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Roundtable discussion| Volume 101, ISSUE 7, P967-974, April 01, 2008

The Editor’s Roundtable: Atherosclerosis Regression

  • Vincent E. Friedewald
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    Corresponding author: Tel: 512-264-1611; fax: 512-264-7034.
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    Assistant Editor, American Journal of Cardiology, Clinical Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas USA, and Research Professor, College of Science, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
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  • Christie M. Ballantyne
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    Director, Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Methodist DeBakey Heart Center, Chief, Section of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Director, Maria and Alando J. Ballantyne, MD, Atherosclerosis Laboratory, Professor of Medicine, Joint Appointment in Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, and Co-Director, Lipid Metabolism and Atherosclerosis Clinic, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas
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  • Steven E. Nissen
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    Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • P.K. Shah
    Affiliations
    Shapell and Webb Chair and Director, Division of Cardiology and Atherosclerosis Research Center, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, and Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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  • William C. Roberts
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    Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Cardiology and Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, Executive Director, Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, and Dean, A. Webb Roberts Center for CME of Baylor Health Care System, Dallas, Texas.
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.11.031
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      Article Info

      Publication History

      Accepted: November 21, 2007
      Received in revised form: November 21, 2007
      Received: November 20, 2007

      Footnotes

      This discussion took place at Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, on August 29, 2006, and September 30, 2007.

      Identification

      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.11.031

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