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This channel contains news about the American College of Cardiology (ACC), including coverage of its annual meeting and links to recently released practice guidelines. The ACC is a leading resource for cardiology professionals, including all its subspecialties. 

News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies

March 23, 2017 — Bleeding complications did not increase for patients with acute coronary syndrome treated with ...

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News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies

March 23, 2017 — In patients at elevated risk for a recurrence of potentially life- threatening blood clots, a low dose ...

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microbleeds, brain bleeds caused by TAVR
Feature | Heart Valve Technology

March 22, 2017 — A quarter of the patients in a single-center study of 84 patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve ...

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News | Pharmaceuticals

March 22, 2017 — In a clinical program that was terminated early, the experimental PCSK9 inhibitor bococizumab, when ...

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closed loop stimulation, DDD-CLS, ACC17, SPAIN trial
Feature | Pacemakers

March 22, 2017 — Patients with recurrent fainting episodes (syncope) who received a pacemaker delivering a pacing ...

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Cardiogard embolic protection system for surgical valve reaplacement
Feature | Embolic Protection Devices

March 22, 2017 — Two U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared embolic protection systems designed to remove ...

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Medtronic Corevalve Evolut Pro, TAVR system
Feature | Heart Valve Technology

March 22, 2017 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and granted market clearance to the Medtronic CoreValve ...

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News | Computed Tomography (CT)

March 21, 2017 — Toshiba Medical demonstrated its Forward projected model-based Iterative Reconstruction SoluTion (FIRST ...

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RESOLVE study, RESOLVE trial, subclinical leaflet thrombosis
Feature | Heart Valve Technology

March 21, 2017 — About 12 percent of patients undergoing aortic valve replacement developed non-symptomatic blood clots ...

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News | Cardiac Diagnostics

March 21, 2017 — A blood test for a protein called high-sensitivity troponin T, which is released into the bloodstream ...

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BVS, Absorb stent, bioresorbable scaffold, ABSORB III data, ABSORB III results
Feature | Stents Bioresorbable | Dave Fornell

March 21, 2017 — In the late-breaking ABSORB III Trial two year results presented at the American College of Cardiology ...

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Technology | Enterprise Imaging

March 20, 2017 — Agfa HealthCare announced the release a new version of its Enterprise Imaging for Cardiology platform ...

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Technology | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

March 20, 2017 — Cardiologists can now access the advanced ultrasound imaging technology needed for fast and confident ...

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iFR, iFR vs. FFR, ACC late breaking trial, iFR-SWEDEHEART, DEFINE-FLAIR, Justin E. Davies,
Feature | FFR Technologies

March 20, 2017 — For patients experiencing angina (chest pain) or a heart attack, instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR) ...

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Evolocumab, Repatha, LDL, ACC late breaker, best LDL lowering drug
Feature | Pharmaceuticals

March 20, 2017 — The most important late-breaking pharmaceutical trial at the 2017 America College of Cardiology annual ...

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