicine and Human Genetics,

Department of Medicine,

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [37]

Anis Rassi, Jr., MD, PhD, FACC, FACP, FAHA

Scientific Director,

Anis Rassi Hospital, Goiânia, Brazil [33]

Richard M. Schwartzstein, MD

Ellen and Melvin Gordon Professor of Medicine and Medical Education,

Harvard Medical School; Associate Division Chief,

Division of Pulmonary,

Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine,

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,

Boston, Massachusetts [5]

Scott D. Solomon, MD

Professor, Harvard Medical School; Director,

Noninvasive Cardiology,

Brigham and Women's Hospital,

Boston, Massachusetts [12, 51]

David D. Spragg, MD

Associate Professor,

Department of Medicine,

Johns Hopkins University; Director,

Electrophysiology Laboratory,

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center,

Baltimore, Maryland [14-16]

Lynne Warner Stevenson, MD

Professor of Medicine,

Harvard Medical School; Director,

Heart Failure Program,

Brigham and Women's Hospital,

Boston, Massachusetts [27]

William G. Stevenson, MD

Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Program,

Brigham and Women's Hospital; Cardiovascular Division,

Department of Medicine,

Harvard Medical School,

Boston, Massachusetts [17, 18]

Stephen C. Textor, MD

Professor of Medicine,

Division of Nephrology and Hypertension,

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota [44]

Gordon F. Tomaselli, MD

Michel Mirowski, MD Professor of Cardiology;

Professor of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine;

Chief, Division of Cardiology,

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland [14-16]

Aaron B. Waxman, MD, PhD, FACP, FCCP

Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School;

Executive Director, Center for Pulmonary-Heart Diseases,

Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center,

Boston, Massachusetts [49]

Charles M. Wiener, MD

Vice President of Academic Affairs,

Johns Hopkins Medicine International,

Professor of Medicine and Physiology,

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,

Baltimore, Maryland [Review and Self-Assessment]

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