Morton J. Kern, MD, with the following contributors: Sam Butman, Cottonwood, AZ; John Bittl, Ocala, Florida; Justin Davies, Imperial College London, United Kingdom; Lloyd W. Klein MD, FACC, FSCAI, Professor of Medicine, Rush Medical College; Michael A. Kutcher, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Director, Interventional Cardiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC; Peter Ver Lee, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine; Habib Samady, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; Gregg W. Stone MD, Professor of Medicine, Columbia University, Director of Cardiovascular Research and Education, Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, Co-Director of Medical Research and Education, The Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York