ACC

This channel contains news about the American College of Cardiology (ACC), including coverage of its annual meeting and links to recently released practice guidelines. The ACC is a leading resource for cardiology professionals, including all its subspecialties.

Planning enters next phase as ABMS announces open comment period

News | Cardiovascular Business

CV Societies Propel Plans Forward for a New Board of Cardiovascular Medicine

April 29, 2024 — Efforts by the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, the Heart Failure ...

April 29, 2024

New study shows an overwhelming majority of people aged 65 and over reduced their blood pressure, cholesterol, and weight while using the Hello Heart mobile app and heart health monitor within six months

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

New Study Reveals 65 and Older Population Lowered Blood Pressure, Cholesterol and Weight Using Mobile Technology

April 24, 2024 —Hello Heart, a digital leader in preventive heart health, today announced results from its latest study ...

April 24, 2024

RCE Technologies, Inc. (RCE) is an innovative artificial intelligence (AI) based medical technology company dedicated to early heart attack detection.

News | FDA

RCE Technologies, Inc. Announces First-In-Human Transdermal Continuous Cardiac Biomarker Monitoring

April 22, 2024 — At the annual American College of Cardiology conference (ACC.24) in Atlanta last week, RCE Technologies ...

April 22, 2024

Trial bolsters evidence that less invasive strategy is safe and effective in younger, lower-risk patients

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

TAVR Found Non-Inferior to SAVR for Low-Risk Patients

April 11, 2024 — Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) was found to bring no increased risks and was associated ...

April 11, 2024

PCI shows substantial benefits over medications alone

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

Preventive Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for High-Risk Coronary Plaques Reduces Cardiac Events

April 11, 2024 — People with a buildup of fatty atherosclerotic plaque in the heart’s arteries considered at risk of ...

April 11, 2024

Results from the IVUS-DCB trial were recently presented at the American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session, ACC.24.

News | ACC

Intravascular Ultrasound Outperforms Angiography for Peripheral Artery Disease Treatment

April 11, 2024 — One-year success rates from angioplasty procedures to open clogged arteries in the legs were ...

April 11, 2024

Cathie Biga, MSN, FACC, today became president of the American College of Cardiology and made history as the organization’s first non-physician president.

News | Cardiovascular Business

Cathie Biga is New American College of Cardiology President

April 9, 2024 — Cathie Biga, MSN, FACC, today became president of the American College of Cardiology and made history as ...

April 09, 2024

Subanalysis finds benefit for patients not on heart-beneficial antidiabetic medication

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

New Drug Fails to Improve Diabetes-Related Heart Failure

April 9, 2024 — One of the first studies to attempt to treat early-stage heart failure in patients with Type 2 diabetes ...

April 09, 2024

Phase 2 trial shows early signs that the investigational drug could relieve symptoms and improve exercise capacity in HCM patients with no other evidence-based treatment options available

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

Ninerafaxstat Well-Tolerated and Safe for Nonobstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

April 9, 2024 — The investigational drug ninerafaxstat showed a good tolerability and safety profile, along with ...

April 09, 2024

Trial shows increased risk of bleeding with topical administration during open heart surgery

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

Topical Tranexamic Acid Found Inferior to Intravenous Administration

April 9, 2024 — Administering tranexamic acid (TxA), a drug used to reduce bleeding during heart surgery, topically ...

April 09, 2024

Study found no difference in troponin biomarkers up to one month after anthracycline treatment

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

ACE Inhibitor Not Protective Against Heart Damage from Chemotherapy

April 9, 2024 — Patients who took an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor while undergoing cancer treatment ...

April 09, 2024

Participants saw 35% reduction in LDL cholesterol, signaling the process could offer safe, effective non-prescription use of life-saving drug

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

Study Shows Web App Effective in Determining Access to Statins Without a Prescription

April 9, 2024 — Using a web application to qualify individuals for treatment with a nonprescription statin closely ...

April 09, 2024

First head-to-head comparison of leading valve types finds better valve performance with selfexpanding valve and non-inferior clinical outcomes at one year

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

Self-Expanding Valve Outperforms Balloon-Expandable Valve for TAVR in Patients with Small Valve Annulus

April 9, 2024 — People with a small aortic annulus, a part of the heart’s anatomy where the left ventricle meets the ...

April 09, 2024

Infusions reduce lead levels but show no effect on clinical endpoints

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

Chelation Therapy Does Not Improve Outcomes after Heart Attack

April 8, 2024 — People with diabetes who had suffered a heart attack derived no clinical benefit from edetate disodium ...

April 08, 2024

$Study suggests routine use is likely unnecessary for those with normal ejection fraction$

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

Beta Blockers May Not Benefit Many Heart Attack Survivors

April 8, 2024 — Taking beta blockers after a heart attack did not significantly reduce the risk of death or a second ...

April 08, 2024