Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Zvonimir Krajcer, MD
The Texas Heart Institute, Houston
Associate Editors
Stephanie A. Coulter, MD
The Texas Heart Institute, Houston
José G. Díez, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Emerson C. Perin, MD, PhD
The Texas Heart Institute, Houston
Alexander Postalian, MD
The Texas Heart Institute, Houston
Joseph G. Rogers, MD
The Texas Heart Institute, Houston
Former Editors
Robert J. Hall, MD
James J. Ferguson III, MD
James T. Willerson, MD
Section Editors
Cancer
José G. Díez, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Jean-Bernard Durand, MD
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Subhasis Chatterjee, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
José Díaz-Gómez, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Salim S. Virani, MD
Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Cardiovascular Surgery
Kenneth K. Liao, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Marc R. Moon, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Ourania Preventza, MD
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Carotid Artery Disease
Neil E. Strickman, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Coronary Interventions
Alexander Postalian, MD
The Texas Heart Institute, Houston
George A. Younis, MD
The Texas Heart Institute, Houston
Congenital Heart Disease
Dhaval Parekh, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Electrophysiology
Joanna E. Molina Razavi, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Gerald V. Naccarelli, MD
Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Mohammad Saeed, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Heart Failure
Nikolaos A. Diakos, MD, PhD
The Texas Heart Institute, Houston
Joseph G. Rogers, MD
The Texas Heart Institute, Houston
Imaging
Stephanie A. Coulter, MD
The Texas Heart Institute, Houston
Srikanth Koneru, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Jayer Chung, MD, MSc
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Structural Heart Disease
Michael J. Reardon, MD
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston
Editorial Board
Ali F. AbuRahma, MD
Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, West Virginia
Steven R. Bailey, MD
LSU Health, Shreveport, Louisiana
Yochai Birnbaum, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Benjamin Y.C. Cheong, MD
The Texas Heart Institute, Houston
Joseph S. Coselli, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Reynolds M. Delgado III, MD
The Texas Heart Institute, Houston
Richard A.F. Dixon, PhD
The Texas Heart Institute, Houston
O.H. Frazier, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Eduardo A. Hernandez-Vila, MD
The Texas Heart Institute, Houston
Michael R. Jaff, DO
Harvard Medical School (retired), Delray Beach, Florida
James J. Livesay, MD
The Texas Heart Institute, Houston
Gabriel Loor, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Roberto Lufschanowski, MD
The Texas Heart Institute (retired), Houston
David D. McPherson, MD
The University of Texas Health Science at Houston Center, Houston
Leslie W. Miller, MD
Baycare Health System, Tampa, Florida
Warren H. Moore, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Gustavo S. Oderich, MD
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston
Abdi Rasekh, MD
The Texas Heart Institute, Houston
Mehdi Razavi, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Todd K. Rosengart, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Guilherme V. Silva, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Robert D. Simari, MD
KU Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
Raymond F. Stainback, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Sherif Sultan, MD
University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
Vinod H. Thourani, MD
Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta
Ron Waksman, MD
MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
Edward T.H. Yeh, MD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
Thomas Zeller, MD
Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Bad Krozingen, Germany
Journal Staff & Consultants
Managing Editor
Christine Lanzisera, BA
Review Process Manager
Stephen H. Varnado, MA
Production Manager
Katherine Ray
Editorial Consultants
Rebecca A. Bartow, MPH, PhD
Stephen N. Palmer, PhD, ELS
Sally Timko, BA
Production Consultants
Ramon Bernal, BA
Joseph C. Brewton III, BS
Heather Pierson, MA
Keri Sprung, MBA
Mark J. Villalpando, MA
Daynene M. Vykoukal, PhD
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