CardioExchange Archive

August 15th, 2013

Fuster to Succeed DeMaria as Editor of JACC

Larry Husten, PHD

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has announced that Valentin Fuster will be the next editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC). Fuster will succeed the current editor, Anthony DeMaria, beginning in 2014. “JACC has long been committed to bringing the newest and most innovative research to cardiovascular professionals, and Dr. Fuster brings […]

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August 12th, 2013

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: August 12th

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include BP targeting in patients with recent lacunar stroke, intermittent pneumatic compression for reducing DVT risk in patients who’ve had a stroke, and more.

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August 9th, 2013

The Guidelines are Dead. Long Live the Guidelines.

Larry Husten, PHD

Following the recent surprising announcement that the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute would no longer issue guidelines, leaders of the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) have now announced that are “officially assuming the joint governance, management and public distribution” of the enormously influential cardiovascular prevention guidelines, including the much-delayed and much-anticipated hypertension […]

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August 7th, 2013

FDA Panel Recommends Approval of New Pulmonary Hypertension Drug

Larry Husten, PHD

The FDA’s Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee recommended approval for Bayer’s new pulmonary hypertension drug, riociguat. The committee voted 11-0 in favor of approving the drug for two forms of pulmonary hypertension: pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTPH). Bayer proposed an initial dose of 1 mg three times daily and a maximum dose of […]

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August 6th, 2013

George W. Bush Gets Stent After Annual Examination

Larry Husten, PHD

Former U.S. President George W. Bush received a stent today at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. Here is the statement from Bush’s office: During President George W. Bush’s annual physical examination at the Cooper Clinic in Dallas yesterday, a blockage was discovered in an artery in his heart. At the recommendation of his doctors, President Bush agreed to have a […]

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August 5th, 2013

Poll: What Would You Recommend?

Richard A. Lange, MD, MBA

Take the poll: What would you recommend for a patient who is about to undergo CABG for multivessel CAD and is found to have severe carotid stenosis?

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August 5th, 2013

Deja Vu All Over Again: Study Links Calcium-Channel Blockers to Breast Cancer

Larry Husten, PHD

A new observational study raises the possibility that calcium-channel blockers (CCBs) may be associated with a higher risk for breast cancer. Although previous studies examining this relationship have failed to turn up convincing evidence of a link, the authors of a paper published in JAMA Internal Medicine state that their study is the first to look at […]

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August 5th, 2013

Faint PRAISE: 13-Year Delay in Publication of a Major Clinical Trial Sparks Criticism

Larry Husten, PHD

Thirteen years after first being presented, the results of the PRAISE-2 trial finally have been published in JACC: Heart Failure. The trial itself is now largely irrelevant to current clinical practice, as the hypothesis it tested has long been abandoned, but the long delay in publication may serve to bring even more awareness to the issue […]

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August 5th, 2013

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: August 5th

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topic is an association between severe hypoglycemia and an approximate doubling of CV events in patients with type 2 diabetes.

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July 31st, 2013

European Heart Guidelines Based on Disgraced Research May Have Caused Thousands of Deaths

Larry Husten, PHD

Despite a 2-year-old scandal discrediting key evidence, current guidelines relying on this evidence have not been revised. As a result of physicians following these guidelines, some researchers say, it is possible that thousands of patients may have died each year in the U.K. alone. It is unlikely that a true understanding of the damage will […]

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