American Heart Journal

AH J
Editor in Chief: Robert M. Califf, MD, Durham, NC
Editor: Daniel B. Mark, MD, MPH, Durham, NC
Managing Editor: Patricia K. Hodgson, Durham, NC
Assistant Managing Editor: Rebecca Hines, Durham, NC
Editorial Assistants: Brian D. Duncan, Durham, NC
Daniel M. Kinney, Durham, NC
American Heart Journal
Production Editor: Ryan J. Hastings, St. Louis, MO
Founded in 1925
Associate Editors
John H. Alexander, MD
Durham
Joseph C. Greenfield Jr, MD,
Durham
L. Kristin Newby, MD,
Durham
William E. Sanders Jr, MD,
Chapel Hill
Sana M. Al-Khatib, MD,
Durham
Robert A. Harrington, MD,
Durham
Christopher M. O’Connor, MD,
Durham
Leslee Shaw, PhD,
Atlanta
Thomas M. Bashore, MD,
Durham
John K. Harrison, MD,
Durham
E. Magnus Ohman, MD,
Chapel Hill
J. Marcus Wharton, MD,
Durham
Christopher B. Granger, MD,
Durham
James G. Jollis, MD,
Durham
Eric D. Peterson, MD,
Durham
Editorial Board
Kirkwood F. Adams Jr, MD
Frank V. Aguirre, MD
Elliott M. Antman, MD
Paul W. Armstrong, MD
William F. Armstrong, MD
Steven R. Bailey, MD
Gust H. Bardy, MD
Richard C. Becker, MD
George A. Beller, MD
Peter B. Berger, MD
Daniel S. Berman, MD
Philip F. Binkley, MD
Robert O. Bonow, MD
Salvador Borges-Neto, MD
Christopher E. Buller, MD
Christopher P. Cannon, MD
Blase A. Carabello, MD
Melvin D. Cheitlin, MD
W. Randolph Chitwood Jr, MD
David J. Cohen, MD
Lawrence H. Cohn, MD
N. Anthony Coles, MD
Delos M. Cosgrove, MD
James L. Cox, MD
Charles J. Davidson, MD
Elizabeth R. DeLong, PhD
David L. DeMets, PhD
David DeNofrio, MD
John P. DiMarco, MD, PhD
Pamela S. Douglas, MD
Kim A. Eagle, MD
Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD
Stephen G. Ellis, MD
4A American Heart Journal
Nathan R. Every, MD
David P. Faxon, MD
Gary S. Francis, MD
Curt D. Furberg, MD
Joseph C. Gardiner, PhD
Bernard J. Gersh, MD, ChB,
DPhil
Myron C. Gerson, MD
Jalal K. Ghali, MD
Mihai Gheorghiade, MD
Raymond J. Gibbons, MD
Donald D. Glower, MD
Lee Goldman, MD
Pascal Goldschmidt, MD
John R. Guyton, MD
Frank E. Harrell Jr, PhD
Robert C. Hendel, MD
James A. Hill, MD
Mark A. Hlatky, MD
Judith S. Hochman, MD
David R. Holmes Jr, MD
Alice K. Jacobs, MD
Lynne L. Johnson, MD
William B. Kannel, MD
David A. Kass, MD
Arnold M. Katz, MD
Barry T. Katzen, MD
Sanjiv Kaul, MD
Dean J. Kereiakes, MD
Morton J. Kern, MD
James K. Kirklin, MD
Neal S. Kleiman, MD
George J. Klein, MD
Genell L. Knatterud, PhD
William E. Kraus, MD
Harlan M. Krumholz, MD
Joel Kupersmith, MD
Gervasio A. Lamas, MD
Carolyn K. Landolfo, MD
Kerry L. Lee, PhD
Thomas H. Lee, MD
Robert J. Lefkowitz, MD
A. Michael Lincoff, MD
James E. Lock, MD
Floyd D. Loop, MD
Thomas H. Marwick, MD
Barry M. Massie, MD
Charles Maynard, PhD
Darren K. McGuire, MD, MHSc
Charles R. McKay, MD
D. Douglas Miller, MD
Fred Morady, MD
Kenneth G. Morris, MD
Joseph Brent Muhlestein, MD
David C. Naftel, PhD
Gerald T. O’Connor, PhD, DSc
Peter M. Okin, MD
Brian Olshansky, MD
Catherine M. Otto, MD
Douglas L. Packer, MD
Milton Packer, MD
Richard L. Page, MD
Carl J. Pepine, MD
Joseph K. Perloff, MD
Marc A. Pfeffer, MD, PhD
Harry R. Phillips III, MD
Louise Pilote, MD
Bertram Pitt, MD
Jeffrey J. Popma, MD
Eric N. Prystowsky, MD
Rebecca J. Quigg, MD
Martha J. Radford, MD
Rita F. Redberg, MD
Gary S. Roubin, MD
Thomas Ryan, MD
Hartzell V. Schaff, MD
Heinrich R. Schelbert, MD, PhD
Kevin A. Schulman, MD
Thomas N. Skelton, MD
Sidney C. Smith Jr, MD
Richard M. Stack, MD
Mark R. Starling, MD
Lynne W. Stevenson, MD
William G. Stevenson, MD
J. David Talley, MD
James E. Tcheng, MD
Alan N. Tenaglia, MD
Pierre Theroux, MD
Eric J. Topol, MD
Mario S. Verani, MD
David A. Vorchheimer, MD
Richard A. Walsh, MD
W. Douglas Weaver, MD
David O. Williams, MD
Raymond Yee, MD
Paul G. Yock, MD
James B. Young, MD
September 2002