August 2, 2011 — The American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) 61st annual scientific session will highlight the organization’s focus on lifelong learning and practice improvement. The event will be held March 24 – 27, 2012 in Chicago.

August 2, 2011 — Results from a large, United States-based cohort study show that current smokers double their risk of developing atrial fibrillation (AF) compared to people who have never smoked, after more than 13 years of follow-up. The study, published in the August edition of HeartRhythm, the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), indicates a trend towards significantly lower risk of developing AF for those who quit smoking cigarettes versus those who continue to smoke.

August 2, 2011 — St. Jude Medical Inc. today announced the first patient was enrolled in the EAST (Early comprehensive Atrial fibrillation Stroke prevention Trial) clinical trial.

August 2, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently cleared Abbott Vascular’s RX Herculink Elite Renal Stent System. The balloon-expandable, cobalt chromium, laser-cut stent is used to re-open narrowed regions of the renal arteries that supply blood to the kidneys. The device comes in 12, 15 and 18 mm lengths and in diameters from 4 to 7 mm.

This device is indicated for use in patients with atherosclerotic disease of the renal arteries following sub-optimal percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty of a de novo or restenotic atherosclerotic lesion located within 10 mm of the renal ostium.

August 2, 2011 – The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has developed iASE, a tool that provides clear, concise summaries of the ASE’s most popular guidelines as applications for mobile devices. This highly portable tool allows physicians to access guidelines and calculators for echocardiography in one place, combining many steps traditionally taken by practitioners into one easy step, according to Chi-Ming Chow, M.D., associate professor of medicine at the University of Toronto and staff cardiologist at St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario. Chow, part of the team that created the application for ASE’s Information Technology (IT) Committee, noted that while ASE’s posters and pocket guides to the guidelines for cardiovascular ultrasound are wonderful in traditional settings, the mobile application can be used by practitioners anywhere: at the patient’s bedside, while teaching residents how to take measurements or when sharing calculations with sonographers, making it an ideal teaching and reference tool.

Aug. 2, 2011 — New York University (NYU) Langone Medical Center has received an $84 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to study the comparative effectiveness of two management strategies for patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). NHLBI is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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