Editor
Michael H. Crawford, MD
Professor of Medicine
Lucy Stern Chair in Cardiology
Chief of Clinical Cardiology
University of California, San Francisco
Authors
Amr E. Abbas, MD
Co-Director, Echocardiography Laboratory
Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, MI
Aortic StenosisMohamad Alkhouli, MD
Cardiology Fellow
Temple University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Lipid DisordersKarthik Ananthasubramaniam, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Wayne State University
Director, Nuclear Cardiology and Echocardiography Laboratory
Program Director, Advanced Cardiac Imaging Fellowship
Senior Staff Physician, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, MI
Hypertrophic CardiomyopathiesRichard W. Asinger, MD
Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota
Director, Cardiac Rehabilitation Laboratory
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Long-Term Anticoagulation for Cardiac ConditionsNitish Badhwar, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Stone-Chamberlain Chair in Cardiology Associate Chief, Cardiac Electrophysiology
University of California
San Francisco, CA
Ventricular TachycardiaChristopher F. Barnett, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Pulmonary HypertensionAndrew J. Boyle, MBBS, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
University of California
San Francisco, CA
Acute Myocardial InfarctionKang-Yuh Chyn, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Staff Cardiologist Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Unstable Angina/Non-ST Evaluation Myocardial InfarctionMichael H. Crawford, MD
Professor of Medicine
Lucie Stern Chair in Cardiology
Chief of Clinical Cardiology
University of California
San Francisco, CA
Approach to Cardiac Disease Diagnosis, Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease, Preoperative Evaluation, Syncope, Aortic Regurgitation, Mitral Regurgitation, Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valve Disease, Infective Endocarditis, MyocarditisAndrew E. Darby, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Virginia
Charlottesville,
VASudden Cardiac DeathJohn P. DiMarco, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
Cardiovascular Division
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville,
VASudden Cardiac DeathJohn A. Elefteriades, MD
William W.L. Glenn Professor of Surgery
Director, Aortic Institute at Yale-New Haven
Yale University School
New Haven, CN
Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms & DissectionsAntonio B. Fernandez, MD
Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, CT
The Athlete's HeartElyse Foster, MD
Director, Adult Non-invasive Cardiology
Arexe Valensky Chair of Cardiology
Professor of Medicine
University of California
San Francisco, CA
Congenital Heart Disease in AdultsNora F. Goldschlager, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of California
Chief, Clinical Cardiology, San Francisco General Hospital
Director, CCU, ECG Lab and Pacemaker Clinic, San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Conduction Disorders & Cardiac PacingJames A. Goldstein, MD
Director of Research and Education
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Beaumont Health System
Royal Oak, MI
Restrictive CardiomyopathiesSaurabh Gupta, MD
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
Co-Director, Complex Heart Valve Service
Knight Cardiovascular Institute
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, Oregon
Antiplatelet TherapyIan S. Harris, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Adult Congenital Cardiology Program
Division of Cardiology
University of California School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA
Congenital Heart Disease in AdultsBrian D. Hoit, MD
Professor of Medicine and Physiology and Biophysics
Case Western Reserve University
Director of Echocardiography, Case Medical Center
University Hospitals of Cleveland
Cleveland, OH
Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valve DiseaseRichard H. Hongo, MD
Assistant Director, Electrophysiology Program
California Pacific Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
Conduction Disorders & Cardiac PacingBill Pei Chin Hsieh, MD
Advanced Cardiac Imaging Fellow
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Attending Cardiologist
Long Life Cardiac Center
Alhambra, CA
Cardiac TumorsMassimo Imazio, MD
Chief of the Myopericardial and Heart Failure Clinic
Cardiology Department, Maria Vittoria Hospital
Torino, Italy
Pericardial DiseaseHarish Jarrett, MBChB
Internal Medicine Resident
Temple University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Lipid DisordersLiviu Klein, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Associate Director,
Mechanical Circulatory Support & Heart Failure Device Program
Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection FractionPeter R. Kowey, MD
Professor of Medicine
Jefferson Medical College
Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
Lankenau Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Supraventricular TachycardiasD. Elizabeth Le, MD
Staff Physician, Portland
VA Medical Center
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Knight Cardiovascular Institute
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR
Mitral StenosisByron K. Lee MD, MAS
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of the Electrophysiology Laboratories and Clinics
Division of Cardiology
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Supraventricular TachycardiasSteven J. Lester, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Mayo Medical School
Consultant in Cardiology
Mayo Clinic, Arizona
Aortic StenosisAshvarya Mangla, MD
Chief Resident, Internal Medicine
Weiss Memorial Hospital
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
Antiplatelet TherapyTeresa De Marco, MD
Professor, Clinical Medicine and Surgery
R.H. and Jane G. Logan Endowed Chair in Cardiology
Director, Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension
Medical Director, Heart Transplantation
University of California
San Francisco, CA
Pulmonary HypertensionEdward McNulty, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Assistant Physician-in-Chief, Cardiovascular & Thoracic Services
Kaiser San Francisco Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
Cardiogenic ShockRajni K. Rao, MD
Cardiology Clinic Practice Chief
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of California
San Francisco, CA
Pulmonary Embolic DiseaseRita F. Redberg, MD, MSc
Editor, JAMA Internal Medicine
Professor of Medicine
UCSF Division of Cardiology
San Francisco, CA
Cardiac TumorsCarlos A. Roldan, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Director, Echocardiography Laboratory
New Mexico
VA Health Care Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Connective Tissue Diseases & the HeartSandeep A. Saha, MBBS
Cardiology Fellow
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Pulmonary Embolic DiseaseMelvin M. Scheinman, MD
Professor of Medicine Emeritus
Schorenstein Chair in Cardiology
University of California
San Francisco, CA
Atrial FibrillationPrediman K. Shah, MD
Shapell and Webb Professor and Director, Atherosclerosis Prevention and Treatment Center
Director, Oppenheimer Atherosclerosis Research Center
Cedars Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles.
Professor of Medicine, University of California
Los Angeles, CA
Unstable Angina/Non-ST Evaluation Myocardial InfarctionSanjiv Shah, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Program
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection FractionSara Sirna, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Temple University School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Lipid DisordersEveline Oestreicher Stock, MD
Instructor in Medicine
University of California
San Francisco, CA
Endocrinology & the HeartPaul D. Thompson, MD
Chief of Cardiology
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, CT
The Athlete's HeartKirsten Tolstrup, MD
Associate Professor, UNM School of Medicine
Medical Director, Heart Station and Echolab, UNMH
Division of Cardiology
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Cardiovascular Disease in PregnancyWanpen Vongpatanasin, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Hypertension Section,
Cardiology Division
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
Systemic Hypertension