Topics Represent The Top News From ACC 2014
Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN
Top News From ACC 2014: Slideshow
Megan Brooks; Tricia Ward; Darbe Rotach; Allison Shelley; Shelley Wood; Steve Stiles; Michael O’Riordan; Lisa Nainggolan
April 14, 2014
Key research presented at this year’s sessions include:
- HEAT-PPCI: Heparin beats bivalirudin in STEMI, amid heated debate
- High-sensitivity hs-troponin again shows promise for MI rule-out
- STAMPEDE: Bariatric surgery clearly better than drugs in obese diabetics
- PCSK9 inhibitors: Presentations generate excitement, overflow crowd
- CORP 2: Colchicine cuts multiple recurrences of pericarditis
- CHOICE: Sapien bests CoreValve for ‘device success’
- MADIT-CRT: CRT survival gains in mild HF durable at seven years
- REGARDS analysis answers critics of new CV-risk equations
- CoreValve High-Risk Study: CoreValve beats high-risk surgery for AV stenosis
- SYMPLICITY HTN-3: End of the road for renal denervation?
Contributor Information
Megan Brooks
Freelance Journalist
Weston, Connecticut
Tricia Ward
Editorial Director
theheart.org | Medscape Cardiology
New York City
Darbe Rotach
Senior Photo Editor
Medscape, New York City
Allison Shelley
Freelance Photographer
Washington, DC
Shelley Wood
Managing Editor
theheart.org | Medscape Cardiology
Kelowna, BC, Canada
Steve Stiles
Associate Editor
theheart.org | Medscape Cardiology
Fremont, CA
Michael O’Riordan
Senior Journalist
theheart.org | Medscape Cardiology
Hamilton, ON
Lisa Nainggolan
News Editor
Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology
London, UK
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