Published 24 times a year, The American Journal of Cardiology® is an independent journal designed for cardiovascular disease specialists and internists with a subspecialty in cardiology throughout the world. AJC is an independent, scientific, peer-reviewed journal of original articles that focus on the practical, clinical approach to the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease. AJC has one of the fastest acceptance to publication times in Cardiology. Features report on systemic hypertension, methodology, drugs, pacing, arrhythmia, preventive cardiology, congestive heart failure, valvular heart disease, congenital heart disease, and cardiomyopathy. Also included are editorials, readers' comments, and symposia. 

Editor-in-Chief
William C. Roberts
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, Dallas, Texas, United States
Managing Editor
Jill Rutherford
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, Dallas, Texas, United States
Section Editor, Supplements
R. T. Collins
STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, California, United States
Senior Executive Editor
Peter A. McCullough
HeartPlace Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Texas, United States
Paul Grayburn
Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Texas, United States
Associate Editors
A. Cedars
Baylor Scott and White Health, Dallas, Texas, United States
G. Filardo
Baylor Scott and White Health, Dallas, Texas, United States
P.A. Grayburn
Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Texas, United States
S.A. Hall
Baylor Scott and White Health, Dallas, Texas, United States
J. M. Schussler
Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Texas, United States
R.C. Stoler
HeartPlace Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Texas, United States
Editorial Board
Cardiovascular Medicine In Adults
A. Abbate
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Institute of Cardiology, Rome, Italy
J.D. Abbott
Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
G.S. Abela
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States
J. Aboulhosn
University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
T. Ahmad
YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
J.S. Alpert
University of Arizona College of Medicine
M.A. Alpert
University of Missouri
E. Amsterdam
University of California Davis Health System
J.L. Anderson
Intermountain Medical Center
J.L. Anderson
Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, Utah, United States
H.V. Anderson
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
E. Arbustini
Foundation IRCCS Polyclinic San Matteo
P. Avanzas, MD
Central University Hospital of Asturias Heart Area, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
G.J. Balady
BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
C. Basso
University of Padua, Padova, Italy
E. Bates
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM
J.J. Bax
Leiden University Medical Center Department of Cardiology, Leiden, Netherlands
O. Bertrand
Laval University
J.C. Blankenship
Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania, United States
W. E. Boden
United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Samuel S. Stratton VA Medical Center and Albany Medical Center
M.M. Bodenheimer
Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York, United States
J. S. Borer
LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL
E. Braunwald
WOMANS HOSPITAL
J.A. Brinker
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
D.L. Brown
Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
T.M. Brown
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
N. D. Brunetti
University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
M.E. Cain
University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York, United States
B.R. Chaitman
Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
E.H. Chung
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
R.J. Cody
Johnson and Johnson PGSM, Raritan, New Jersey, United States
L.S. Cohen
YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
M. Cohen
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, United States
C.R Conti
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
M.H Crawford
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
F. D'Ascenzo
University Hospital City of Science and Health Turin, Torino, Italy
G.M. De Ferrari
Foundation IRCCS Polyclinic San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
A.N. DeMaria
University of California San Diego Health System
G. J. Dehmer
Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Bryan, Texas, United States
V. Delgado
Leiden University Medical Center Department of Cardiology, Leiden, Netherlands
P. Denes
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States
N. Desai
YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
A. Dollar
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
A. Dollar
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
M. J. Domanski
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, United States
R. M. Doroghazi
The Physician Investors Newsletter, Columbia, Missouri, United States
G. Dorros
Arizona Heart Foundation, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
R. Elosua
Hospital del Mar Institute for Medical Research, Barcelona, Spain
T.R Engel
COOPER HEALTH SYSTEM
A. E. Epstein
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
N.A. Estes
UPMC Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
R. H. Falk
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
D.N. Feldman
NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL, New York, New York, United States
T. Feldman
NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois, United States
G. Figtree
The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
J.L. Fleg
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
G.F. Fletcher
Mayo Clinic Hospital Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, United States
J.A. Franciosa
LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Brooklyn, New York, United States
J. Francis
Government Medical College Kozhikode, Kozhikode, India
A. Fujiki
Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
W.B Fye
Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
W.H. Gaasch
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center Burlington, Burlington, Massachusetts, United States
J.M. Gardin
Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
S.D Gertz
Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Yerushalayim, Israel
I.C. Gilchrist
PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
D.L. Glancy
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
S.P. Glasser
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
M.R. Gold
Medical University of South Carolina - College of Medicine, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
S. Goldhaber
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
R.E. Goldstein
UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES-DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY
S.A. Goldstein
MEDSTAR HEALTH VNA INC
K. L. Gould
University of Texas John P and Katherine G McGovern Medical School
C.L. Hansen
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
M.E. Harinstein
UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, White Oak, Pennsylvania, United States
D.C. Harrison
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
J.A. Hill
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER
M.K. Hong
Mount Sinai Saint Luke's Hospital, New York, New York, United States
W.G. Hundley
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
A. S. Jaffe
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
H. Jneid
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States
T. Kahan
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
G.L. Kaluza
Skirball Center For Innovation, Orangeburg, New York, United States
T.S. Kato
Juntendo University, Bunkyo-Ku, Japan
M. Kelm
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
K.M. Kent
MEDSTAR HEALTH VNA INC, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
P. Kligfield
Weill Cornell Medicine Joan and Sanford I Weill Department of Medicine, New York, New York, United States
R. Kloner
Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, California, United States
J.B Kostis
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School New Brunswick, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
W.J. Kostis
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
R.A. Lange
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Center of Emphasis in Infectious Diseases, El Paso, Texas, United States
C.J. Lavie
Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute
C.V. Leier
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER, Columbus, Ohio, United States
B.T. Liang
UConn Health, Farmington, Connecticut, United States
G. Y. H. Lip
University of Liverpool
A. S. Luis
Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences Echocardiography Program, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
F.E. Marchlinski
University of Pennsylvania Penn Lung Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
F.I. Marcus
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
B. Maron
Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
B. A. Maron
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
M.S. Maron
Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
R.P. Martin
PIEDMONT HEART INSTITUTE
C. Maynard
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
A. Mazur
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
R.G. McKay
Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
J.L. Mehta
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Nanomedicine Center
F.H. Messerli
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
E.L. Michelson
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
R. V. Milani
Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute
A.B. Miller
University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, United States
W.L. Miller
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
R.M. Mills
G.S. Mintz
Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York, United States
P. Muntner
University of Alabama at Birmingham
G.V. Naccarelli
Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
R. Narin
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States
G. Ndrepepa
G. Niccoli
W.T. O'Neal
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
E.M. Ohman
Duke Heart Center
A. Opotowsky
S.T. Palmeri
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
E. Passamani
Suburban Hospital Inc, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
P.J. Patel
C.J. Pepine
University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States
B. Pitt
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
A.A. Quyyumi
Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
C.V. Ram
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER, Dallas, Texas, United States
N. Reichek
Saint Francis Hospital The Heart Center
R. Roberts
L.E. Rosenfeld
Yale University Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
F.N. Salloum
D.J. Schneider
University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, United States
J.S. Schroeder
STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Stanford, California, United States
P.W. Serruys
Erasmus Medical Center
P.M. Shah
Hoag Memorial Presbyterian Hospital, Newport Beach, California, United States
P.K. Shah
CEDARS-SIANI MEDICAL CENTER
J. Shirani
St Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
R. Siegel
CEDARS-SIANI MEDICAL CENTER, Los Angeles, California, United States
M.A. Silver
Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States
R.J. Simpson, Jr.
University of North Carolina System, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
S.N. Singh
Washington DC VA Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
F. W. Smart
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Human Development Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
J. Somberg
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States
L.W. Stevenson
BRIGHAM WOMENS HOSPITAL
R. Stouffer
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
J.R. Stratton
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States
J.M. Tobis
University of California Los Angeles
J.L. Vacek
O.H. Ventura
R. Verdino
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
G.W. Vetrovec
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States
R. Waksman
MedStar Washington Hospital Center, MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute
D.D. Waters
University of California San Francisco
R.L. Wilensky
University of Pennsylvania Hillel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
J.T. Willerson
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
D. Zipes
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
In Infants and Children
H.D. Allen
Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States
B.S. Alpert
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER
R. T. Collins, II
STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, United States
J. Kugler
Children's Physicians Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Cardiovascular Surgery
E.H. Blackstone
Cleveland Clinic
L.I. Bonchek
Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
D. Chu
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
J. Elefteriades
Yale University School of Medicine Yale Center for Thoracic Aortic Disease, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
R. Lee
University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
C. S. Roberts
Baylor University Medical Center Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Dallas, Texas, United States
H.V. Schaff
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
L. H Stein
Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States
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