Organization

American College Of Cardiology


ACCA: Blood management program saves money, optimizes blood utilization

Conference News | Thursday, March 11 2010
 

ACC Preview: Regenerative medicine, robotics, game-changing trials and reform

Top Stories | Wednesday, March 10 2010
 

Multimodality Partnerships in Appropriate Use Criteria

Previews | Monday, March 08 2010
 

AHA/ACC warn that TZDs should be taken cautiously

Industry News | Wednesday, February 24 2010
 

JACC: Absence of coronary calcifications doesn’t exclude obstructive CAD

Clinical Studies | Tuesday, February 09 2010
 

ACC taps Solomon as CMO of business development

Executive Announcements | Friday, February 05 2010
 

ACC, AHRQ fund $3.5M study to examine ICD use

Industry News | Monday, February 01 2010
 

JACC: Plaque analysis on CT can ID post-PCI myocardial injury

Clinical Studies | Thursday, January 21 2010
 

Judge refuses to hear ACC suit against HHS

Top Stories | Wednesday, January 13 2010
 

Feature: Bhatt questions PCI volume as surrogate for hospital quality

Top Stories | Tuesday, December 08 2009
Written by Kaitlyn Dmyterko
 

ACCA: Revenue-sharing model allows specialists to spread wealth across depts

Conference News | Thursday, March 11 2010
 

NEJM Feature: Are too many angiograms being performed on patients w/o CAD?

Top Stories | Wednesday, March 10 2010
Written by Justine Cadet
 

Focus on Cardiovascular Imaging

Previews | Monday, March 08 2010
 

Circulation: Hospitals need to better monitor Torsade de Points risk

Industry News | Tuesday, February 16 2010
 

JACC: TEVAR shows promise over surgery for aortic disease

Clinical Studies | Sunday, February 07 2010
 

Cardiology advocates continue to fight cuts legislatively

Industry News | Thursday, February 04 2010
 

The ACC Corner: New Year Brings Opportunities for Bipartisan Reforms

Features | Thursday, January 28 2010
Written by By Jack Lewin, MD, FACC
 

JACC: Rest SPECT not required in patients with normal stress SPECT

Clinical Studies | Wednesday, January 13 2010
 

ACC sues HHS over 2010 Medicare payment rates

Top Stories | Sunday, January 03 2010
 

JAMA: Higher volume PCI hospitals do not reduce hospital length of stay

Top Stories | Wednesday, November 25 2009
 


Web Exclusives

Commentary: Atrial fibrillation strikes an electrophysiologist

 Middle age introduces itself in many ways; one is atrial fibrillation (AF). My onset of AF seems to have coincided with a mountain bike accident in the woods of North Carolina that resulted in some cracked ribs.

AHRQ: Health IT could be disruptive while reducing rehospitalization rates, costs

 The use of health IT to reduce rehospitalizations will be welcome but also disruptive, said Stephen Jencks, an independent consultant in healthcare safety during a Feb. 24 webinar on the potential use of health IT to mitigate rehospitalizations, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

New patient monitoring model draws scrutiny

 A new hospital breaking ground usually isn’t breaking news. But the vision of patient care at one new facility, tentatively named Palomar Medical Center West (PMC West), is currently illegal under California state law.

Commentary: Overcoming challenges with drug-eluting stents

 There are cases presented to all physicians when we have to balance benefits of a particular treatment with concerns around safety for certain patients. In interventional cardiology, we see this dilemma with drug-eluting stents (DES). While this technology provides effective therapy for many patients with ischemia-inducing coronary lesions, there are certain patient groups that encounter problems for different reasons.

Media-driven quality rankings leave out top-performing hospitals

 U.S. News & World Report and HealthGrades surveys that rank “Best Hospitals” according to their high-quality cardiovascular care do not create the most comprehensive list and may create confusion by excluding hospitals that provide the same quality of care, according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.