The Need For a Multi-Specialty Approach to Diabetes Care
This post was authored by Mikhail Kosiborod, MD, FACC, chair of the Diabetes Collaborative Registry Steering Committee. Recent estimates project that as many as one in three American adults will have diabetes by 2050 unless additional steps are taken to … Continue reading →
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A Good Reminder Not to Lose Sight of Patient Value When Looking at Costs of Care
This post was authored by William A. Zoghbi, MD, MACC, past president of the ACC, in response to the New York Times article on echocardiography charges. The New York Times this week ran a feature article in its “Health” section … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - December 19, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Admin Tags: Clinical Topics Health Policy and Practice Management Uncategorized guest post Health Reform Imaging Payers/Health Plans Source Type: blogs
A Viewpoint From the Front Lines of Heart Screenings
This post was authored by James Beckerman, MD, FACC, member of the ACC’s Sports and Exercise Cardiology Section. For the past several years, I have had the honor of volunteering with Play Smart Youth Heart Screenings in Portland, OR, providing … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - December 10, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Admin Tags: Clinical Topics Special Topics guest post Health Reform Sports and Exercise Source Type: blogs
Congenital Heart Disease Research: An Expanding Frontier
This post was authored by Ami Bhatt, MD, FACC, member of the Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology Section. In 1949, the National Institutes of Health began funding research in congenital heart disease (CHD). Since then, not only has the field … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - December 5, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Admin Tags: Clinical Topics Membership Congenital Heart Disease guest post Source Type: blogs
The Physical Exam in Fellowship
This post was authored by Akhil Narang, MD, a fellow-in-training at the University of Chicago. Over lunch, Jafar Al-Sadir, MD, FACC, a master clinician and often described by trainees as a “human echo,” introduced us to his long time patient, … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - November 25, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Admin Tags: Clinical Topics Membership Education/Lifelong Learning Fellows in Training guest post Source Type: blogs
U.S. vs. Canada: The Emerging World of Sports Cardiology
This post was authored by John Vyselaar, MD, member of the ACC’s Sports and Exercise Cardiology Section. Sports cardiology is an emerging area of cardiovascular care. It is an exciting time to be involved in this developing field. This is … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - November 20, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Admin Tags: Membership guest post Sports and Exercise Source Type: blogs
Hot Topics from AHA 2014 – Day 4
Check out ACC video coverage of the latest hot topics from AHA 2014. Watch Peter Block, MD, FACC, and Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, FACC, give a recap of Wednesday’s trials. Also watch a video interview with the FITs on … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - November 19, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Admin Tags: CV Meetings aha14 Source Type: blogs
Hot Topics from AHA 2014 – Day 3
Check out ACC video coverage of the latest hot topics from AHA 2014. Watch Peter Block, MD, FACC, and Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, FACC, give a recap of Tuesday’s trials. Also watch a video interview with the FITs on … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - November 18, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Admin Tags: CV Meetings aha14 Source Type: blogs
The Power of Social Media in Medicine
This post was authored by John Gordon Harold, MD, MACC, immediate past president of the ACC. A study released today during AHA 2014 provided an interesting perspective on the ability of social media to effectively distribute findings of published articles. … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - November 18, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Admin Tags: CV Meetings Special Topics aha14 guest post social media Source Type: blogs
Hot Topics from AHA 2014 – Day 2
Check out ACC video coverage of the latest hot topics from AHA 2014. Watch Peter Block, MD, FACC, and Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, FACC, give a recap of Monday’s trials. Also watch a video interview with the FITs on … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - November 18, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Admin Tags: CV Meetings aha14 Source Type: blogs
Will DAPT Change My Practice?
This post was authored by Valentin Fuster, PhD, MD, MACC, editor of Journal of the American College of Cardiology. First, I want to compliment Laura Mauri, MD, and her colleagues for conducting the landmark Dual Antiplatelet Therapy (DAPT) trial, which … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - November 17, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Admin Tags: CV Meetings Special Topics aha14 guest post Guidelines/AUC/Clinical Documents invasive/interventional cardiology Source Type: blogs
Hot Topics from AHA 2014 – Day 1
Check out ACC video coverage of the latest hot topics from AHA 2014. Watch Peter Block, MD, FACC, and Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, FACC, give a recap of Sunday’s trials. Check out full coverage from the meeting at CardioSource.org. … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - November 16, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Admin Tags: CV Meetings Special Topics aha14 guest post Source Type: blogs
All For Gender Equality in Academic Medicine
This post is authored by Priya Kansal MD, FACC, director of the Women’s Heart Program at Salem Health in Oregon, and Bina Ahmed, MD, FACC, FSCAI, an assistant professor of interventional cardiology at the University of New Mexico School of … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - November 14, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Admin Tags: Membership Special Topics guest post Leadership/Professionalism women Source Type: blogs
What Should Women Look For When Choosing a Cardiology Fellowship?
This post was authored by Maria Sobolev, MD, chief fellow in the division of cardiology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY and member of the Women in Cardiology section. Despite a national shortage of … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - November 13, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Admin Tags: Membership Special Topics Early Career Fellows in Training guest post Leadership/Professionalism women Source Type: blogs
The Critical Need for Collaboration to Stop Diabetes
This post was authored by Robert E. Ratner, MD, chief scientific and medical officer of the American Diabetes Association. November is American Diabetes Month – an opportunity to raise awareness of what has become a health epidemic of global proportions. … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - November 12, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Admin Tags: Special Topics guest post Source Type: blogs
