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BOSTON – Tweaking implantable cardioverter defibrillator settings to lengthen the detection window is safe and significantly reduces inappropriate antitachycardia pacing and shocks, an investigator said at the annual meeting of the Heart Rhythm Society. Patients with ICDs programmed with a number... »
Mechanical Circulatory Support for Select Patients Nears Transplant...
SAN FRANCISCO – Data from the Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support has identified significant risk factors for death following implantation of left ventricular assist devices as destination therapy. The findings will allow better targeting of patients who can expect 1-... »
ACC Urges Shift to Patient-Centered Care
It’s time for cardiologists to pay more attention to patients’ needs and to advocate for patient-centered care with insurers and policy makers, according to a new health policy statement from the American College of Cardiology. The statement outlines a new treatment paradigm of shared decision... »
BOSTON – Tweaking implantable cardioverter defibrillator settings to lengthen the detection window is safe and significantly reduces inappropriate antitachycardia pacing and shocks, an investigator said at the annual meeting... »
Mechanical Circulatory Support for Select Patients Nears Transplant Survival Rates
SAN FRANCISCO – Data from the Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support has identified significant risk factors for death following implantation of left ventricular assist devices as destination... »
ACC Urges Shift to Patient-Centered Care
It’s time for cardiologists to pay more attention to patients’ needs and to advocate for patient-centered care with insurers and policy makers, according to a new health policy statement from the American College of... »
CHICAGO – Sleeping too much as well as too little appears to be detrimental to cardiovascular health, according to large retrospective analysis of the NHANES database. Individuals who slept less than 6 hours per day had... »
Community Hospital Offers Catheter-Directed Pulmonary Thrombolysis
Few, if any, vascular specialists are aggressively treating massive or submassive pulmonary embolism with catheter-directed thrombolytic therapy at community hospitals, but it is feasible and can have good outcomes with... »
Dr. Hani N. Sabbah Nearly a decade after the first in-man trial to test the efficacy and safety of using stem cells to treat acute myocardial infarction, and after numerous other small phase II clinical trials, we still... »
Empowering Patients: Do They REALLY Know What DNR Means?
Just the mention of code status to patients and their families often turns a (sometimes feined) upbeat demeanor into a solemn one. While the mere mention of even a remote possibility of dying understandably makes patients... »
Point/Counterpoint: Is Early Discontinuation of Steroids Right for Heart Transplant Recipients?
Steroids Should Be Discontinued as Soon as Possible in All Patients There is a compelling case for taking all heart transplant recipients off corticosteroids as early as possible, and certainly no later than 3 months after... »
| May 21 - 25 Sarasota, FL | American Medical Seminars: Cardiology Update in Primary Care |
| Jun 9 - 12 Vancouver, | World Society for Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons (WSCTS): 22nd World Congress |
| Jun 12 London, | Bypass, Balloon Pumps and Circulatory Support |
| Jun 14 - 15 Montreal, | Montreal Heart Institute: Interventional Cardiology Symposium |
| Jun 14 - 24 Departs Copenhagen, | Primary Care Update: Cardiac Health, Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity and Related Disorders |
| Jun 28 - 30 Frankfurt, | Congenital and Structural Interventions (CSI 2012) |
| Jun 30 - Jul 3 National Harbor, MD | American Society of Echocardiography (ASE): Annual Scientific Sessions |
| Jul 27 - 30 Toronto, | International Academy of Cardiology: World Congress on Heart Disease |
| Aug 10 - 13 Jackson Hole, WY | Saint Joseph's Hospital: Annual Tutorials in the Tetons |
| Aug 16 - 19 South Bank, | Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand (CSANZ): Annual Scientific Meeting |