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US Cardiology
BRIEFINGS
Volume 5 Issue 1
Advisory Panel
Mark L Barr, MD Alice K Jacobs, MD
Past President, International Past President, American
Society for Heart and Lung Heart Association (AHA)
Transplantation (ISHLT)
Marjorie King, MD
Matthew J Budoff, MD Past President, American
President, Society of Association of Cardiovascular
Atherosclerosis Imaging and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
and Prevention (SAIP) (AACVPR)
Editorial Director
Jonathan McKenna
Gregory J Dehmer, MD Jack C Lewin, MD
Sub-editorial Manager
Past President, Society for Chief Executive Officer, American
Claire Dunn
Cardiovascular Angiography College of Cardiology (ACC)
Junior Sub-editor
and Interventions (SCAI)
Claire Vinent
Arthur E Stillman, MD
Technical Editors
James T Dove, MD Past President, North
Pat Wong
Past President, American American Society of
Michelle Grayson
College of Cardiology (ACC) Cardiac Imaging (NASCI)
Head of Design
Uzo Agbasonu
Barry H Greenberg, MD W Douglas Weaver, MD
Designer
President, Heart Failure President, American College
Paul Scott
Society of America (HFSA) of Cardiology (ACC)
Head of Circulation and Production
Miriam Oppenheim
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