Interventional Cardiology & Surgery
Conference Coverage
Will AI replace cardiologists and turn them into managers?
AI is dramatically changing the field and the role of the physician – but it is not making cardiologists superfluous.
Conference Coverage
Aspirin still needed in first month after PCI: STOPDAPT-3
“While these absolute event rates are extremely low, they are unquestionably higher in the nonaspirin group.”
Conference Coverage
Parity for prompt and staged STEMI complete revascularization: MULTISTARS-AMI
It appears to be the first trial of its kind to show that operators and patients can safely choose either PCI approach and attain similar outcomes...
Conference Coverage
FIRE a win for physiology-guided MI complete revascularization in older patients
"This is the first trial actually showing a benefit" from physiology-guided CR in older patients with acute MI that is similar to what the...
News from the FDA/CDC
Recall for Impella RP Flex labeling short on safety cautions
The devices themselves are not part of the recall; clinicians may continue to use them, the FDA says.
From the Journals
Could colchicine replace aspirin after PCI for ACS?
The findings “could be of particular interest for those patients at extremely high bleeding risk or who are truly intolerant to aspirin, a...
From the Journals
Crossed wires: Ischemia testing and monomorphic VT storm
“That’s why this is such a great paper, because it has an immediate message [for nonelectrophysiologist clinicians and] the potential to change...
News from the FDA/CDC
Another FDA class I recall of Cardiosave Hybrid/Rescue IABPs
“Using an affected pump may cause serious adverse health events, including unstable blood pressure, injury (e.g., inadequate blood supply or a...
Latest News
AHA/ACC issue updated chronic coronary disease guidelines
Routine periodic anatomic or ischemic testing in the absence of a change in clinical or functional status is not recommended for risk...
From the Journals
New AHA/ACC performance, quality metrics for coronary revascularization
Antiplatelets and anticoagulation after PCI, which provide “an important outcome benefit” and represent “an existing gap in care,” especially in...
Latest News
U.S. News ranks top cardiology, heart surgery hospitals
US News also recognized Honor Roll hospitals that have excelled across multiple areas of care. This year, for the first time, there is no ordinal...