Patent Foramen Ovale — Are the Choices Patently Obvious? (6 May 2012)
Shelby Kutty, MD and John Ryan, MDShelby Kutty explains what we know and what we don’t know about how to manage patients with a PFO.
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Certain Hospital Management Strategies Associated With Higher MI Survival Rates (30 Apr 2012)
Betsy Bradley, Ph.D. and John Ryan, MDJohn Ryan interviews Elizabeth Bradley about the hospital management strategies that can reduce 30-day risk-standardized mortality rates for acute myocardial infarction.
Federal Audit of ICD Implants? Preparation Is Key (2 Apr 2012)
Jonathan Simon Steinberg, MDCardioExchange welcomes Dr. Jonathan Steinberg, a Columbia University-affiliated electrophysiologist who also directs the EP program at a large suburban nonteaching hospital. A co-author of a JACC special article that describes the federal audit of his hospital’s ICD implants, Dr. Steinberg answers our questions about the audit process. What should cardiologists do to avoid a federal…
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New Insight Into Obesity and Physical Activity in Children (5 Mar 2012)
Karen Dorsey, MD, PhDAs obesity has increased among children, a clear link has been established between obesity and cardiovascular risk factors including high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and diabetes. However, less is known about whether being more physically active might protect children from developing these risk factors. Among adults, physical activity has been shown to reduce cardiovascular risk…
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Part 5: Clashing Views of Appropriate Use Criteria for PCI (22 Feb 2012)
Paul S. Chan, MD, MS, Steve Marso, MD, John Spertus, MD, MPH, and J Aaron Grantham, MD, FACCIn a recent Viewpoint in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, Marso and colleagues expressed grave reservations about the application of appropriate use criteria for PCI in a controversial study published last year in JAMA by Chan and colleagues, which found that only half of PCIs performed for nonacute indications were classified as appropriate. Interventional cardiology editors Rick Lange and David Hillis asked CardioExchange members for their…
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Part 4: Clashing Views of Appropriate Use Criteria for PCI (21 Feb 2012)
Steve Marso, MD, J Aaron Grantham, MD, FACC, Paul S. Chan, MD, MS, and John Spertus, MD, MPHIn a recent Viewpoint in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, Marso and colleagues expressed grave reservations about the application of appropriate use criteria for PCI in a controversial study published last year in JAMA by Chan and colleagues, which found that only half of PCIs performed for nonacute indications were classified as appropriate. Interventional cardiology editors Rick Lange and David Hillis asked CardioExchange members for their…
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Part 3: Clashing Views of Appropriate Use Criteria for PCI (17 Feb 2012)
John Spertus, MD, MPH, Steve Marso, MD, J Aaron Grantham, MD, FACC, and Paul S. Chan, MD, MSIn a recent Viewpoint in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, Marso and colleagues expressed grave reservations about the application of appropriate use criteria for PCI in a controversial study published last year in JAMA by Chan and colleagues, which found that only half of PCIs performed for nonacute indications were classified as appropriate. Interventional cardiology editors Rick Lange and David Hillis asked CardioExchange members for their…
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Part 2: Clashing Views of Appropriate Use Criteria for PCI (16 Feb 2012)
J Aaron Grantham, MD, FACC, John Spertus, MD, MPH, Steve Marso, MD, and Paul S. Chan, MD, MSIn a recent Viewpoint in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, Marso and colleagues expressed grave reservations about the application of appropriate use criteria for PCI in a controversial study published last year in JAMA by Chan and colleagues, which found that only half of PCIs performed for nonacute indications were classified as appropriate. Interventional cardiology editors Rick Lange and David Hillis asked CardioExchange members for their…
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Part 1: Clashing Views of Appropriate Use Criteria for PCI (15 Feb 2012)
Paul S. Chan, MD, MS, J Aaron Grantham, MD, FACC, Steve Marso, MD, and John Spertus, MD, MPHIn a recent Viewpoint in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, Marso and colleagues expressed grave reservations about the application of appropriate use criteria for PCI in a controversial study published last year in JAMA by Chan and colleagues, which found that only half of PCIs performed for nonacute indications were classified as appropriate. Interventional cardiology editors Rick Lange and David Hillis asked CardioExchange…
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Two Different Perspectives on the CABG Versus PCI Message in ASCERT (8 Feb 2012)
Fred H Edwards, MD, MS, Richard A. Lange, MD, MBA, and L. David Hillis, MDAt the recent meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), Fred Edwards presented the high-risk subset of ASCERT (ACCF-STS Database Collaboration on the Comparative Effectiveness of Revascularization Strategies). CardioExchange Interventional Cardiology moderators Rick Lange and David Hillis posed the following questions to Edwards and Christopher White, the president of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI). Rick Lange and…
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