CardioExchange Archive

August 7th, 2011

Help Cover ESC for CardioExchange

Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM

Ever dream of being a writer living in Paris? Here’s your chance.

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August 4th, 2011

Easy Come, Easy Go? ESC to Review Dronedarone’s Role in AF Guidelines

Larry Husten, PHD

Less than a year after speeding into the European Society of Cardiology’s atrial fibrillation guidelines with a class 1 recommendation, the role of dronedarone (Multaq, Sanofi) in the treatment of AF will be reconsidered. “The ESC will produce a focused update of the AF Guidelines when the full results of PALLAS have been published and regulatory authorities […]

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September 13th, 2010

Fellowship Training Around the World

James De Lemos, MD

In the last of a series of posts from the ESC meetings, Susan Cheng offered some interesting insights into differences between the ESC and the large U.S. meetings such as AHA and ACC, including major differences in how research is funded and performed in countries outside the U.S. Comoderator Andy Kates and I started thinking […]

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September 3rd, 2010

ESC: Similarities and Differences

Susan Cheng, MD

Many things about ESC  felt different compared to other conferences I’ve attended  — and as many felt the same. The basics were familiar— the welcome booths, the exhibits, and the masses of semi-serious looking people sporting the requisite badge-plus-bag accessory combo. (Thank goodness the bags were bright green and easy to spot from a mile away, […]

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August 31st, 2010

ESC: The Good, the Bad, and the Better

Susan Cheng, MD

As far as conferences go, I’m impressed. It’s only day two for me, but I can already say that I would come back. The workshops and clinical sessions are solid. The original science being presented is plentiful and of good quality. One Austrian colleague mentioned he was particularly pleased with the growth of basic science […]

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August 29th, 2010

ESC First Impressions: Size Matters

Susan Cheng, MD

I’ll admit I was a bit guarded about my first ESC conference, largely due to what seemed to be looming logistical issues. Despite all of Stockholm’s reported charm, it was hard to imagine how a city of this size was going to manage the invasion of over 20,000 — and possibly up to 30,000 — […]

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August 26th, 2010

Getting Ready for the ESC

Larry Husten, PHD

The annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology starts this weekend in Stockholm, and CardioExchange will be there. Associate Editor Anju Nohria will be blogging from the meeting, and I’ll be covering the most important news stories. Here are a few of the most-anticipated, late-breaking clinical trials.

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