CardioBrief: The Story Behind the NY Times ORBITA Anecdote Brahmajee Nallamothu, MD, expounds on a patient not stented due to ORBITA Nov 06, 2017
CardioBrief: Diving Deep into the ORBITA Trial William Boden, Ajay Kirtane, and Dan Mark analyze the ORBITA trial Nov 02, 2017
TCT: Stent No Better Than Sham for Stable Angina in ORBITA No symptom relief beyond placebo effect in first sham-controlled trial Nov 02, 2017
TCT: Are Disappearing-Polymer Metallic DES the Way to Shorter DAPT Duration? Trials show good results with two such stents Nov 02, 2017
TCT: 6-Month DAPT OK After STEMI With Modern DES Non-inferior outcomes versus typical 12-month regimen in DAPT-STEMI Nov 01, 2017
TCT: FDA Reiterates Caution on Absorb Stent Agency cites ongoing risk at 3-plus years after presumed reabsorption Oct 31, 2017
TCT: Easier Recovery with PCI vs CABG Validated in EXCEL Trial But early quality of life advantage largely dissipates by 1 year Oct 31, 2017
TCT: Complex Bifurcation Stenting Approach Bests Provisional Stenting Double kissing crush technique cut target lesion failure and thrombosis Oct 30, 2017
Women Get CABG Less Often, But Gender Bias Isn't Reason Delayed diagnosis of heart disease may explain surgical disparity Sep 28, 2017
Entresto Boosts Sex in HF; Venom Antidote to Xa Drugs; Guilty Plea for FH Vagueness Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Sep 25, 2017
CV Benefit from PCSK9 Drug Unaltered by Diabetes Nor did evolocumab hike diabetes risk in FOURIER cohort Sep 15, 2017
ESC: Top Videos from This Year's Meeting Highlights include CANTOS history and a Houston cardiologist's take on the flood Sep 01, 2017
ESC: A Second Opinion on NOACs in Stable CVD Raymond Gibbons, MD, takes apart the COMPASS trial in favor of optimal medical therapy Aug 28, 2017 video
Inflammation, Secondary Prevention, Diet in Spotlight at ESC CANTOS, COMPASS, PURE will headline the world's largest cardiology meeting Aug 24, 2017
Statins in the Drinking Water? Not so fast. In Revolution and Revelation, Milton Packer reveals a glaring inconsistency in the most recent battle in the ongoing statin wars Aug 16, 2017
CardioBrief: How Statins Drive Some People Crazy Partisans on both sides derail rational discussion of risks, benefits Jul 31, 2017
Will Viagra One Day Coat Coronary Stents? Mouse model findings are suggestive for reduced restenosis Jul 11, 2017
Op-Ed: Vegetable Oils, (Francis) Bacon, Bing Crosby, and the AHA Gary Taubes responds to the AHA presidential advisory on dietary fats Jun 20, 2017
CTO Stenting Improved Quality of Life With Stable Angina EuroCTO result, driven by less angina, challenges DECISION-CTO May 18, 2017
Wanted: New Developer for Stem Cell Tx in Refractory Angina Trialists make another appeal for efficacy of CD34+ cells May 11, 2017
Are Statins Behind Some Back Problems? Claims data suggest association, but cardiologists urge caution May 01, 2017
The Cardiologist's PCSK9 Script: 6 Months of Frustration The 'honestly ridiculous' process William O'Neill, MD, faced for his own Rx Apr 24, 2017
Open Mic at ACC: Tribal Diet; 'Jeopardy!'; How to Retire In this video, cardiologists share favorite moments from the meeting Apr 06, 2017 video
ACC: Another HDL Therapy Crashes and Burns Failure of pre-beta HDL mimetic puts another nail in the HDL coffin Mar 19, 2017
ACC: FOURIER Substudy May Help Refute 'Dr. Google' No neurocognitive adverse effects linked to very low LDL levels Mar 19, 2017
ACC: Novel Drug Delivers Long-Term Cholesterol Reduction RNA interference drug inhibits synthesis of PCSK9 Mar 18, 2017
ACC: Even Very Low Dose Rivaroxaban Prevents Recurrent VTE Results from EINSTEIN CHOICE point to new clinical pathway Mar 18, 2017
Early Statin Start After Stroke No Better for Outcomes Pleiotropic effects didn't pan out acutely in small randomized trial Feb 24, 2017
Arterial Grafting Seen as Better for Moderate Coronary Blockages Observational study shows less ischemia, but some experts skeptical Jan 24, 2017
Placebo Effect Works for Heart Procedures, Too Keeping 'eyes on the prize' appears to improve outcomes Jan 10, 2017
Cath Lab Recap: Killer Pacemakers; Heart Monitoring Underwear Interventional cardiology news to note Dec 08, 2016
AHA: Unnecessary Stress Testing Still Alive And Kicking? More tests given to younger patients in large population study Nov 15, 2016
AHA: Lower Better for Plaque Regression with PCSK9 Drugs No diminishing returns at very low LDL levels in GLAGOV trial Nov 15, 2016
TCT: Orsiro No Better Than EES for CTO Also, injectable collagenase eases PCI for CTO in trial Nov 04, 2016
TCT: Trials Split on PCI vs CABG for Left Main Disease NOBLE hands advantage to surgery, EXCEL finds noninferiority Oct 31, 2016
TCT: OCT Guidance Doesn't Undersize Stents, Trial Shows Also found dissection, malapposition that IVUS missed Oct 30, 2016
CardioBrief: LDL-Lowering Genetic Variants Linked to Diabetes Risk What can genetics tell about diabetes incidence with cholesterol tx? Oct 06, 2016
CardioBrief: Trump's CV Event Risk Seven Times Bigger Than Clinton's Cardiologist speculates on coronary calcium scores disclosed by the candidates Oct 05, 2016
The Lancet Versus BMJ: A Dispatch From the Statin Wars The editors of the two top U.K. medical journals are in a bitter fight Sep 15, 2016
