Search Tag: American College of Cardiology
2019 26 Aug
Arthur M. Feldman, MD, PhD, Laura H. Carnell Professor of Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, has been recognised with the 2019 Distinguished Scientist Award-Basic Domain by the American College of Cardiology. Prof. Feldman has received this honour due to his contribution towards improving cardiovascular health and...Read more
2019 26 Aug
Summary: Cardiovascular disease prevention strategies in 2019 remain a major healthcare issue, requiring an individualised approach for diagnostic and therapeutic decision making. Introduction Since investigators from the Framingham Heart Study first confirmed the existence and importance of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in...Read more
2019 01 Aug
Today in healthcare, more emphasis is being placed on treating the patient rather than a particular disease. In this sense, it is not unusual that the line between cardiology and diabetes care has become more blurred. As more cardiologists are finding themselves prescribing diabetes treatments, the need for interdisciplinary knowledge has become even...Read more
2021 15 May
POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19 HEALTH CONCERNS NEW DATES 15-17 MAY 2021 Find ACC on Social Media Read more
2018 08 Nov
The American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association , and the Heart Rhythm Society have just released new guidelines for the evaluation and treatment of patients with bradycardia and cardiac conduction disorders. Bradycardia, defined as a heart rate of less than 50 beats a minute, can limit the amount of blood and oxygen...Read more
2017 15 May
The creation of a chest pain unit (CPU) network in Germany has improved the quality of diagnosis and treatment of patients with chest pain in the country, resulting in a better prognosis for patients with acute coronary syndrome compared with patients in the emergency department (ED), according to an article published by Journal of the American College...Read more
2015 20 Sep
Cardiac imaging growth has been on the decline over the past 10 years, indicating increased adherence to appropriate use criteria (AUC) for imaging tests, according to a Leadership Page article in the Journal of American College of Cardiology . "Physicians who have been provided with AUC data on their imaging use have recognised their shared responsibility...Read more
2015 19 Sep
Innovation and creativity can help you become more productive, according to an Opinion article in the Journal of the American College of Radiology . If you think you're not the creative type, the article includes 10 simple strategies intended to promote creativity. "It’s not that some people are naturally creative and others are not," writes Puneet...Read more
2015 04 May
Pranav Puri, a first-year undergrad at the University of Chicago has researched the economic impact of implementation of appropriate use criteria for angioplasties at the UnityPoint Trinity Hospital in Rock Island, Ill. In February 2012, the hospital became one of the first in the country to implement the American College of Cardiology's appropriate...Read more
2014 02 Jul
Disparities in healthcare are a key concern of Michael Mansour, MD, FACC, who began his term as Chair of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Board of Governors and secretary of the Board of Trustees in March. Speaking at the ACC’s Annual Scientific Session, Mansour said, “The ACC is engaged on a daily basis with a wide range of issues to...Read more