November 14th, 2011
“The Center Where It All Happens”
Reva Balakrishnan, MD, MPH
Several Cardiology Fellows who are attending AHA.11 this week are blogging together on CardioExchange. The Fellows include Revathi Balakrishnan, Eiman Jahangir, John Ryan (moderator), and Amit Shah. Read the previous post here. Check back often to learn about the biggest buzz in Orlando. For this first-year fellow, the AHA has seemed at times like the “light […]
November 14th, 2011
MI FREEE: How Much Do Free Medications Really Cost?
Larry Husten, PHD
Could getting rid of copayments improve adherence to post-discharge medications, leading to better outcomes and reduced costs? That’s the theory tested by the MI FREEE (Post-Myocardial Infarction Free Rx Event and Economic Evaluation) trial, which was presented at the AHA and published simultaneously in the New England Journal of Medicine. Niteesh Choudhry and colleagues randomized 5855 post-MI […]
November 13th, 2011
What Will Keep Me Coming Back to AHA?
John Ryan, MD
A special seminar dedicated to emerging concepts of the right ventricle is exemplary of the kind of content that makes AHA worth the journey.
November 13th, 2011
Not Just Pomp and Circumstance
David Martin, M.D.
The AHA Opening Session is something I usually avoid, maybe because I feel a bit uncomfortable in large, dark rooms with flashing lights and very loud music (a setup that seems to favor the visually gifted but audiologically impaired). Admittedly, when the recipients of the Distinguished Scientist awards were paraded across the stage to a […]
November 13th, 2011
AHA’s Best-Kept Secrets
David Martin, M.D.
Late breakers and plenaries aside, a few perennial AHA conference sessions are, I think, often overlooked: Early Career Sessions. Not just for early career folk, these sessions allow any attendee to hear scientific luminaries talk about why and how they do what they do. Where else might you catch Joe Loscalzo describing how the early […]
November 13th, 2011
Epcot for Foodie Cardiologists
Reva Balakrishnan, MD, MPH
Epcot’s survey of food from around the world sure beats this fellow’s memories of astronaut ice cream at Disney theme parks
November 13th, 2011
ISAR-REACT 4: Bivalirudin Works Great, Less Bleeding
Richard A. Lange, MD, MBA
In the previously published REPLACE-2 and ACUITY trials, a trend was noted towards an increased incidence of ischemic complications with bivalirudin compared with glycoprotein IIb/IIIa treatment in high-risk patients undergoing PCI. The Intracoronary Stenting and Antithrombotic Regimen: Rapid Early Action for Coronary Treatment 4 (ISAR-REACT 4) trial was designed to show whether abciximab plus unfractionated […]
November 13th, 2011
An Unexpected Preconference Overload
Eiman Jahangir, MD
Anyone else surprised by the volume of ad-driven snail mail and email–most of it junk–we all got in the run up to the conference?
November 13th, 2011
Part of the System
John Ryan, MD
Several Cardiology Fellows who are attending AHA.11 this week are blogging together on CardioExchange. The Fellows include Revathi Balakrishnan, Eiman Jahangir, John Ryan (moderator), and Amit Shah. Read the previous post here. Check back often to learn about the biggest buzz in Orlando. The first AHA meeting that I went to was three years ago. It […]
November 12th, 2011
AHA.11: How Does One Choose What to Do?
Eiman Jahangir, MD
Several Cardiology Fellows who are attending AHA.11 this week are blogging together on CardioExchange. The Fellows include Revathi Balakrishnan, Eiman Jahangir, John Ryan (moderator), and Amit Shah. Read the first post here. Check back often to learn about the biggest buzz in Orlando. Sitting in the plane, waiting for it to take off, I think of […]
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