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EDITOR IN CHIEF William C. Roberts, ASSOCIATE EDITORS Vincent E. Friedewald Paul A. Grayburn MD Baylor Heart & Vascular Institute Baylor University Medical Center Wadley Tower No. 457 3600 Gaston Avenue Dallas, Texas 75246 (214)826-8252 Fax: (214)826-2855 ASSISTANT EDITORS Robert C. Kowal Jeffrey M. Schussler EDITORIAL BOARD CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE In Adults Antonio Abbate J. Dawn Abbott George S. Abela Jamil Aboulhosn Joseph S. Alpert Martin A. Alpert Ezra A. Amsterdam Jeffrey L. Anderson Evan Appelbaum Richard W. Asinger Pablo Avanzas Gary John Balady Eric Bates Jeroen J. Bax George A. Beller William E. Boden Monty M. Bodenheimer Robert O. Bonow Jeffrey S. Borer Martial G. Bourassa Eugene Braunwald Jeffrey A. Brinker David L. Brown Michael E. Cain Richard O. Cannon III Bernard R. Chaitman Kanu Chatterjee John S. Child Robert J. Cody Lawrence S. Cohen Marc Cohen C. Richard Conti Michael H. Crawford James P. Daubert Gregory J. Dehmer James A. de Lemos Anthony N. DeMaria Pablo Denes George A. Diamond John P. DiMarco Allen Dollar Michael J. Domanski Gerald Dorros Uri Elkayam Kenneth A. Ellenbogen Myrvin H. Ellestad Stephen G. Ellis Toby R. Engel Andrew E. Epstein N. A. Mark Estes, III Michael Ezekowitz Rodney H. Falk John A. Farmer David P. Faxon Ted Feldman Jack Ferlinz Jerome L. Fleg Gerald F. Fletcher Joseph A. Franciosa Gary S. Francis W. Bruce Fye William H. Gaasch Julius M. Gardin Bernard J. Gersh S. David Gertz Mihai Gheorghiade D. Luke Glancy Stephen P. Glasser Michael R. Gold Samuel Z. Goldhaber Robert E. Goldstein Sidney Goldstein Steven A. Goldstein J. Anthony Gomes Antonio M. Gotto, Jr. K. Lance Gould Donald C. Harrison Philip D. Henry L. David Hillis David R. Holmes, Jr. Mun K. Hong William G. Hundley Ami S. Iskandrian Allan S. Jaffe Hani Jneid Greg L. Kaluza Joel S. Karliner John A. Kastor Sanjiv Kaul Ellen C. Keeley Kenneth M. Kent Richard E. Kerber Dean J. Kereiakes Morton J. Kern Spencer B. King III Robert E. Kleiger George J. Klein Lloyd W. Klein Paul Kligfield Robert A. Kloner John B. Kostis Charles Landau Richard L. Lange Carl J. Lavie Carl V. Leier B. T. Liang Joseph Lindsay, Jr. Gregory Y.H. Lip Francisco Lopez-Jimenez Joseph Loscalzo G.B. John Mancini Francis E. Marchlinski Frank I. Marcus Barry J. Maron Martin S. Maron Randolph P. Martin Attilo Maseri Charles Maynard Michael D. McGoon Darren K. McGuire Raymond G. McKay Jawahar L. Mehta Bernard Meier Franz H. Messerli Eric L. Michelson Richard V. Milani Alan B. Miller Wayne L. Miller Gary S. Mintz Fred Morady Lori Mosca Arthur J. Moss James E. Muller Gerald B. Naccarelli Navin C. Nanda Robert A. O’Rourke Erik Magnus Ohman Richard L. Page Sebastian T. Palmeri Seung-Yung Park Eugene R. Passamani Alan S. Pearlman Carl J. Pepine Joseph K. Perloff Bertram Pitt Philip J. Podrid Don Poldermans Arshed A. Quyyumi Charles E. Rackley C. Venkata Ram Nathaniel Reichek Robert Roberts Jennifer G. Robinson Lynda E. Rosenfeld Melvin M. Scheinman David J. Schneider John S. Schroeder Patrick Washington Serruys Pravin M. Shah Prediman K. Shah Jamshid Shirani Robert J. Siegel Marc A. Silver Ross J. Simpson, Jr. Steven N. Singh Burton E. Sobel John C. Somberg David H. Spodick Lynne W. Stevenson Gregory W. Stone John R. Stratton Jonathan M. Tobis Eric J. Topol Byron F. Vandenberg Hector O. Ventura George W. Vetrovec Robert A. Vogel Ron Waksman David D. Waters Nanette K. Wenger Robert Wilensky James T. Willerson Clyde W. Yancy Barry L. Zaret Douglas P. Zipes In Infants and Children Hugh D. Allen Bruce S. Alpert Stanley J. Goldberg Warren G. Guntheroth Howard P. Gutgesell John D. Kugler James E. Lock John W. Moore Lowell W. Perry David J. Sahn Richard M. Schieken CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY Eugene H. Blackstone Lawrence I. Bonchek Lawrence H. Cohn John A. Elefteriades Hartzel V. Schaff REL