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American College of Cardiology (ACC) 59th Annual Scientific Session

March 14 - 16, 2010; Atlanta, Georgia

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ACC 2010: Top Research Highlights
The focus of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 59th Annual Scientific Sessions was patient-centered care, with the aim of helping healthcare providers take home information and immediately put it into practice.

Conference News

ACC Exercise Doesn't Cause Extra Defibrillator Shocks in HF
Heartwire from Medscape, April 1, 2010
ACC Updated Meta-Analysis Reinforces Aspirin Questions
Heartwire from Medscape, March 25, 2010
ACC Ablation Risks in Women
Heartwire from Medscape, March 25, 2010
ACC ASPIRE: Don't Added Aliskiren (Tekturna) to Post-MI ACEI or ARB
Heartwire from Medscape, March 24, 2010
ACC Two Studies Link PFO Closure to Migraine Improvement
Heartwire from Medscape, March 23, 2010
ACC MI Gender Differences
Heartwire from Medscape, March 23, 2010
ACC Running and Coronary Calcium
Heartwire from Medscape, March 22, 2010
ACC Clopidogrel/PPI Interaction Probed in Two New Studies
Heartwire from Medscape, March 22, 2010
ACC ACE Inhibitor/ARBs Still Used in Pregnancy Despite Teratogenicity
Heartwire from Medscape, March 19, 2010
ACC Cardiovascular Risk Declines When Vitamin D Is Normalized
Heartwire from Medscape, March 18, 2010
ACC Novel Antihypertensive Safe and Effective in Preliminary Trial
Heartwire from Medscape, March 18, 2010
ACC JETSTENT at the ACC
Heartwire from Medscape, March 18, 2010
ACC Low- vs High-Dose Furosemide and Continuous-Infusion vs Intermittent Bolus Dosing in ADHF
Heartwire from Medscape, March 17, 2010
ACC Doctors Flummoxed by New PLATO CABG Analysis
Heartwire from Medscape, March 17, 2010
ACC DES in STEMI
Heartwire from Medscape, March 17, 2010
ACC Radial, Saphenous Grafts: Patency Equal at One Year
Heartwire from Medscape, March 16, 2010
ACC Warfarin Genotyping Cuts Hospitalizations
Heartwire from Medscape, March 16, 2010
ACC PERSEUS Trial
Heartwire from Medscape, March 16, 2010
ACC Triple Antiplatelet Therapy After PCI
Heartwire from Medscape, March 16, 2010
ACC STICH Hypothesis 2
Heartwire from Medscape, March 16, 2010
ACC New Analyses: BP Variability Key in Determining CV Outcomes
Heartwire from Medscape, March 16, 2010
ACC Reaction to FDA Clopidogrel Hyporesponder Warning
Heartwire from Medscape, March 16, 2010
ACC ISAR-TEST-2
Heartwire from Medscape, March 16, 2010
ACC STOP-AF and CABANA
Heartwire from Medscape, March 15, 2010
ACC CONNECT Trial
Heartwire from Medscape, March 15, 2010
ACC Another Novel Oral Anticoagulant as Safe as Warfarin in AF
Heartwire from Medscape, March 15, 2010
ACC Cypher Beats Endeavor
Heartwire from Medscape, March 15, 2010
ACC REAL-LATE, ZEST-LATE: Combination Study Seeks DAPT Answers
Heartwire from Medscape, March 15, 2010
ACC Safe, Rapid Transition From Amiodarone to Dronedarone
Heartwire from Medscape, March 15, 2010
ACC RACE-2 Randomized Trial, Lenient vs Strict Rate Control for Permanent Atrial Fibrillation
Heartwire from Medscape, March 15, 2010
ACC AA Calcium and Risk
Heartwire from Medscape, March 14, 2010
ACC INVEST: Deaths up at Lowest BP
Heartwire from Medscape, March 14, 2010
ACC Routine Invasive Strategy Betters Selective Care for Non-ST ACS
Heartwire from Medscape, March 14, 2010
ACC Cops and Firefighters CAC
Heartwire from Medscape, March 14, 2010
ACC Nanoparticle Plaque-Zapper
Heartwire from Medscape, March 14, 2010
ACC Psoriasis and Heart Disease
Heartwire from Medscape, March 14, 2010
ACC Randomized Trial Shows No ARB, Nateglinide CV Risk Reduction in Prediabetics
Heartwire from Medscape, March 14, 2010
ACC ACCORD Lipid Study
Heartwire from Medscape, March 14, 2010
ACC No Benefit of Intensive BP Lowering in Type 2 Diabetes in ACCORD BP
Heartwire from Medscape, March 14, 2010
ACC EVEREST II: Mitraclip May Rival Surgery for Mitral Regurgitation
Heartwire from Medscape, March 14, 2010
ACC A Third of Firefighters at High Risk of Thrombosis; Fitness Important
Heartwire from Medscape, March 13, 2010
ACC Women and Cath Referrals
Heartwire from Medscape, March 13, 2010
ACC What's Going to Be Hot at ACC 2010?
Heartwire from Medscape, March 8, 2010

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Expert Blog

ACC 2010 – What Makes it Tick
Larry Phillips, MD

Expert Video Commentary

Dr. Melissa Walton-Shirley covers highlights of the 2010 American College of Cardiology meeting as they unfold. Although the focus of the meeting is patient-centered care, researchers also present important -- and sometimes unexpected -- findings from major studies.

Genetic Tests for Warfarin Cut Costs, If Women Were Treated Like Men, and More ACC Highlights
View the results of the hottest late-breaking clinical trials at the American College of Cardiology Meetings 2010 with Dr. Melissa Walton-Shirley: MM-WES, ASPIRE, DOSE, and more.
Afib Ablation versus Meds, Overcontrolling Rate, and More Highlights from ACC
Learn all about today's late-breaking trials from ACC 2010 with Dr. Melissa Walton-Shirley: STOP-AF, CABANA, RACE-2, CONNECT, SORT OUT III, ISAR-TEST-2, REAL-LATE, ZEST-LATE, and more.
ACCORD's Surprising Results, Mitral-clip Versus Surgery, and Other Daily Highlights from ACC
Join Dr. Melissa Walton-Shirley for a review of the latest cardiology trials from ACC 2010: ACCORD, EVEREST II, NAVIGATOR, and more.

Expert Video Blog

Dr. Ileana Piña, Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, reports on ACC 2010 from her own perspective as a leader in heart failure and a champion of reducing health disparities.

Our CREDO - Diversity is not Disparity. Be Aware of the Difference.
Dr. Ileana Piña discusses the differences between health diversities and disparities, and describes the goals of the Coalition to Reduce Racial & Ethnic Disparities in CV Outcomes (CREDO).
Tackling High Readmission Rates -- The H2H National Quality Improvement Initiative
Join Dr. Ileana Piña for a review of a new program, cosponsored by the American College of Cardiology and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement that seeks to tackle high hospital readmission rates for heart failure and acute myocardial infarction patients.

Should You Push Your Patients With Diabetes to Lower Blood Pressure Below 120?
Henry Black, MD, talked to William Cushing, MD, principal investigator on the ACCORD trial, about whether intensive lowering of blood pressure in patients with diabetes was beneficial.