CardioExchange Archive

June 25th, 2013

What Will We Count in 30 Years?

Robert L Rosenthal, MD and James De Lemos, MD

From the perspective of today, cardiology 30 years ago was full of wrong ideas and practices. What will cardiology today look like in 30 years? In a paper published in the American Journal of Cardiology entitled “What We Counted,” Robert Rosenthal remembers practices that were once considered dogma but were later proven to be either incorrect […]

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February 22nd, 2013

Persistent Chest Pain After Myopericarditis

John Ryan, MD, James Fang, MD, James De Lemos, MD, Kamalendu Kanu Chatterjee, MBBS,FRCP, Thomas Ryan, MD and Rick Akira Nishimura, MD

Five experts offer their perspectives on a perplexing case involving a young physician patient.

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July 11th, 2012

Panel: How to Develop the Best Fellowship Application — Part II

Andrew M. Kates, MD, James De Lemos, MD and John Ryan, MD

In this two-part post, the moderators of the Fellowship Training blog advise residents on everything from what not to say in the personal statement to whether you need to know your future career path.

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July 7th, 2012

New Algorithm for Patients with LBBB and Suspected MI

John W McEvoy, MB BCh BAO, Ian Neeland, MD, James De Lemos, MD and John Ryan, MD

John McEvoy reflects on the clinical scenario of selecting patients with left bundle-branch block and suspected MI for primary PCI — and on a new algorithm to help in the decision-making process. The authors who created the algorithm respond.

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July 6th, 2012

Panel: How to Develop the Best Fellowship Application — Part I

Andrew M. Kates, MD, James De Lemos, MD and John Ryan, MD

In this two-part post, the moderators of the Fellowship Training blog advise residents on everything from what not to say in the personal statement to whether you need to know your future career path.

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May 29th, 2012

Two-Hour ADP Can Safely and Rapidly Discharge Low-Risk Patients

Martin Than, MBBS, John Ryan, MD and James De Lemos, MD

John Ryan, Martin Than, and James de Lemos discuss Martin’s new study, which examines the use of an accelerated 2-hour diagnostic protocol to determine which patients with chest pain in the ED are low-risk and can be discharged early.

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August 12th, 2011

The Third Year

John Ryan, MD, James De Lemos, MD and Andrew M. Kates, MD

For most cardiology fellowships, the bulk of the clinical training is in the first two years. The third year is rather variable, with some fellows taking the time to get to level two certification in several of the subspecialties. Fellows going into interventional fellowships typically spend time in the catheterization lab to increase their skills. […]

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June 30th, 2011

Advice for New Cardiology Fellows — Part 3: Subspecialization

John Ryan, MD, Andrew M. Kates, MD and James De Lemos, MD

With July just around the corner and a new generation of cardiologists about to start their training, the CardioExchange editors have asked the fellowship moderators to share their advice about how to face this exciting new challenge. Our third and final installment of this series focuses on subspecialization.   Do fellows need to have an idea […]

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June 23rd, 2011

Advice for New Cardiology Fellows — Part 2: Reading and Research

John Ryan, MD, Andrew M. Kates, MD and James De Lemos, MD

With July just around the corner and a new generation of cardiologists about to start their training, the CardioExchange editors have asked the fellowship moderators to share their advice about how to face this exciting new challenge. We bring you that advice in a three-part series through the end of June. Part 2 focuses on […]

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June 16th, 2011

Advice for New Cardiology Fellows — Part 1: The Learning Curve

John Ryan, MD, Andrew M. Kates, MD and James De Lemos, MD

With July just around the corner and a new generation of cardiologists about to start their training, the CardioExchange editors have asked the fellowship moderators to share their advice about how to face this exciting new challenge. We bring you that advice in a three-part series through the end of June. Part 1 focuses on […]

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