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Coverage from the

American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2018

November 10 - 12, 2018; Chicago, Illinois

November 10 - 12, 2018 Chicago, Illinois

AHA 2018 ENCORE-VT Takes Noninvasive VT Ablation to Next Level After posting remarkable results with stereotactic radiation in a handful of salvage refractory-VT cases, a prospective study yields similarly dazzling results.
Medscape Medical News, November 14, 2018
AHA 2018 REDUCE-IT: 'A New Era' in CVD Prevention With High-Dose EPA High doses of a purified form of the omega-3 oil, eicosapentaenoic acid, showed a large, robust reduction in events, opening an exciting new avenue for CVD prevention, researchers say.
Medscape Medical News, November 10, 2018
AHA 2018 New AHA/ACC Cholesterol Guideline Expands Role of LDL Targets An update to the controversial 2013 guidelines retains key elements but also puts less weight on estimated 10-year ASCVD risk and emphasizes contemporary ideas, such as shared decision-making.
Medscape Medical News, November 10, 2018

Meeting Highlights At A Glance

Top News From AHA 2018: Slideshow Highlights include new guidelines on cholesterol management and physical activity, plus potentially practicing changing results with high-dose omega-3 for CVD prevention.

Conference News

AHA 2018 Another Study Raises Concerns Over Tendril Pacing Leads
Medscape Medical News, December 17, 2018
AHA 2018 Low Coronary Flow Reserve During Stress MRI Predicts MACE
Medscape Medical News, December 6, 2018
AHA 2018 Even at 8 Years, CABG Bests PCI in Diabetes: FREEDOM Extended
Medscape Medical News, November 28, 2018
AHA 2018 Door to Unload: LV Unloading, Delayed Reperfusion Safe in STEMI
Medscape Medical News, November 28, 2018
AHA 2018 TiCAB: Ticagrelor No Better Than Aspirin 1-Year Post-CABG
Medscape Medical News, November 27, 2018
AHA 2018 Closing Dialysis Fistula After Transplant Halts Cardiac Remodeling
Medscape Medical News, November 26, 2018
AHA 2018 EWTOPIA75: Ezetimibe Reduced First Cardiac Events in Seniors
Medscape Medical News, November 23, 2018
AHA 2018 'The Patient Has the Power' in New AHA/ACC Cholesterol Guideline
Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2018
AHA 2018 Prehospital Cooling Not Linked to Better Survival After OHCA
Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2018
AHA 2018 Lessons Learned From eHealth Tools in IMPACT AF and mWellcare
Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2018
AHA 2018 AF-ALERT: More OAC, Better Outcomes Using On-Screen Prompts
Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2018
AHA 2018 Industry Payments to Cardiologists Sway Device Selection
Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2018
AHA 2018 Biodegradable Polymer Stent No Better Than Xience at 10 Years
Medscape Medical News, November 16, 2018
AHA 2018 Just One Energy Drink Reduces Endothelial Function
Medscape Medical News, November 15, 2018
AHA 2018 T-TIME: Low-dose Alteplase No Match for Microvascular Obstruction
Medscape Medical News, November 15, 2018
AHA 2018 Stem Cell Adjunct to LVAD Trial Negative, But 'Intriguing'
Medscape Medical News, November 15, 2018
AHA 2018 Speedy Angiography Needed in NSTE ACS Without Prior P2Y12 Inhibitor
Medscape Medical News, November 14, 2018
AHA 2018 ENCORE-VT Takes Noninvasive VT Ablation to Next Level
Medscape Medical News, November 14, 2018
AHA 2018 Novel Agent Lowers Lp(a), Meets All End Points in Phase 2
Medscape Medical News, November 14, 2018
AHA 2018 New CARMELINA Analysis: No Heart Failure Risk With Linagliptin
Medscape Medical News, November 14, 2018
AHA 2018 Less MI, Stroke on DOAC in Sinus-Rhythm HF: Post-Hoc COMMANDER-HF
Medscape Medical News, November 13, 2018
AHA 2018 Lorcaserin Cuts Risk of Obesity-Related Renal Dysfunction
Medscape Medical News, November 13, 2018

AHA 2018 Empagliflozin May Reduce LV Mass in Patients With CVD, Diabetes
Medscape Medical News, November 13, 2018
AHA 2018 Overtreating Hypothyroidism: Link to Atrial Fibrillation
Medscape Medical News, November 12, 2018
AHA 2018 REGROUP Lifts Cloud Over Endoscopic Vein Harvesting for CABG
Medscape Medical News, November 12, 2018
AHA 2018 PIONEER-HF: In-Hospital ARNI Shows Biomarker Benefit vs ACE-I
Medscape Medical News, November 12, 2018
AHA 2018 New HHS Guideline on Physical Activity for Americans
Medscape Medical News, November 12, 2018
AHA 2018 Yoga-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Offers Mixed Results Post-MI
Medscape Medical News, November 11, 2018
AHA 2018 Drug Withdrawal Inadvisable in 'Recovered' Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Medscape Medical News, November 11, 2018
AHA 2018 ODYSSEY OUTCOMES: Alirocumab Cost-effective at $6000 a Year
Medscape Medical News, November 11, 2018
AHA 2018 CIRT: Methotrexate Fails to Cut CV Events
Medscape Medical News, November 11, 2018
AHA 2018 Rising Crime Rate Tied to Rising Blood Pressure
Medscape Medical News, November 11, 2018
AHA 2018 DECLARE-TIMI 58: Dapagliflozin Cuts Heart Failure in Diabetes
Medscape Medical News, November 10, 2018
AHA 2018 VITAL: No CVD or Cancer Benefit From Vitamin D, Omega-3
Medscape Medical News, November 10, 2018
AHA 2018 REDUCE-IT: 'A New Era' in CVD Prevention With High-Dose EPA
Medscape Medical News, November 10, 2018
AHA 2018 New AHA/ACC Cholesterol Guideline Expands Role of LDL Targets
Medscape Medical News, November 10, 2018
AHA 2018 Curbs on Predental Antibiotics Maybe Went Too Far in Practice
Medscape Medical News, November 9, 2018
AHA 2018 Environmental Noise Linked to Increased Cardiovascular Risk
Medscape Medical News, November 9, 2018
AHA 2018 Trauma May Increase CVD Risk for Lesbian, Bisexual Women
Medscape Medical News, November 8, 2018
AHA 2018 PTSD in Survivors of Cardiac Arrest Raises 1-Year CV Event Risk
Medscape Medical News, November 7, 2018
AHA 2018 Health eHeart: Daily Smart-Scale Use Tied to More Weight Loss
Medscape Medical News, November 7, 2018
AHA 2018 Opioid Use, Not Just Abuse, Linked to Increased AF Risk
Medscape Medical News, November 6, 2018
AHA 2018 Abridged AHA Scientific Sessions to Feature New Lipid Guidelines
Medscape Medical News, November 2, 2018

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Perspectives

Journal Editors on Peer Review, Paywalls, and Preprints
Robert A. Harrington, MD; Joseph Hill, MD, PhD; Brahmajee K. Nallamothu, MD, MPH
SGLT2 Inhibitors to Prevent HF: Time to Get More Proactive?
Interviewer: Ileana L. Piña, MD, MPH;
Interviewee: Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA
Homing in on the Inflammatory Pathway of CVD
Interviewer: John M. Mandrola, MD;
Interviewee: Paul M. Ridker, MD, MPH
Does PIONEER-HF Warrant Acute HF Indication for ARNI?
Interviewer: Ileana L. Piña, MD, MPH; Interviewee: Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA
PIONEER: A Role for ARNI in Stabilized Acute HF?
Interviewer: Ileana L. Piña, MD, MPH; Interviewee: Eric J. Velazquez, MD
CV Risk Assessment: A Process, Not a Calculation
Interviewer: Michael J. Blaha, MD, MPH; Interviewee: Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM, FACC
ACC/AHA 2018 Cholesterol Guideline: The New and the Old
Michael J. Blaha, MD, MPH; Salim S. Virani, MD, PhD, FACC
CV Risk: Can Prescription Omega-3 REDUCE-IT?
Interviewer: Melissa K. Walton-Shirley, MD;
Interviewee: Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH
VITAL Results for Vitamin D and Omega-3s
JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH
Nothing Fishy: Triglyceride Lowering With High-Dose EPA
Interviewer: John M. Mandrola, MD; Interviewee: Jane M. Armitage, MBBS, FRCP, FFPH
What Was Presented at the American Heart Association 2018 Conference to Change Practice in the UK?
Mamas A. Mamas, BM, BCh, MA, DPhil, FRCP

Bloggers from the Floor

Think You're Immune From Bias? Think Again John Mandrola, MD, is intrigued by two studies at AHA that track the cognitive and financial biases that may influence what physicians do in practice and how they write and read research papers.
ENCORE-VT: Noninvasive Ablation of VT Could Disrupt EP A small study suggests that ventricular arrhythmia may be treated without the need for catheters and anesthesia. John Mandrola, MD, is impressed with the findings and the investigators' lack of hyperbole.
Pure Fish Oil Lowers CVD Risk Even If We Don’t Understand How REDUCE-IT found that high-dose purified omega-3 fish oil reduced CV events even if the drug didn’t work as expected. Evidence-based practice means we should embrace these results, says John Mandrola, MD.
Mandrola Previews AHA 2018 Among the highlights for the upcoming American Heart Association Scientific Sessions are studies on omega-3, inflammation, a potential EP breakthrough, and yoga. Not to mention new lipid guidelines.
What's Needed After AHA 2018? ACTION A sparsely attended session on social determinants of health sounded very familiar to Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD. So if we know what to do to improve CV health, why haven’t we done it yet?
Glad Your EF Is Better, But Stay on Your Meds While the TRED-HF trial may not be great news for patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and recovered EF, at least it eases this physician's conscience about her reluctance to curtail pharmacotherapy.
Lipid Lollapalooza at AHA 2018 The release of the 2018 cholesterol guidelines and a bunch of lipid-oriented trials made it a bountiful day at the American Heart Association meeting for Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD