Myocardial fibrosis assessment fine-tunes ICD selection

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Detection of myocardial midwall fibrosis via cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy provides prognostic information independent of...

Field of Interest: Cardiology
Type: News Item

ACC highlights noninvasive cardiovascular imaging issues

Noninvasive cardiovascular imaging in U.S. medical practice today raises two policy challenges, according to a statement released on Feb. 17 by the American College of Cardiology and 13 collaborating...

Field of Interest: Cardiology
Type: News Item

No ACS approvals for rivaroxaban, Janssen announces

As expected, the Food and Drug Administration has declined to approve the oral anticoagulant rivaroxaban for treating acute coronary syndromes. The manufacturer of the factor Xa inhibitor, Janssen...

Field of Interest: Cardiology
Type: News Item

Personalization keys vision of improved atrial fib care

Atrial fibrillation is not a single disease, and specialists already have ways to distinguish one type from another and guide management. But new methods are emerging to better distinguish various...

Field of Interest: Cardiology
Type: News Item

Mini-VADs could transform heart failure therapy

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Survival in patients with advanced heart failure who receive a left ventricular assist device as destination therapy or as a bridge to transplant has increased dramatically in...

Field of Interest: Cardiology
Type: News Item

Preoperative organ dysfunction worsens SAVR outcomes

SNOWMASS, COLO. – The presence of preoperative dysfunction in more than any one of four key organ systems profoundly reduces survival in patients undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement, a study...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

Preoperative organ dysfunction worsens SAVR outcomes

SNOWMASS, COLO. – The presence of preoperative dysfunction in more than any one of four key organ systems profoundly reduces survival in patients undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement, a study...

Field of Interest: Cardiology
Type: News Item

WOEST results guide antithrombotic therapy in PCI

SNOWMASS, COLO. – A recent randomized trial provides physicians with important new guidance on how to manage antithrombotic therapy in patients requiring oral anticoagulation who develop an acute...

Field of Interest: Cardiology
Type: News Item

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