CardioExchange Archive

October 24th, 2012

Syncope Patients with a Normal ECG Are Unlikely to Have Structural Heart Disease

CardioExchange Editors, Staff

In a recent Annals of Emergency Medicine study, no syncope patients admitted with a normal electrocardiogram had any abnormality on transthoracic echocardiogram. Journal Watch’s Richard Zane offers his view here.

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June 29th, 2012

What Does the Supreme Court’s Upholding of Healthcare Reform Mean for Doctors and Patients?

CardioExchange Editors, Staff

Weigh in on what the SCOTUS/ACA decision means to you, your patients, and your family

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April 23rd, 2012

How to Avoid a Lousy Practice Position After Fellowship

CardioExchange Editors, Staff

A CardioExchange member shares 10 tips for avoiding a lousy practice position – and finding a great one – after fellowship.

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March 26th, 2012

ACC.12 Roundup

CardioExchange Editors, Staff

CardioExchange has been dedicated to bringing you the latest from ACC 2012, and even though the meeting has ended, the buzz has just begun! Check out our coverage below ─ and some of the great debates these posts have sparked ─ then tell us what you think! Previews: ACC 2012 at Chicago: Hosting the World News: […]

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March 13th, 2012

Join CardioExchange for Cocktails — and Reduce Your Board Prep Anxieties!

CardioExchange Editors, Staff

Join our get together in Chicago and learn about board exam and MOC prep!

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January 3rd, 2012

A Look Back at 2011

CardioExchange Editors, Staff

CardioExchange invited several members and participants to give us a list of what they consider the top three most important developments in cardiology in 2011.  The same CardioExchange members offer predictions for 2012, which you can view here. Also, for comparison, check out last year’s predictions for 2011 to see which came to fruition. What […]

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January 3rd, 2012

A Look Forward to 2012

CardioExchange Editors, Staff

CardioExchange invited contributors and members to offer predictions for 2012. Several of these folks also offered predictions for last year and helped assess the most important developments in cardiology in 2011. What are your predictions for the year? Where have our Nostradamus’ gone wrong? Steven E Nissen, MD 1. In a 5:4 vote, the U.S. […]

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December 22nd, 2011

Chest Pain Is Where Protocol-Driven Medicine Breaks Down

CardioExchange Editors, Staff

This post is from Shadowfax, an ER physician and administrator living in the Pacific Northwest.

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November 18th, 2011

AHA.11 Concludes and Our Fellows Reflect

CardioExchange Editors, Staff, Eiman Jahangir, MD, John Ryan, MD, Amit Shah, MD, MSCR and Reva Balakrishnan, MD, MPH

Several Cardiology Fellows who are attending AHA.11 this week are blogging together on CardioExchange.  The Fellows include Revathi Balakrishnan, Eiman Jahangir, John Ryan (moderator), and Amit Shah. Read the previous post here. This is their final post. See their complete coverage at the bottom of this post and in this review of our AHA coverage. Readers, were […]

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November 18th, 2011

AHA.11 Roundup

CardioExchange Editors, Staff

Whether you were in Orlando for AHA.11 or not, you’ll want to check out our coverage of late-breaking clinical trials, interviews with the authors of the most important research, and blogs from our fellows on the most interesting presentations at the meeting. VIEWS AND ANALYSIS ROUNDTABLE: After SATURN, What Role for Rosuvastatin? A CardioExchange Panel: Steven Nissen, […]

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