ACC Annual Scientific Session

Thursday March 14 2013

• Weight Loss Plus CPAP Lowers BP

  SAN FRANCISCO — A combined intervention of weight loss and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is better at mitigating hypertension in obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea than either therapy on its own, researchers reported here.

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Tuesday March 12 2013

• CardioSourceNews From ACC.13

  • Read the Highlights Edition  

• PTSD Linked to Metabolic Syndrome

  SAN FRANCISCO — Patients diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder have a higher incidence of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome than people without the disorder, increasing their risk of heart disease and diabetes, researchers reported here.

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Monday March 11 2013

• New Science Sheds Light on Hot Button Consumer Issues Like Weight Loss, Cholesterol and More

  • CardioSource News  

• William Zoghbi, MD, MACC, Passes Torch to New Fellows, Associates and New President During Convocation

  • CardioSource News  

• CardioSource Video News  

  • Meeting Highlights from ACC.13 - PARTNER II, CHAMPION, HPS2-THRIVE, REMINDER, PEITHO, ULTIMA  

• CardioSource Video News  

  • Mon. Highlights from ACC.13 - ASTRONAUT, GOPCABE, CORONARY, PRAGUE-6, MASS COMM  
  • An Inside Look at NCDR  
  • State of the ACC Chapters  

• PEITHO

  Pulmonary Embolism Thrombolysis Study

  • Trial Summary  
  • Presentation Slides  
  • CardioSource Video  
  • Clot Buster Tackles Fatal PE Events  

• RELAX

  Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibition to Improve Clinical Status and Exercise Capacity in Diastolic HF

  • Presentation Slides  
  • CardioSource Video  
  • Viagra Withers in Heart Failure Trial  
  • Hallway Buzz: RELAX  

• ASTRONAUT

  Aliskiren Trial On Acute HF Outcomes

  • Trial Summary  
  • Presentation Slides  
  • Hallway Buzz: ASTRONAUT  
  • Aliskiren Fails in Heart Failure  

• DIG

  Digoxin Reduces 30-Day Admissions in Older Patients With Chronic HF and Reduced EF

  • Trial Summary  
  • Presentation Slides  
  • Digoxin Drops HF Admissions  

• STOP-HF

  The St Vincent's Screening To Prevent Heart Failure Study

  • Presentation Slides  
  • Hallway Buzz: STOP-HF  
  • BNP Screen May Halt Heart Failure  

• PRAGUE-6 Trial

  Off-Pump vs. On-Pump CABG in Patients With EuroSCORE ≥6

  • Presentation Slides  
  • Off-Pump CABG Better in High-Risk Cases?  
  • Hallway Buzz: CORONARY, GOPGABE, PRAGUE-6  
  • Press Conference: CORONARY, GOPGABE, PRAGUE-6  

• CORONARY

  One-Year Results of the CABG Off or On-Pump Revascularization Study

  • Trial Summary  
  • Presentation Slides  
  • Journal Scan  
  • Off-Pump CABG Better in High-Risk Cases?  
  • Hallway Buzz: CORONARY, GOPGABE, PRAGUE-6  
  • Press Conference: CORONARY, GOPGABE, PRAGUE-6  

• GOPCABE

  The German Off-Pump CABG in Elderly Patients Study

  • Trial Summary  
  • Presentation Slides  
  • Journal Scan  
  • Off-Pump CABG Better in High-Risk Cases?  
  • Hallway Buzz: CORONARY, GOPGABE, PRAGUE-6  
  • Press Conference: CORONARY, GOPGABE, PRAGUE-6  

• MASS COMM

  Comparing PCI Between Massachusetts Hospitals With Cardiac Surgery and Community Hospitals Without Cardiac Surgery

  • Trial Summary  
  • Presentation Slides  
  • CardioSource Video  
  • Journal Scan  
  • Elective PCI Affirmed Safe Without Surgeon on Hand  
  • Hallway Buzz: MASS COMM  

• PARTNER Trial

  Three-Year Outcomes after TAVR or Surgical AVR in High-Risk Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis

  • Trial Summary  
  • Presentation Slides  
  • CardioSource Video  
  • Surgery, TAVR Equal Long-Term  

• CardioSourceNews From ACC.13

  • Read the Monday Edition  

Sunday March 10 2013

• John Gordon Harold, MD, MACC, Calls for Year of Innovation as ACC President

  • CardioSource News  

• CardioSource Video News  

  • Sun. Highlights from ACC.13 - Part I - PARTNER II, PRATO-ACS, CHAMPION PHOENIX  
  • Sun. Highlights from ACC.13 - Part II - SELECT-ACS, TERISA  
  • CardioSmart  
  • CCA Ten Year Anniversary  
  • International Growth at the ACC  

• ORBIT AF

  Quality of Care, Symptoms, and One-Year Outcomes for Women vs. Men With AFib

  • Presentation Slides  
  • Afib Harder to Live with for Women  

• GARY

  One-Year Results of 14,000 Patients From the German Aortic Valve Registry

  • Presentation Slides  

• ACRIN PA 4005

  Multicenter RCT of a Rapid 'Rule-out' Strategy Using CCTA vs. Traditional Care for Low-Risk ED Patients With Potential ACS

  • Trial Summary  
  • Presentation Slides  

• DES LATE

  Optimal Duration of Dual-Antiplatelet Therapy After DES Implantation

  • Trial Summary  
  • Presentation Slides  
  • Extra-Long Plavix Course No Help After Stenting  

• HORUS

  Atherosclerosis Across 3800 Years Of Human History

  • Presentation Slides  
  • CardioSource News  
  • CardioSource Video  
  • Journal Scan  
  • CAD Is Disease of the Ancients  
  • Hallway Buzz - Califf Perspective  

• RED-HF

  Treatment of Anemia in Systolic HF With an Erythropoetin Stimulating Agent

  • Trial Summary  
  • Presentation Slides  
  • CardioSource Video  
  • Journal Scan  
  • Hallway Buzz - Yancy Perspective  
  • Anemia Drug No Help in Heart Failure  

• Diet with Dollars Inspires Weight Loss

  SAN FRANCISCO — Offering people money to shed pounds helped them achieve sustained weight loss for a year, researchers said here.

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• LDL May Rise in Winter Months

  SAN FRANCISCO — LDL levels may increase during the winter months, according to the largest study to date to evaluate cholesterol levels by season.

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• TERISA

  Evaluation of Ranolazine in Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Stable Angina

  • Trial Summary  
  • Presentation Slides  
  • CardioSource News  
  • CardioSource Video  
  • Hallway Buzz - Tomaselli Perspective  
  • Angina Drug Works in Diabetes  

• TACT

  High-dose Oral Vitamins vs. Placebo in the Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy

  • Trial Summary  
  • CardioSource News  
  • Hallway Buzz - Ohman Perspective  
  • Is Chelation Plus Vitamins a Winning Combo?  

• SELECT-ACS

  Effects of the P-Selectin Antagonist Inclacumab in Select ACS

  • Trial Summary  
  • Presentation Slides  
  • CardioSource News  
  • CardioSource Video  
  • Biologic Shows Protective Promise in PCI  

• REMINDER

  Early Administration of Eplerenone in Acute STEMI Without HF

  • Trial Summary  
  • Presentation Slides  
  • CardioSource News  
  • Inspra Aids CV Outcomes After Acute MI  

• STREAM

  Strategic Reperfusion Early After Myocardial Infarction

  • Trial Summary  
  • Presentation Slides  
  • CardioSource Video  
  • Clot-Busters Good Option If PCI Delayed  

• CHAMPION PHOENIX

  Cangrelor vs. Standard Therapy to Achieve Optimal Management of Platelet Inhibition

  • Trial Summary  
  • Presentation Slides  
  • CardioSource Video  
  • Novel IV Agent 'CHAMPION' Antiplatelet  
  • Hallway Buzz - CHAMPION PHOENIX  
  • Hallway Buzz - Nathan Perspective  

• DKCRUSH-III

  DK Crush vs. Culotte Stenting for Unprotected Distal Left Main Bifurcation Lesions

  • Presentation Slides  
  • Hallway Buzz - DKCRUSH III  
  • Fewer Adverse Events with Double Kiss Stent  

• NEXT

  One-year Outcomes Comparing Second Generation DES Using Biodegradable Polymer or Durable Polymer

  • Presentation Slides  
  • CardioSource News  

• PARTNER II

  SAPIEN XT Transcatheter Valve System in Non-Surgery Candidates With Aortic Stenosis

  • Trial Summary  
  • Presentation Slides  
  • Press Conference  
  • Sapien XT Effective for High Risk TAVR  

• PRATO-ACS Study

  Early High-Dose Rosuvastatin for Contrast-Induced Nephropathy Prevention in ACS

  • Presentation Slides  
  • CardioSource News  
  • Statin Protects Kidneys During Cath  

• CardioSourceNews From ACC.13

  • Read the Sunday Edition  

• Coronary Wave Energy

  A Novel Predictor of Functional Recovery After Myocardial Infarction

  • Journal Scan  

Saturday March 9 2013

• CardioSource Video News  

  • Sat. Highlights from ACC.13 - Part I  
  • Sat. Highlights from ACC.13 - Part II: HPS2-THRIVE  
  • Advocacy/Science & Quality  
  • Education at the ACC  
  • Look at the Past & Present Presidential Years  

• The ULTIMA Trial

  Ultrasound Accelerated Thrombolysis For The Treatment Of Acute PE

  • Presentation Slides  

• HOST-ASSURE

  Platinum Chromium-Based EES vs. Cobalt Chromium-based ZES in PCI

  • Presentation Slides  

• DEFER STEMI

  Deferred vs. Immediate Stenting to Prevent No-Reflow in Acute STEMI

  • Presentation Slides  

• ARMYDA-9 CAROTID

  Clopidogrel Load and Atorvastatin Reload to Prevent Ischemic Cerebral Events in Protected Carotid Stenting

  • Trial Summary  
  • Presentation Slides  
  • Statin Plus Plavix Aids in Carotid Stenting  

• HPS2-THRIVE

  Extended-Release Niacin in 25,673 Patients At High Risk Of Occlusive Vascular Events

  • Trial Summary  
  • Presentation Slides  
  • HPS2-THRIVE May Signal the End for Niacin  
  • Hallway Buzz - Nissen Perspective  
  • Hallway Buzz - Smith Perspective  
  • Hallway Buzz - Ballantyne Perspective  
  • Hallway Buzz - Brown Perspective  
  • Hallway Buzz - Krumholz Perspective  
  • Hallway Buzz - Rose Perspective  
  • Press Conference  

• PLATO

  Ticagrelor vs. Clopidogrel in Non-ST Elevation ACS

  • Abstract Presentation Slides  

• Novel Treatment Stems Post-ACS Depression

  SAN FRANCISCO — For patients with post-acute coronary syndrome (ACS) depression, a stepped-up depression treatment program based on patient preferences substantially reduced symptoms of depression without increasing costs.

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• CardioSourceNews From ACC.13

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Friday March 8 2013

• High-, Low-Tech Approach Can Cut BP in Urban Poor

  SAN FRANCISCO — A telemedicine program in underserved urban areas and usual care helped patients improve control of hypertension equally well, researchers reported here.

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• Second-Hand Tobacco Smoke in Never Smokers Is a Significant Risk Factor for Coronary Artery Calcification

  • Journal Scan  
  • Secondhand Smoke Increases Coronary Calcium  

Thursday March 7 2013

• Managing Hypertension in Urban Underserved Subjects Using Telemedicine

  • Journal Scan  

• More Adults Hospitalized for Heart Defects

  SAN FRANCISCO — Hospitalizations of adults with congenital heart disease are growing at a faster rate than those of children, researchers found.

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  • Journal Scan  

• Eyes Are on Watchman, Niacin

  SAN FRANCISCO — The Watchman left atrial appendage closure device and details from a failed niacin trial will be in the spotlight when the American College of Cardiology meeting kicks off Saturday.

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Friday March 1 2013

• CardioSource Video News  

  • Preview of ACC.13 LBCTs