The AHA Guidelines and Scientific Statements Handbook

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Mariell Jessup MD, FAHA, FACC
Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Heart Failure/Transplant Program
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

Barry J. Maron, MD, FACC
Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center
Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
920 East 28th. Street, Suite 620
Minneapolis, MN 55407-1157, USA

Cullen D. Morris, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Cardiothoracic)
The Emory Clinic, Inc.
Medical Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Athens Regional Medical Center
1270 Prince Ave., Suite 303
Athens, GA 30606, USA

Robert A. O’Rourke, MD, MACP, MACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine Emeritus
University of Texas Health Science Center
116 Village Circle
San Antonio, TX 78232-2827, USA

Clive Rosendorff, MD, PhD, DScMed, FAHA
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
and the James J. Peters VA Medical Center
130 West Kingsbridge Road
Bronx, NY 10468-3904, USA

Lars Rydén, MD, FRCP, FESC
Department of Cardiology
Karolinska University Hospital
171 76 Stockholm
Sweden

Melvin Scheinman, MD
University of California, San Francisco
500 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94143-2203, USA

Sidney C. Smith, Jr., MD, FAHA

Professor of Medicine

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Center for Cardiovascular Science and Medicine

CB # 7075, 6th Floor Burnett Womack Building

99 Manning Drive

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7075, USA

Kathryn A. Taubert, PhD, FAHA

Adjunct Professor, U Texas Southwestern Medical

School

Senior Scientist, American Heart Association

AHA National Center

7272 Greenville Avenue

Dallas, TX 75231, USA

Allen J. Taylor, MD, FAHA

Chief, Cardiology Service, Professor of Medicine

Walter Reed Army Medical Center

6900 Georgia Avenue, NW

Building 2, Room 4A

Washington, DC 20307-5001, USA

Nanette Kass Wenger, MD, FAHA

Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)

Emory University School of Medicine

Chief of Cardiology

Grady Memorial Hospital

Consultant, Emory Heart and Vascular Center

49 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, SE

Atlanta, GA 30303, USA

Mark A. Williams, PhD, FACSM, FAACVPR

Director, CVD Prevention and Rehabilitation

Cardiac Center of Creighton University

3006 Webster Street

Omaha, NE 68131-2027, USA

Walter R. Wilson, MD

Professor of Medicine

Mayo Clinic

200 1st Street SW

Rochester, MN 55905-0002, USA

Douglas P. Zipes, MD, FAHA

Distinguished Professor

Indiana University School of Medicine

Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Suite E

1800 North Capitol Avenue

Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA

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