CardioExchange Archive

December 23rd, 2010

Thad Waites: Looking Back at 2010 and Ahead to 2011

Thad F Waites, MD, FACC

To celebrate the holiday season, CardioExchange asked several of our contributors to choose the 3 most important cardiology-related events of the past year and to make 3 predictions for 2011. Looking back at 2010: 1. Dabigatran, which has been released, and the other oral thrombin inhibitors, which will be released: Imagine, we finally have  a replacement for warfarin, in the […]

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December 23rd, 2010

James De Lemos: Looking Back at 2010 and Ahead to 2011

James De Lemos, MD

To celebrate the holiday season, CardioExchange asked several of our contributors to choose the 3 most important cardiology-related events of the past year and to make 3 predictions for 2011. Looking back at 2010: ACGME releases new work hour rules. Although these new guidelines are not specifically focused on cardiology training, they promise to impact all cardiologists in […]

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December 23rd, 2010

Barry Massie: Looking Back at the Year in Heart Failure

Barry M. Massie, BA (Harvard), MD (Columbia P&S)

To celebrate the holiday season, CardioExchange asked several of our contributors to choose the most important cardiology-related events of the past year. Barry Massie has focused on heart failure, providing us with his choice of the four most important stories of 2010. 1. Aldosterone antagonists continue their winning streak: Following the convincing reductions in mortality and morbidity […]

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December 23rd, 2010

John Brush: Looking Back at 2010 and Ahead to 2011

John E Brush, MD

To celebrate the holiday season, CardioExchange asked several of our contributors to choose the 3 most important cardiology-related events of the past year and to make 3 predictions for 2011. Looking back at 2010: 1. The PARTNER Trial demonstrated the efficacy of transcatheter aortic valve implantation for patients deemed too high risk for conventional cardiac surgery.  This intervention […]

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December 23rd, 2010

John Mandrola: Looking Back at 2010 and Ahead to 2011

John Mandrola, MD, FACC

To celebrate the holiday season, CardioExchange asked several of our contributors to choose the 3 most important cardiology-related events of the past year and to make 3 predictions for 2011. Looking back at 2010: 1. By far, the number one heart story of 2010 was the release of the novel blood-thinning drug, dabigatran (Pradaxa), for the prevention of stroke […]

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December 22nd, 2010

John Ryan: Looking Back at 2010 and Ahead to 2011

John Ryan, MD

To celebrate the holiday season, CardioExchange asked several of our contributors to choose the 3 most important cardiology-related events of the past year and to make 3 predictions for 2011. Looking back at 2010: 1. Effects of CYP2C19 Genotype on Outcomes of Clopidogrel Treatment: Ten years after the initial decoding of the human genome, we felt we finally […]

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December 22nd, 2010

Deepak Bhatt: Looking Back at 2010 and Ahead to 2011

Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH

To celebrate the holiday season, CardioExchange asked several of our contributors to choose the 3 most important cardiology-related events of the past year and to make 3 predictions for 2011. Looking back at 2010: 1. PARTNER: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation significantly improved symptoms and reduced mortality in patients with severe aortic stenosis who were not candidates for surgery. […]

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December 21st, 2010

Rick Lange & David Hillis: Looking Back at 2010 and Ahead to 2011

Richard A. Lange, MD, MBA and L. David Hillis, MD

To celebrate the holiday season, CardioExchange asked several of our contributors to choose the 3 most important cardiology-related events of the past year and to make 3 predictions for 2011. Looking back at 2010: 1. Stenting Versus Endarterectomy for Carotid-Artery Stenosis: In patients with carotid artery stenoses, stenting and endarterectomy were associated with similar rates of the primary […]

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December 21st, 2010

Roger Blumenthal: Looking Back at 2010 and Ahead to 2011

Roger Blumenthal, M.D.

To celebrate the holiday season, CardioExchange asked several of our contributors to choose the 3 most important cardiology-related events of the past year and  to make 3 predictions for 2011. Looking back at 2010: Dabigatran etexilate approved to prevent stroke in atrial fibrillation. Several studies have shown that even good Coumadin clinics keep the INRs of patients in […]

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December 20th, 2010

JoAnne Foody: Looking Back at 2010 and Ahead to 2011

JoAnne M. Foody, MD

To celebrate the holiday season, CardioExchange asked several of our contributors to choose the 3 most important cardiology-related events of the past year and to make 3 predictions for 2011. Looking back at 2010: 1. The ACCORD lipid trial investigated the effects of adding fenofibrate to a statin (simvastatin) in 5518 patients with type 2 diabetes deemed “high […]

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