Acute Coronary Syndromes
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: DAPT trials send mixed messages on treatment duration
Conference Coverage
Telephone CPR training boosts cardiac arrest survival
Key clinical point: Adoption of the most recent AHA guidelines on telephone CPR by EMS dispatchers will lead to vast improvement in survival for...
Conference Coverage
Don’t make hasty decisions in postarrest hypothermia
News
Chronic inflammatory disease patients at greater risk of major CV events
Key clinical point: Patients with RA, PsA, and psoriasis have similarly elevated risk for major adverse cardiovascular events when compared with...
News
Disease activity, not lipid levels, appear to affect CV risk with tocilizumab
Key clinical point: Disease activity, rather than lipid levels, is an independent predictor of cardiovascular event risk during treatment with...
News
Androgen-deprivation therapy linked to cardiac death
Key clinical point: Androgen-deprivation therapy may increase in the risk of cardiac death in men with heart failure or prior myocardial...
Guidelines
ACC project seeks to reduce heart failure, MI readmissions
Video
VIDEO: Should physicians reevaluate the role of clopidogrel?
News
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation doubled survival rate of conventional CPR
Key clinical point: ECMO during CPR can improve clinical outcomes for patients in cardiac arrest. Major finding: The discharge to survival rate...
Guidelines
Positive CvLPRIT results lead ACC to change guidelines
Key clinical point: Complete revascularization at the time of primary PCI may be considered by future STEMI guidelines committees. Major finding:...