March 26th, 2012
An Inspiring Run
William Kent Cornwell, MD
A blogging fellow survives, and even exults in, a wet and cold 5 a.m. “fun run,” organized by the ACC in memory of a distinguished and inspiring cardiologist — a truly great man, Henry McIntosh.
March 26th, 2012
Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss — The Affordable Care Act and Medical Liability
Sandeep Mangalmurti, MD, JD
After attending an ACC session on the new health reform law, Sandeep Mangalmurti discusses the continued legal vulnerability of physicians.
March 23rd, 2012
Early Morning, Early Start to ACC
Megan Coylewright, MD MPH
One of five Cardiology Fellows blogging at ACC.12 hits the ground running, early on Friday.
March 22nd, 2012
ACC 2012 at Chicago: Hosting the World
John Ryan, MD
Chicago is a wonderful city for meetings, and the ACC should be a great learning experience. Here’s how to get the most out of the experience.
January 26th, 2012
Follow the Fellows: Turning Points
William Kent Cornwell, MD, Kathryn Jesseca Lindley, MD, Aaron C. Earles, DO and Erica Sarah Spatz, MD, MHS
The fellows describe the challenging moments that brought them to select cardiology as their specialty.
December 22nd, 2011
A New Brave New World? Impact of Technology on Fellowship Training
John Ryan, MD
Last week, CardioMEMS failed to get approval from an FDA advisory panel for treating heart failure based on uncertainty regarding the benefit; the advisory panel also raised concerns about study bias. This intracardiac device measures pulmonary artery pressures that clinicians can use (in addition to other clinical signals, such as weight gain) to select therapies […]
December 2nd, 2011
Follow the Fellows: Which Program Is Right for Me?
Erica Sarah Spatz, MD, MHS, Kathryn Jesseca Lindley, MD, William Kent Cornwell, MD and Aaron C. Earles, DO
For our new series at CardioExchange, “Follow the Fellows,” we have invited physicians from various cardiology fellowship programs to document their course through their training. In this post, the fellows describe how they chose their fellowship programs. You can read their earlier posts here and here. A Long and Winding Road by Erica Spatz, […]
November 18th, 2011
AHA.11 Concludes and Our Fellows Reflect
CardioExchange Editors, Staff, Eiman Jahangir, MD, John Ryan, MD, Amit Shah, MD, MSCR and Reva Balakrishnan, MD, MPH
Several Cardiology Fellows who are attending AHA.11 this week are blogging together on CardioExchange. The Fellows include Revathi Balakrishnan, Eiman Jahangir, John Ryan (moderator), and Amit Shah. Read the previous post here. This is their final post. See their complete coverage at the bottom of this post and in this review of our AHA coverage. Readers, were […]
November 16th, 2011
Evacetrapib – The New Wonder Drug?
Amit Shah, MD, MSCR
Impressive safety and efficacy data on evacetrapib—but it’s too early give odds on whether it’s a true wonder drug or a nightmare like its fellow CETP inhibitor, torceptrapib
November 16th, 2011
Was AIM HIGH a Hit or a Miss?
Reva Balakrishnan, MD, MPH
One of the best parts of this conference has been the opportunity to hear experts on the panels dissect and interpret the data following the presentations.
NEJM Journal Watch — Recent Cardiology Articles- A Novel Device for Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction and Refractory Angina
- Modeling the Cost-Effectiveness of a Polypill to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease
- More Data on the Cognitive Safety of Very Low LDL-C Levels
- Is “As-Needed” Blood Pressure Medication Really Needed in Inpatients?
- Major and Intracranial Hemorrhage Risk with Direct Oral Anticoagulants vs. Aspirin