Books by Richard Katz

Richard Katz MD, FACC was appointed the Director of the Division of Cardiology at the George Washington University in 1997. He has been involved in numerous research studies and has served as the principal investigator for a number of national clinical trials including CAST - Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial, PEACE -Prospective Evaluation of ACE inhibitors and BEST - Beta-blocker Evaluation of Survival Trial. He has presented his research experiences across the country at numerous conferences including those hosted by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. In addition, his research findings have been published in over 80 articles and more than 100 abstracts. Dr Katz has been visiting professor to both the Royal Brompton National Heart and Lung Hospital and the Hammersmith Hospital in London, UK. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and served as their governor of the District of Columbia from 1997to 2000.He serves on the board of directors for the Larry King Cardiac Foundation and on the editorial boards of Cardiology Review and the British Journal of Cardiology. In addition, he is a reviewer for Circulation and the American Journal of Cardiology and a consultant for the National Institute of Health. Henry Purcell MB, PhD, is Senior Fellow in Cardiology at The Royal Brompton Hospital in London. He lectures widely and has published many peer-reviewed research papers and abstracts. He was a member of the British Cardiac Society Working Group producing guidelines on management of patients with acute coronary syndromes without peristent ECG ST segment elevation (2001). He is co-editor of the British Journal of Cardiology and on several editorial boards and has co-edited the text Specialist Training in Cardiology, published by Elsevier/Mosby. He is also a reviewer for many international journals in cardiovascular medicine.