American Heart Association (AHA) 2013 Scientific Sessions

AHA 2013: Top Trial Hits and Misses from Dr Valentin Fuster and Panel
This year's Cardiology Show tackles ENGAGE-AF, STREAM, COAG, CTSN-MR, TOPCAT, and EU-PACT, but prevention with a personal touch is the key, according to Dr Fuster and panelists Drs Mega, Ohman, Harrington, Robinson, and Yancy.

Top News From AHA 2013: Slideshow
Highlights include release of (and controversy) over the new ACC/AHA risk calculator, plus data from TOPCAT, CORAL, EU-PACT and COAG, ENGAGE-AF TIMI-48, and more.

• AHA Strategy Achieves Population-Wide Sodium Reduction
  Medscape Medical News, December 5, 2013
• AHA Coronary Artery Calcium Density May Help Predict CVD Risk
  Heartwire from Medscape, November 25, 2013
• AHA LV 'Augmentation' Implant: Promising (Very) Early Data
  Heartwire from Medscape, November 25, 2013
• AHA FFR Reclassifies 43% of Patients, Without Cutting PCI Rates
  Heartwire from Medscape, November 22, 2013
• AHA Plunging LDL-C Maintained Over a Year of Antibody Treatment
  Heartwire from Medscape, November 21, 2013
• AHA Bleeding With New Oral Anticoagulants Depends on Setting
  Heartwire from Medscape, November 21, 2013
• AHA Mixed Results With Pharmacogenetics to Guide Warfarin Dosing
  Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2013
• AHA Campaign Sustains Healthy Behaviors Among Preschoolers
  Heartwire from Medscape, November 19, 2013
• AHA Revascularization plus Exercise Eases Walk Pain in PAD
  Heartwire from Medscape, November 19, 2013
• AHA Poor Results With Ablation of AF Drivers in RADAR-AF
  Heartwire from Medscape, November 19, 2013
• AHA ENGAGE AF-TIMI 48: Edoxaban Noninferior to Warfarin in AF
  Heartwire from Medscape, November 19, 2013
• AHA 'Extraordinary' Chelation Effects in Diabetes: TACT
  Heartwire from Medscape, November 19, 2013
• AHA Plasma Apolipoprotein E Linked to Dementia Risk
  Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2013
• AHA TOPCAT: Aldo-Antagonist Falls Short but Impresses in HFPEF
  Heartwire from Medscape, November 18, 2013
• AHA CORAL: Stents No Benefit in Renal-Artery Stenosis
  Heartwire from Medscape, November 18, 2013
• AHA How Good Is the New ACC/AHA Risk Calculator?
  Heartwire from Medscape, November 18, 2013
• AHA VISTA-16 at Last: Investigators Allege Misconduct by Sponsor
  Heartwire from Medscape, November 18, 2013
• AHA Dopamine, Nesiritide Unhelpful in Kidney-Compromised AHF
  Heartwire from Medscape, November 18, 2013
• AHA Repair and Surgery Fare Equally Well in Ischemic MR
  Heartwire from Medscape, November 18, 2013
• AHA Brain-Computer Interface May Aid Stroke Recovery
  Medscape Medical News, November 18, 2013
• AHA Intense Approach Ups Pill Taking, but Not BP, Lipid Control
  Heartwire from Medscape, November 18, 2013
• AHA CATIS: No Benefit of BP Reduction in Acute Phase of Stroke
  Medscape Medical News, November 17, 2013
• AHA Postarrest Hypothermia Trials Disappoint and Tantalize
  Heartwire from Medscape, November 17, 2013
• AHA Nitrites No Cure for Reperfusion Injury From MI Stenting
  Heartwire from Medscape, November 17, 2013
• AHA Should Statins Be Used for Primary Prevention in Women?
  Heartwire from Medscape, November 17, 2013
• AHA Undiagnosed CVD Key Cause of Pregnancy-Related Deaths
  Heartwire from Medscape, November 17, 2013
• AHA AHA 2013: What's Going to Be Hot? (Long-Awaited Guidelines!)
  Heartwire from Medscape, November 14, 2013