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Coverage from the

American College of Cardiology 68th Annual Scientific Session (ACC) 2019

March 16 - 18, 2019; New Orleans, Louisiana

March 16 - 18, 2019 New Orleans, Louisiana

Booth #1911

ACC 2019 TAVR Low-Risk Studies Get Standing Ovation at ACC The success of the two trials of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in low-surgical-risk patients stole the show at the ACC today.
Medscape Medical News, March 17, 2019
ACC 2019 AUGUSTUS Backs Apixaban 'Double Therapy' in Most AF Post-ACS, PCI The most safe and effective antithrombotic regimen may involve neither warfarin nor aspirin, suggested a trial that might allay bleeding-risk concerns in a tough-to-treat atrial fibrillation population.
Medscape Medical News, March 17, 2019
ACC 2019 Apple Watch Helps Detect AF: Is This the Future? The first study of its kind involving more than 400,000 members of the general population used an Apple Watch to identify irregular pulse and received a mixed response from ACC delegates.
Medscape Medical News, March 16, 2019

Meeting Highlights At A Glance

Top News From ACC 2019: Slideshow Standing-ovation worthy research on transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in low-surgical-risk patients featured prominently at this year's scientific session.

Conference News

ACC 2019 Less HF Hospitalization on Dapagliflozin in Diabetes at Any LVEF
Medscape Medical News, April 4, 2019
ACC 2019 Alirocumab Lp(a) Effects Claim Share of Credit for Benefit in ACS
Medscape Medical News, April 2, 2019
ACC 2019 Ticagrelor Alone After PCI: A Strategy Gaining Momentum
Medscape Medical News, April 2, 2019
ACC 2019 New Studies Give Bempedoic Acid a Bump as Lipid-Lowering Agent
Medscape Medical News, March 29, 2019
ACC 2019 PIONEER-HF: In ADHF, Early ARNI Seems Key to Best Clinical Gains
Medscape Medical News, March 29, 2019
ACC 2019 REDUCE-IT: High-Dose EPA Also Reduces Subsequent Events
Medscape Medical News, March 29, 2019
ACC 2019 New Studies Support Dropping Long-term Aspirin After Stenting
Medscape Medical News, March 28, 2019
ACC 2019 CardioMEMS PA-Pressure-Guided HF Therapy Safe, Reduces Events
Medscape Medical News, March 27, 2019
ACC 2019 Giving Up Alcoholic Drinks in AF May Cut AF Burden, Recurrence
Medscape Medical News, March 26, 2019
ACC 2019 Heartmate 3 LVAD Impresses in Final MOMENTUM 3 Data
Medscape Medical News, March 26, 2019
ACC 2019 Ticagrelor Reversal Agent on the Horizon
Medscape Medical News, March 25, 2019
ACC 2019 COAPT Substudy Spotlights QOL Gains With MitraClip
Medscape Medical News, March 22, 2019
ACC 2019 COACT: Delayed Cath Safe in Some Non-STEMI Cardiac Arrest
Medscape Medical News, March 21, 2019
ACC 2019 Deep Dive Into COAPT Echo Results Raises More Questions
Medscape Medical News, March 21, 2019
ACC 2019 POET: No Late Failure With Oral Antibiotic for Endocarditis
Medscape Medical News, March 21, 2019
ACC 2019 In-Hospital Flu Shot Associated With Lower Risk for MI
Medscape Medical News, March 20, 2019

ACC 2019 Real-world Data Support Safety of TAVR in Bicuspid Stenosis
Medscape Medical News, March 20, 2019
ACC 2019 Intensive BP Meds in Elderly May Slow Hypertensive Brain Damage
Medscape Medical News, March 20, 2019
ACC 2019 WRAP-IT: Antibacterial Pouch Cuts Device Infections
Medscape Medical News, March 18, 2019
ACC 2019 Hopeful Heart: Team Care for Mood Plus HF Improves Wellbeing
Medscape Medical News, March 18, 2019
ACC 2019 TAVR Low-Risk Studies Get Standing Ovation at ACC
Medscape Medical News, March 17, 2019
ACC 2019 New AHA/ACC CVD Primary Prevention Guideline
Medscape Medical News, March 17, 2019
ACC 2019 AUGUSTUS Backs Apixaban 'Double Therapy' in Most AF Post-ACS, PCI
Medscape Medical News, March 17, 2019
ACC 2019 Apple Watch Helps Detect AF: Is This the Future?
Medscape Medical News, March 16, 2019
ACC 2019 HoT-PE Puts Early Discharge for Low-Risk PE on Front Burner
Medscape Medical News, March 16, 2019
ACC 2019 TAVR With Evolut: Interim Results Promising in Low-Risk Patients
Medscape Medical News, March 16, 2019
ACC 2019 PARTNER 3: TAVR Success in Low-Risk Patients
Medscape Medical News, March 16, 2019
ACC 2019 App to Detect Diabetes by Smartphone Fingertip Scan
Medscape Medical News, March 15, 2019
ACC 2019 Coronary Calcium on CT for Cancer Common, Action Seldom Taken
Medscape Medical News, March 14, 2019
ACC 2019 Moderate Drinking Tied to Risk of Stage 1, 2 Hypertension
Medscape Medical News, March 13, 2019
ACC 2019 Low-Carb Diet May Increase Atrial Fibrillation Risk
Medscape Medical News, March 12, 2019
ACC 2019 An Apple a Day? And Other Questions Answered at ACC.19
Medscape Medical News, March 11, 2019

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Perspectives From ACC

Survivor Says Andes Plane Crash Called Him to Save Lives
Interviewer: Tricia Ward; Interviewee: Roberto Canessa, MD
Philip Morris v Uruguay: A Story That Deserves Retelling
Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD
Cutting Booze to Cut AF Is Difficult for Patients to Swallow
Interviewer: John M. Mandrola, MD;
Interviewee: Aleksandr Voskoboinik, MBBS
MitraClip for Secondary MR: Patient Selection Will Be Key
Wayne B. Batchelor, MD, MHS; Catherine M. Otto, MD
Hopeful Heart: Hope for Improving QoL in Depressed HF Patients
Ileana L. Piña, MD, MPH; Bruce L. Rollman, MD, MPH
Apple Heart Study Ate Up Day 1 of ACC
Tricia Ward
What Will a 'Historic Day' for TAVR Mean in Clinical Practice?
John M. Mandrola, MD; Raj R. Makkar, MD
INFINITY: SBP Goal in High-Functioning Elderly Clear as WMH
Melissa K. Walton-Shirley, MD; William B. White, MD
Getting to the Core of the Apple Heart Study
John M. Mandrola, MD; Mintu Turakhia, MD
ACC: What Could Change UK Cardiology Practice?
Mamas A. Mamas, BM, BCh, MA, DPhil, FRCP.

Bloggers from the Floor

Taking the Pulse of the Apple Heart Study What did we really learn from the study using a smart watch and phone app to identify atrial fibrillation? New ways to conduct research, but not much to advance practice, argues John Mandrola, MD.
A Sobering Breakthrough in AF Care Frequent alcohol drinkers with atrial fibrillation benefitted from abstinence in a novel randomized trial, which prompts the question: Should temperance be prescribed before meds and procedures?
Boom: TAVR Low-Risk Trials Usher in a New Era in Cardiology The results are impressive for transcatheter aortic valve replacement in low-surgical-risk patients, but longer-term data on durability will be crucial, notes John Mandrola, MD.
Quick Thoughts on the Wrap-IT Trial An antibiotic-impregnated envelope casing for cardiac implantable devices may lower the risk for infection, but is it enough to justify the costs?
What's New and Useful in Hypertension From ACC.19 Melissa Walton-Shirley's takeaways on hypertension management, a topic close to her heart, from the latest studies and expert presentations at the 2019 American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.
Burnout: Is the Red Tide Finally Beginning to Turn? Burned out listening to burn-out talks? An intense session at ACC.19 left Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD, hopeful that some of those words would finally turn into action.