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In the fall of 2009, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) launched the Practice innovation and clinical excellence (PINNACLE) Network™.1 The foundation of the PINNACLE Network rested on three observations by ACC membership and staff:
The medical profession is in the midst of unprecedented social, political, and economic change that dramatically impacts how cardiovascular specialists…
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The past decade has seen impressive advances in cardiovascular (CV) care and reductions in patient mortality from CV disease (CVD). Between 1997 and 2007 (the year for which most recent final data are available), the death rate from CVD declined by 27.8 %. The actual number of CVD deaths per year declined by 14.2 % over this period. Meanwhile, the death rate for stroke fell by 44.8 % in the same…
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Since its foundation six decades ago, the goal of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) has been to improve the quality of cardiovascular care. The College’s founders initially sought to accomplish this goal by providing the College’s members with access to high-quality educational opportunities such as the ACC’s highly successful annual scientific sessions. In 1984, the quest for improved…
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Dr Shephal Doshi (Pacific Heart Institute, Santa Monica, CA, US) discusses the results from the PINNACLE FLX Study.
The PINNACLE FLX Study is a prospective, non-randomized, multi-center investigation to establish the safety and effectiveness of the WATCHMAN FLX™ Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device for subjects with non-valvular atrial fibrillation who are eligible for long-term anti-coagulation…
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Dr Bill Gogas, USC's Editor-in-Chief, invites Dr Duk-Woo Park (Asan Medical Center, Seoul, KR) to talk about the long-term data from the MAIN-COMPARE Registry (Revascularization for Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis: Comparison of Percutaneous Coronary Angioplasty Versus Surgical Revascularization) and its relevance to practice.
Editor: Mirjam Boros
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In this interview, Dr Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy (Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute, Overland Park, KS, US) discusses the outcomes of the multicenter Susruta-IST Registry, which aimed to report upon the outcomes of sinus node sparing surgical thoracoscopic hybrid ablation (SUSRUTA) for inappropriate sinus tachycardia (IST).
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1. Please summarise the aim, study design and endpoints?
2. What…
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Acute heart failure (AHF) is a major and growing cause of in-hospital mortality in developed countries. The prevalence of HF in an unselected population >45 years of age is estimated to be 2% and in a population >65 years of age is estimated to be 8.8%.1,2 The combination of aging of the population in many countries and improved survival after acute myocardial infarction has created rapid…
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