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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. 

News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies

March 19, 2019 — The Bristol-Myers Squibb-Pfizer Alliance announced results from the Phase 4 AUGUSTUS trial evaluating ...

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Feature | ACC

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) released a list of the latest practice-changing presentations at the ACC.19 ...

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News | FFR Technologies

March 19, 2019 — Late-breaking results confirm the HeartFlow FFRct (fractional flow reserve computed tomography) ...

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ACC/AHA Update Guidance for Preventing Heart Disease; Stroke
Feature | Cardiac Diagnostics

March 18, 2019 — The choices we make every day can have a lasting effect on our heart and vascular health. Adopting a ...

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SyncVision iFR Co-registration from Philips Healthcare maps iFR pressure readings onto angiogram.
Feature | Cardiac Imaging | By Greg Freiherr

As many as one in four patients who undergo cath lab interventions can benefit from a technology that identifies the ...

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News | Wearables

March 18, 2019 — Researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine presented preliminary results of the Apple ...

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Jennifer N. A. Silva, M.D., a pediatric cardiologist at Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis, Mo., describes “mixed reality” at ACC19 Future Hub.
Feature | Cardiac Imaging | By Greg Freiherr

Virtual reality (VR) and its less immersive kin, augmented reality (AR), are gaining traction in some medical ...

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WVU cardiology chief Partho Sengupta, M.D., describes at ACC 2019 how artificial intelligence already helps cardiologists in echocardiography.
Feature | Cardiac Imaging | By Greg Freiherr

Machine learning is already having an enormous impact on cardiology, automatically calculating measurements in ...

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Technology | Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices (CRT)

March 15, 2019 – Biotronik announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the Acticor and Rivacor high ...

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News | Cardiovascular Business

March 15, 2019 — The American College of Cardiology’s first annual ACC Quality Summit, held March 13-15 in New Orleans ...

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News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

March 15, 2019 — Artificial intelligence (AI) company Bay Labs announced the presentation of two studies assessing ...

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Podcast | Cardiac Imaging

As a noninvasive technology, computed tomography (CT) is brimming with possibilities, particularly as an angiographic ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

March 14, 2019 — Beginning in mid-2019, hospitals performing transcatheter valve repair and replacement will be able to ...

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News | Computed Tomography (CT)

March 14, 2019 — Siemens Healthineers will introduce the Somatom go.Top Cardiovascular Edition, a new version of its ...

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FDA Approves MitraClip for Use in Heart Failure Patients With Functional Mitral Regurgitation
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | Jeff Zagoudis, Associate Editor

March 14, 2019 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the MitraClip heart valve repair device for ...

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