Recent Activity
- Jan 27
A 22-year-old white man presented to the ER with acute non-ST-segment-elevation MI, after playing basketball. He had experienced chest pain on and off... - Jan 26
The fellows describe the challenging moments that brought them to select cardiology as their specialty.
- Jan 26
The NHLBI today announced the launch of two large clinical trials evaluating treatments for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The Continuous Chest Compr... - Jan 26Since 2002, the incidence of acute MI in England has dropped by one-half and the case fatality rate by one-third, according to a new study published i...
- Jan 26
A pharmaceutical sales rep comes to your office bringing lunch. He shows you a graphic stating that Multaq (dronedarone) reduced the primary endpoint ... - Jan 26An enormous new meta-analysis confirms the important role that risk factors play over a lifetime in the development of cardiovascular disease. In a pa...
- Jan 25
The current standard of care for individuals undergoing carotid arterial stenting (CAS) entails the use of an embolic protection device (EPD) to minim... - Jan 25The FDA rejected a new indication for Merck's Vytorin and Zetia (ezetimibe plus simvastatin and ezetimibe alone) in chronic kidney disease patients. A...
- Jan 24The U.S. government has joined a cardiologist in a whistleblower lawsuit against Hamot Medical Center in western Pennsylvania and a group of cardiol...
- Jan 24A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine provides the best evidence yet that drinking black tea can lower blood pressure. Jonathan M...
- Jan 23The debate over whether statins should be used for primary prevention moved to the Wall Street Journal with opposing perspectives from cardiologists R...
- Jan 23
This week’s topics include bridging antiplatelet therapy in patients undergoing CABG, cognitive and neurologic outcomes after CABG, using IV beta-adrenergic agonists
during acute respiratory distress syndrome, and pulmonary embolism risk in those admitted to the hospital for an auto-immune disorder. - Jan 23
David J. Cohen, the principal investigator of an observational PCI registry study of drug-eluting versus bare-metal stents, sheds light on a risk-adju... - Jan 20
A NEJM editorial fellow interviews a NEJM editorialist about subclinical AF and the risk of stroke.
- Jan 19Computed tomography angiography (CTA) has been proposed as a less invasive method to exclude obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), but no consens...
- Jan 19
With the advent of ATPIV, should we stick with determining treatment based on LDL levels or is time for a new paradigm based on a more nuanced understanding of risk?
- Jan 18Following a positive interim analysis showing that fractional flow reserve-guided PCI was superior to optimal medical treatment, an independent data a...
- Jan 18The Gravina Island Bridge (also known as The Bridge to Nowhere) was a proposed bridge to replace the ferry that currently connects Ketchikan, Alaska (...
- Jan 17As a potent and reversible platelet inhibitor, cangrelor has been proposed for use in a bridging strategy for patients scheduled for surgery who are c...
- Jan 17
This week’s topics include acute MI and potassium levels, cardiac arrest during long-distance running, the anticoagulant idrabiotaparinux, and managing hypertension in the very elderly.
