JAMA Cardiology Author Interviews

Interview with Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, and Stephen J. Greene, MD, authors of Comparison of New York Heart Association Class and Patient-Reported Outcomes for Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction, and Paul A. Heidenreich, MD, MS, author of The Growing Case for Routine Collection of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Interview with Jeffrey Healey, MD, MSc, FRCPC, author of Screening for Atrial Fibrillation in the Older Population: A Randomized Clinical Trial, and Roopinder K. Sandhu, MD, MPH, author of Screening the Older Population for Atrial Fibrillation—Have We Moved the Needle Forward?

Interview with Thomas Pilgrim, MD, author of Effectiveness of Systematic Echocardiographic Screening for Rheumatic Heart Disease in Nepalese Schoolchildren: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial, and Kumar Narayanan, MD, author of Screening for Rheumatic Heart Disease—Quo Vadis?

Interview with Alice K. Jacobs, MD and Mario Gaudino, MD, author of Differences in Long-term Outcomes After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Using Single vs Multiple Arterial Grafts and the Association With Sex

Interview with Anne Tybjærg-Hansen, MD, DMSc, author of Association of Low Plasma Transthyretin Concentration With Risk of Heart Failure in the General Population

Interview with Aaron L. Baggish, MD, and Jonathan H Kim, MD, authors of Coronavirus Disease 2019 and the Athletic Heart: Emerging Perspectives on Pathology, Risks, and Return to Play, and James E. Udelson, MD, author of Return to Play for Athletes After Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection—Making High-Stakes Recommendations as Data Evolve

Interview with Alan Braverman, MD, author of Clinical Features and Outcomes of Pregnancy-Related Acute Aortic Dissection

Interview with Nisha I. Parikh, MD MPH, author of Association of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes With Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Postmenopausal Women, and C Noel Bairey Merz, author of Can We Improve Cardiovascular Disease for Women Using Data Under Our Noses?: A Need for Changes in Policy and Focus

Interview with Elizabeth L. Godfrey, BS, Syed Shahyan Bakhtiyar, MBBS, and Abbas Rana, MD, authors of Survival on the Heart Transplant Waiting List

Interview with Nelson Wang, MD, MPhil, author of Association of Low-Dose Triple Combination Therapy With Therapeutic Inertia and Prescribing Patterns in Patients With Hypertension: A Secondary Analysis of the TRIUMPH Trial

Interview with Seamus P. Whelton, MD, MPH, author of Association of Normal Systolic Blood Pressure Level With Cardiovascular Disease in the Absence of Risk Factors, and Daniel W. Jones, MD, author of What Is a Normal Blood Pressure?

Interview with Lakshmi Muthukumar, MD, and Arshad Jahangir, MD, authors of Association Between Malignant Mitral Valve Prolapse and Sudden Cardiac Death: A Review, and Marc Andrew Miller, MD, and David Adams, MD, authors of Hybrid Positron Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Arrhythmic Mitral Valve Prolapse

Interview with Robert O. Bonow, MD, Patrick T. O'Gara, MD, Clyde W. Yancy, MD, and Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, authors of Association of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) With Myocardial Injury and Mortality and Ajay J. Kirtane, MD

Interview with Schuyler Jones, MD, and Adrian F Hernandez, MD, MHS, authors of Rationale and Design of the Aspirin Dosing—A Patient-Centric Trial Assessing Benefits and Long-term Effectiveness (ADAPTABLE) Trial

Interview with Aaron L. Baggish, MD, author of Association of Ascending Aortic Dilatation and Long-term Endurance Exercise Among Older Masters-Level Athletes

Interview with Susan Cheng, MD, MPH, author of Sex Differences in Blood Pressure Trajectories Over the Life Course, and Nanette K. Wenger, MD, author of Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes for Women—Biology, Bias, or Both?

Interview with Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD, and Sameer A Hirji, MD, authors of Utility of 90-Day Mortality vs 30-Day Mortality as a Quality Metric for Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement Outcomes, and Michael J. Mack, MD, author of Ninety-Day Outcome Assessment After Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement—Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze?

Interview with Michael J. Reardon, MD, Martin B. Leon, MD, and Patrick T. O'Gara, MD, authors of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Patients at Low Surgical Risk—Selective or Ubiquitous?

Interview with Scott David Solomon, MD, and Stephen Yishu Wang, BS, authors of Longitudinal Associations Between Income Changes and Incident Cardiovascular Disease: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, and Edward P. Havranek, MD, author of The Influence of Social and Economic Factors on Heart Disease

Interview with Kausik K. Ray, MD, author of Effect of 1 or 2 Doses of Inclisiran on Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels: One-Year Follow-up of the ORION-1 Randomized Clinical Trial, and Maarten JG. Leening, MD, PhD, author of Safety and Tolerability of Sustained Lipid-Lowering Therapy: Trial Data and Public Perception in a World Where Vaccines and Statins Are About to Collide

Interview with Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FASE, author of Assessment of Prognostic Value of Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain for Early Prediction of Chemotherapy-Induced Cardiotoxicity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Interview with Richard G. Bach, MD, author of Effect of Simvastatin-Ezetimibe Compared With Simvastatin Monotherapy After Acute Coronary Syndrome Among Patients 75 Years or Older: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial, and Antonio M. Gotto, MD DPhil, author of Intensive Lipid Lowering in Elderly Patients

Interview with Stephen W. Waldo, MD, author of Association of Coronary Anatomical Complexity With Clinical Outcomes After Percutaneous or Surgical Revascularization in the Veterans Affairs Clinical Assessment Reporting and Tracking Program

Interview with Amit Khera, MD, MSc, author of Identifying Familial Hypercholesterolemia Using a Blood Donor Screening Program With More Than 1 Million Volunteer Donors and and Stephen Daniels, MD, author of Screening for Familial Hypercholesterolemia.

Interview with Barry H. Greenberg, author of Association of Rivaroxaban With Thromboembolic Events in Patients With Heart Failure, Coronary Disease, and Sinus Rhythm: A Post Hoc Analysis of the COMMANDER HF Trial, and Marvin A. Konstam, MD, author of Antithrombotic Therapy in Heart Failure—The Clot Thickens

Interview with Scott David. Solomon, MD, author of Association of Influenza-like Illness Activity With Hospitalizations for Heart Failure: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

Interview with Paul A Heidenreich, MD, MS, author of Association of Statin Adherence With Mortality in Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

Interview with Benjamin D. Levine, author of Association of All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality With High Levels of Physical Activity and Concurrent Coronary Artery Calcification

Interview with Andreas M. Zeiher, MD, author of Association of Mutations Contributing to Clonal Hematopoiesis With Prognosis in Chronic Ischemic Heart Failure, and Peter Libby, MD, author of CHIPping Away at the Pathogenesis of Heart Failure

Interview with Utibe R Essien, MD, and Daniel E. Singer, MD, authors of Association of Race/Ethnicity With Oral Anticoagulant Use in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Findings From the Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation II

Interview with Suzanne V. Arnold, MD, MHA, author of Association of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair With Quality of Life Outcomes at 30 Days and 1 Year: Analysis of the Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry

Interview with Nehal N. Mehta, MD, MSCE, author of Association Between Aortic Vascular Inflammation and Coronary Artery Plaque Characteristics in Psoriasis, and Jagat Narula, MD, PhD, author of Inflammation, Superadded Inflammation, and Out-of-Proportion Inflammation in Atherosclerosis

Interview with Jeroen J. Bax, MD, PhD, author of Association of Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain With Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis: Natural Course and Prognostic Value, and James D. Thomas, author of Moving Past Ejection Fraction in Timing of Aortic Stenosis Intervention

Interview with Marc S. Sabatine, MD, MPH, author of Efficacy and Safety of Further Lowering of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Patients Starting With Very Low Levels: A Meta-analysis

Interview with Seth Martin, MD, MHS, author of Comparison of Low-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Assessment by Martin/Hopkins Estimation, Friedewald Estimation, and Preparative Ultracentrifugation: Insights From the FOURIER Trial, and Neil J. Stone, MD, author of Measuring Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol: When Is More Accurate Better?

Interview with Jiang He, MD, PhD, author of Estimating the Association of the 2017 and 2014 Hypertension Guidelines With Cardiovascular Events and Deaths in US Adults: An Analysis of National Data, and Lawrence J. Fine, MD, PhD, author of Blood Pressure Control—Much Has Been Achieved, Much Remains to Be Done

Interview with Leslie W. Miller, MD, and Joseph G Rogers, MD, authors of Evolution of Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy for Advanced Heart Failure: A Review

Interview with Gregory M. Marcus, MD, MAS, author of Passive Detection of Atrial Fibrillation Using a Commercially Available Smartwatch

Interview with John Kugler, author of Price and the Evolution of the Physical Examination, and Jagat Narula, MD, PhD, author of Time to Add a Fifth Pillar to Bedside Physical Examination: Inspection, Palpation, Percussion, Auscultation, and Insonation

Interview with Paul G. Barnett, PhD, author of Comparison of Accessibility, Cost, and Quality of Elective Coronary Revascularization Between Veterans Affairs and Community Care Hospitals, and Frederic S. Resnic, MD, MSc, author of Coronary Revascularization for Veterans—There’s No Place Like Home

Interview with Donald S. Likosky, PhD, author of Association Between Medicare Expenditure Growth and Mortality Rates in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Comparison From 1999 Through 2014, and Jason H. Wasfy, MD, MPhil, author of Understanding How to Improve Quality and Value for Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction

Interview with Pankaj Arora, MD, author of Racial Differences in Plasma Levels of N-Terminal Pro–B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Outcomes: The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study, and Thomas J. Wang, MD, author of Natriuretic Peptide Deficiency—When There Is Too Little of a Good Thing

Interview with Wayne Batchelor, MD, author of Outcomes in Women and Minorities Compared With White Men 1 Year After Everolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation: Insights and Results From the PLATINUM Diversity and PROMUS Element Plus Post-Approval Study Pooled Analysis, and Ajay J Kirtane, MD, SM, author of Race/Ethnicity–Based Outcomes in Cardiovascular Medicine

Interview with Pamela S. Douglas, MD, author of Longitudinal Hemodynamics of Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valves in the PARTNER Trial

Interview with Monique Anderson Starks, MD, author of Association of Neighborhood Demographics With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Treatment and Outcomes: Where You Live May Matter

Interview with Saket Girotra, MD, and Lee Joseph, MD, MS, authors of Temporal Changes in the Racial Gap in Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, and Myron L. Weisfeldt, MD, author of Racial Differences in In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Good News: Cautious Optimism is Welcome

Interview with Javed Butler, MD, MPH, author of Efficacy and Safety of Spironolactone in Acute Heart Failure: The ATHENA-HF Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Robert M. Califf, MD, author of Evaluating Evolving Technologies in a Time of Rapid Change: The Case of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, discussing Trends and Outcomes of Off-Label Use of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights From the NCDR STS/ACC TVT Registry by Ravi Subhash Hira, MD, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, MD, Zhuokai Li, PhD, et al.

Interview with Tracy Y. Wang, MD, author of Accuracy of Medical Claims for Identifying Cardiovascular and Bleeding Events After Myocardial Infarction: A Secondary Analysis of the TRANSLATE-ACS Study, and Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, author of Claims Data to Ascertain Clinical Events: Lost in Translation

Interview with James A. de Lemos, MD, and Ambarish Pandey, MD, authors of Association of US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital 30-Day Risk-Standardized Readmission Metric With Care Quality and Outcomes After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Findings From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry/Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network Registry–Get With the Guidelines

Interview with Laura Mauri, MD, MSc, author of Mortality Following Cardiovascular and Bleeding Events Occurring Beyond 1 Year After Coronary Stenting: A Secondary Analysis of the Dual Antiplatelet Therapy (DAPT) Study

Interview with Carolyn Y. Ho, MD, author of The Burden of Early Phenotypes and the Influence of Wall Thickness in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Mutation Carriers: Findings From the HCMNet Study, and Jil C. Tardiff, MD, PhD, author of Assessing the Phenotypic Burden of Preclinical Sarcomeric Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy—New Assessments to Guide Diagnosis and Management

Interview with Martha L. Daviglus, MD, PhD, author of Challenges in Assessing Cardiovascular Mortality Among Hispanic/Latino Groups in the United States

Interview with Fatima Rodriguez, MD, MPH, author of Disaggregation of Cause-Specific Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Among Hispanic Subgroups

Interview with Euan A. Ashley, MRCP, DPhil, author of Feasibility of Obtaining Measures of Lifestyle From a Smartphone App, Bonnie Spring, PhD, author of First Steps Into the Brave New Transdiscipline of Mobile Health, and C Michael Gibson, MD, MS, author of The Democratization of Medical Research and Education Through Social Media

Interview with Thenappan Thenappan, MD, author of Trends and Outcomes of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension–Related Hospitalizations in the United States: Analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database From 2001 Through 2012, Bradley A. Maron, MD, author of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in the Contemporary Era, and Vallerie V. McLaughlin, MD, author of Burden of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Interview with Paul A. Heidenreich, MD, MS and Fatima Rodriguez, MD, MPH, authors of Association Between Intensity of Statin Therapy and Mortality in Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

Elizabeth M. McNally, MD, PhD interviews Taulant Muka, MD, MSc, DSc, author of Association of Age at Onset of Menopause and Time Since Onset of Menopause With Cardiovascular Outcomes, Intermediate Vascular Traits, and All-Cause Mortality, JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH and Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD, authors of Reproductive Health as a Marker of Subsequent Cardiovascular Disease

Interview with Marc Bonaca, MD, author of Antiplatelet Therapy for Long-term Secondary Prevention After Myocardial Infarction, and John Bittl, MD, author of Extended Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With Prior Myocardial Infarction

Clyde W. Yancy, MD interviews Sripal Bangalore, MD, MHA, author of Rates of Invasive Management of Cardiogenic Shock in New York Before and After Exclusion From Public Reporting, James M. McCabe, MD, author of Treatment and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Shock After Public Reporting Policy Changes in New York, and Ajay J. Kirtane, MD, SM, author of The Complicated Calculus of Publicly Reporting Mortality After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Interview with Marc Bonaca, MD, MPH, author of Long-term Tolerability of Ticagrelor for the Secondary Prevention of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events: A Secondary Analysis of the PEGASUS-TIMI 54 Trial, and Christopher Granger, MD, author of Understanding the Adverse Effects of Ticagrelor in Practice

Interview with Edward Carlton, PhD, author of Evaluation of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I Levels in Patients With Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome, and David Morrow, MD, MPH, author of Evidence-Based Algorithms Using High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin in the Emergency Department

Interview with Erica Spatz, MD, MHS, author of Geographic Variation in Trends and Disparities in Acute Myocardial Infarction Hospitalization and Mortality by Income Levels, 1999-2013, and Thomas Maddox, MD, MSc, and Karen Joynt, MD, MPH, authors of Looking Beyond the Hospital to Reduce Acute Myocardial Infarction: Progress and Potential

Interview with Bentley J. Bobrow, MD, author of Implementation of a Regional Telephone Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Program and Outcomes After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Interview with Darren McGuire, MD, author of Association Between Sitagliptin Use and Heart Failure Hospitalization and Related Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, and Benjamin Scirica, MD, author of The Safety of Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 Inhibitors and the Risk for Heart Failure

Interview with Jonathan Hsu, MD, MAS, author of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy Prescription in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Across the Spectrum of Stroke Risk, and Gregg Fonarow, MD, author of Preventing Stroke in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation—A Steep Climb Away From Achieving Peak Performance.

Editors' Summary by Robert Bonow, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA Cardiology, for  February 24, 2016, with Deputy Editors Robert Harrington, MD, Marc Sabatine, MD, Clyde Yancy, MD, and Michael Pencina, PhD