CardioExchange Editors, Staff

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June 12th, 2011

CardioExchange Panel: Ezetimibe + Simvastatin for Chronic Kidney Disease — What’s the Point of SHARP?

Last week saw the publication of the SHARP trial (Study of Heart and Renal Protection) in which some 9,200 patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) were randomized to  either placebo or the combination of simvastatin and ezetimibe. CardioExchange put questions about these data to a panel of experts. Whose views do you agree with? What points did […]


May 27th, 2011

AIM-HIGH Halted: A Death Knell for the HDL Hypothesis? Six Experts Weigh In

Earlier this week, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute stopped the randomized clinical trial known as AIM-HIGH (Atherothrombosis Intervention in Metabolic Syndrome with Low HDL/High Triglycerides: Impact on Global Health). It had been designed to test the addition of high-dose, extended-release niacin to statins in people who were at risk for cardiovascular events, had well-controlled […]


April 4th, 2011

ACC.11: CardioExchange Coverage Roundup

Whether you’re attending ACC.11 or not, 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 PARTNER A: An Investigator’s View: Michael Mack, a principal investigator of the PARTNER study of TAVI versus AVR […]


March 4th, 2011

13th Annual Echocardiography Conference: State-of-the-Art 2011

13th Annual Echocardiography Conference: State-of-the-Art 2011 New York, NY


February 23rd, 2011

Emergency Cardiovascular Care 2011

Emergency Cardiovascular Care 2011: Defining and Expanding STEMI Systems of Care Rosemont, IL


February 22nd, 2011

Ten-Day Seminar on the Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease 2011

Ten-Day Seminar on the Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease 2011 Tahoe City, CA


February 17th, 2011

HBPR 2011

High Blood Pressure Research 2011 Scientific Sessions Orlando, FL


February 11th, 2011

BCVS 2011

Basic Cardiovascular Sciences 2011 Scientific Sessions: From Concept to Clinic – Leading Translational Cardiovascular Science New Orleans, LA


February 9th, 2011

QCOR 2011

Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke 2011 Scientific Sessions Washington, DC


January 28th, 2011

ATVB 2011

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 2011 Scientific Sessions Chicago, IL