CardioExchange Archive

May 10th, 2013

Blogging from HRS 2013: Excitement at the Convention Center and Outside

Sandeep K Goyal, MD

An emotion-raising debate, a late-breaker session, and technological innovations focus this fellow, despite Denver’s many attractions.

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April 18th, 2013

Educating House Staff on Appropriate Use of Echoes

Rory B Weiner, MD, Rajan Sacha Bhatia, MD/MBA and John Ryan, MD

A relatively simple educational intervention reduces the ordering of inappropriate echoes

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April 5th, 2013

Cardio-Oncology: Who Needs It?

John Ryan, MD

Our panel sketches out the scope of this growing discipline.

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March 10th, 2013

Was Atherosclerosis the Real Curse of the Mummy?

Larry Husten, PHD

For more of our ACC.13 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, check out our Coverage Headquarters. From a growing evidence base of mummies, researchers are now concluding that atherosclerosis may have been common in people […]

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January 10th, 2013

A New Dimension in Serial LVEF Measurement

Thomas Marwick and John Ryan, MD

John Ryan asks Thomas Marwick about his new study, which found that the most reproducible technique for serial assessment of LVEF is the noncontrast 3D echocardiogram.

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November 19th, 2012

Comprehensive Guidelines for Stable Ischemic Heart Disease Released

Larry Husten, PHD

New comprehensive guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of stable ischemic heart disease have been released by the ACCF/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines.

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September 6th, 2012

Unrecognized MI: More Prevalent and Dangerous Than Previously Suspected

Larry Husten, PHD

Unrecognized myocardial infarction is more prevalent, and is associated with a worse prognosis, than may be generally understood.

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August 29th, 2012

Pilot Study Demonstrates Feasibility of MRI-Guided Catheterization

Larry Husten, PHD

A small pilot study has demonstrated that it may one day be possible to replace x-rays with MRI to guide some cardiac catheterization procedures. As reported in the European Heart Journal, researchers at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood institute (NHLBI) performed x-ray and MRI-guided transfemoral right heart catheterization in 16 patients (4 with shunt, 9 with […]

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August 16th, 2012

FDA Calls for Imaging of Implantable Cardiac Devices with Riata Leads

The FDA is recommending imaging studies for patients whose implantable cardioverter/defibrillator or cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator has Riata or Riata ST leads. The studies are to check for abnormalities in the leads’ insulation, which can cause the devices to deliver inappropriate or no shock therapy. The abnormalities may be detected with two-view chest X-ray or fluoroscopy. […]

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July 25th, 2012

ROMICAT-II Provokes Opposing Views on CT Angiography in the ED

Larry Husten, PHD

For patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes (ACS), CT angiography (CTA) compared to standard treatment can reduce the time in the emergency department (ED), according to results of the ROMICAT-II (Rule Out Myocardial Infarction/Ischemia Using Computer-Assisted Tomography) trial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine. However, CTA resulted in more tests being performed and increased radiation exposure. One […]

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