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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 | ACC | March 20, 2018
March 20, 2018 — Treatment with the blood-thinning drug dabigatran significantly reduced the risk of death, heart...
Image from presentation, "Statins Evaluation in Coronary Procedures and Revascularization," Berwanger
News | ACC | March 20, 2018
March 20, 2018 — Getting a large dose of a statin did not have an impact on major adverse cardiac events among a broad...
Image from presentation, "Ticagrelor Versus Clopidogrel After Thrombolytic Therapy in Patients With St-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized Clinical Trial," Berwanger
News | ACC | March 20, 2018
March 20, 2018 — Among people younger than 75 years who were given clot busters to treat a heart attack, taking the...
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An example of the new generation of inexpensive, wearable cardiac monitors that are seeing increased usage. This is the Cardiac Insight Cardea Solo device. After the monitoring period is over, the wearable patch is torn open to retrieve a data pod that is inserted into a reader to download the data. The software automatically creates reports based on the data, complete with waveforms for various cardiac measures.
Blog | Cardiac Diagnostics | May 10, 2018
The show floors at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2018 meeting in March and at the Heart Rhythm Society (...
Image from presentation, "Affordability and Real-world Antiplatelet Treatment Effectiveness After Myocardial Infarction Study," Wang
News | ACC | March 20, 2018
March 20, 2018 — When patients who had a heart attack were given vouchers to cover their co-payments for medication to...
Edwards Lifesciences received European CE mark clearance for its self-expanding Centera transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) device for severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis patients at high risk of open-heart surgery. This was the top structural heart story of the month of February 2018.
Feature | March 20, 2018 | Dave Fornell
Here is the list of the most popular articles and videos on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC)...
Image from presentation, "The PHARMCLO Study," Diego Ardissino, M.D., F.A.C.C.
News | ACC | March 20, 2018
March 20, 2018 — Patients with acute coronary syndrome experienced a substantially lower rate of heart attack, stroke,...
News | ACC | March 20, 2018
March 20, 2018 — A pill combining low doses of three blood pressure-lowering medications significantly increased the...
Image from presentation, "A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Blood-Pressure Reduction in Black Barbershops," Victor et al
News | ACC | March 20, 2018
March 20, 2018 — African-American men who received medical intervention aimed at controlling their high blood pressure...
News | ACC | March 20, 2018
March 20, 2018 — Among people with a type of hole in the heart, known as patent foramen ovale (PFO), those who received...
Videos | Congenital Heart | March 20, 2018
A discussion with Ami Bhatt, M.D., director of the adult congenital heart program and outpatient cardiology,...
The largest trial to date for short-term DAPT concluded the practice cannot be deemed safe due to a higher adverse event rate. Image courtesy of the American Heart Association.
News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies | March 19, 2018
March 19, 2018 — The combined rate of death from any cause, heart attack or stroke within 18 months was not...
News | Wearables | March 19, 2018
March 19, 2018 — For people at heightened risk for atrial fibrillation (AFib), a common heart rhythm disorder that also...
Videos | Cath Lab | March 15, 2018
A discussion with Hitinder Gurm, M.D., MBBS, FACC, professor, internal medicine, and associate chief clinical officer, ...
Videos | Heart Valve Technology | March 15, 2018
Insights from the STS/ACC TVT Transcatheter Valve Registry, presented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2018...
Videos | FFR Technologies | March 15, 2018
An economic analysis of the DEFINE-FLAIR study comparing FFR vs. iFR, found a cost savings of nearly $900. The late-...
