Cover Story | Gearing Up For Back to School: The Basics of Sports Cardiology
Sudden cardiac death of a young athlete is a rare but emotionally devastating event. Each one receives extensive media attention and leaves a lasting impact on the wider community. These deaths are...
View ArticleAssociation of Animal and Plant Protein Intake With Mortality
What are the associations between animal and plant protein intake and all-cause and cause-specific mortality?
View ArticleESC Guidelines on Diabetes, Pre-Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Diseases
The following are key points to remember from the 2019 European Society of Cardiology (ESC)/European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Guidelines diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular...
View Article2019 ESC Guidelines for Management of Supraventricular Tachycardia
The following are key points to remember from the 2019 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines for the management of patients with supraventricular tachycardia (SVT).
View ArticleEagle's Eye View: Your Weekly CV Update From ACC.org (Week of September 9)
This week's View outlines key points to remember from two new European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines: the 2019 ESC guidelines for the management of patients with supraventricular tachycardia...
View Article23-Year-Old Male Lacrosse Player with Palpitations During a Scrimmage
A 23-year-old male lacrosse player with no significant medical history reported having new onset palpitations while standing on the sideline at practice.
View ArticleExercise Prior to Breast Cancer Diagnosis Associated With Lower CVD Risk
Breast cancer patients who exercised before being diagnosed may be at a lower risk for cardiovascular disease compared to those who did not exercise, according to a study published Sept. 24 in the...
View ArticleAnother Milestone in the JACC Family of Journals: First Issue of JACC:...
Get up to speed on the first issue of JACC: CardioOncology!
View ArticleLipid Management for Prevention of ASCVD
The following are key points to remember from this review article about lipid management for the prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD).
View ArticleEagle's Eye View: Your Weekly CV Update From ACC.org (Week of October 21)
The week's View summarizes the 10-year follow-up of the SYNTAX trial (Synergy Between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With TAXUS and Cardiac Surgery) and offers key points to remember from an...
View ArticleState-of-the-Art Strategies for the Prevention of Ischemic Disease on Both...
Rajeev Gupta and David Wood's important recent article in Lancet, "Primary Prevention of Ischemic heart disease: populations, individuals, and health professionals" opens by defining primordial...
View ArticleWeight Gain, Hypertension, and the Emergence of a Maladaptive Cardiovascular...
What is the progression of independent risk factors associated with cardiovascular risk over serial years of play in collegiate football players?
View ArticleCV Societies Unite to Advocate For PAD Awareness on Capitol Hill
A Capitol Hill briefing sponsored by ACC, WomenHeart, and the American Heart Association, in collaboration with the Congressional Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Caucus brought together patients,...
View ArticleCurrent Status of the ABI in Diagnosis, Risk Assessment and Screening
The ankle brachial index (ABI) is a simple tool for identifying lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD).
View ArticleIntractable Recurrent Pericarditis: Rest, Medication, or Surgery?
A 48-year-old female lawyer from South Africa presents for an opinion regarding her management following a complicated course of intractable recurrent pericarditis.
View ArticleButtock Claudication and Normal ABI
A 67-year-old man presents to the clinic complaining of cramping buttock pain after walking a few blocks. The pain is relieved after several minutes of rest.
View ArticleReturn to Play Post-Myocardial Infarction
A 60-year old male is seen in clinic to discuss returning to competitive distance running. Three months prior, he suffered ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest while training for a marathon.
View ArticleFamily-Based Approach in a Minority Community Integrating Systems-Biology for...
The goal of the FAMILIA trial was to evaluate lifestyle intervention compared with control on a composite health score of the parents/caregivers of preschool children.
View ArticleFontan Udenafil Exercise Longitudinal
The goal of the FUEL trial was to assess the safety and efficacy of udenafil, a long-acting phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitor, among patients who had Fontan physiology.
View ArticleUnderstanding the Effects of Genetic Exposure to Low LDL-C and Systolic Blood...
For several decades, efforts in Preventive Cardiology have focused on early risk detection and treating high risk patients with lipid and blood pressure lowering therapies as well as trying to optimize...
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