Showing papers in "Journal of the American College of Cardiology in 2017"
TL;DR: The next generation of leaders in the field of FACC/FAHA education and training will be shaped by the experiences of the past 50 years, which will help shape the future of the profession.
3,041 citations
TL;DR: In this article, Levine and O'Gara proposed a new chairperson for FAHA, who was elected by a majority of the FAHA board members, including Birtcher, Bozkurt and Halperin.
2,812 citations
Gregory A. Roth1, Catherine O. Johnson1, Amanuel Alemu Abajobir2, Foad Abd-Allah3 +170 more•Institutions (99)
TL;DR: The GBD (Global Burden of Disease) 2015 study integrated data on disease incidence, prevalence, and mortality to produce consistent, up-to-date estimates for cardiovascular burden, finding that CVDs remain a major cause of health loss for all regions of the world.
2,525 citations
TL;DR: Jonathan L. Halperin, MD, FACC, FAHA, Chair Glenn N. Levine, MD; Sana M. Al-Khatib; and Lesley H. Curtis, PhD,FAHA are the current members of the FACC/FAHA Board of Directors.
1,487 citations
TL;DR: Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PHD, FACC, FAHA*y Javed Butler,MD, MBA, MPH, F ACC,FAHA*z Donald E. Casey, JR, MD; Monica M.Casey, JR; and Cheryl Westlake,PHD, RN, ACNS-BC, FAha, FHFSA.
1,468 citations
TL;DR: The next chair and vice-chair will be announced at a special meeting of the American Academy of Anti-Accident and Accident Medicine (AACC) board of directors in New York later this month.
1,273 citations
Good Samaritan Hospital1, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova2, University of Wisconsin-Madison3, Ohio State University4, Brigham and Women's Hospital5, University of California, San Diego6, Instituto Politécnico Nacional7, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine8, University of Pennsylvania9, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine10, Harvard University11, Mayo Clinic12
TL;DR: Evidence supports a causal association of sleep apnea with the incidence and morbidity of hypertension, coronary heart disease, arrhythmia, heart failure, and stroke, and research that has addressed the effect ofSleep apnea treatment on cardiovascular disease and clinical endpoints is reviewed.
769 citations
TL;DR: Paul K. Whelton, MB, MD, MSc, FAHA, Chair, Writing Committee, Robert M. Carey,MD,FAHA, Vice Chair, writing Committee, Wilbert S. Aronow, MD., MD, FACC, FAha, Writing committee Member.
672 citations
TL;DR: This review summarizes the current landscape of Lp(a), discusses controversies, and reviews emerging therapies to reduce plasma Lp (a) levels to decrease risk of CVD and CAVS.
618 citations
TL;DR: Among patients hospitalized with HF, patients across the EF spectrum have a similarly poor 5-year survival with an elevated risk for cardiovascular and HF admission, which underscores the need to improve treatment of patients with HF.
599 citations
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that LAAC with Watchman provides stroke prevention in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation comparable to warfarin, with additional reductions in major bleeding, particularly hemorrhagic stroke, and mortality.
TL;DR: In this explorative randomized controlled trial involving mechanically ventilated patients with CS after AMI, routine treatment with pMCS was not associated with reduced 30-day mortality compared with IABP.
TL;DR: A glimpse of AI's application in cardiovascular clinical care is given and its potential role in facilitating precision cardiovascular medicine is discussed.
TL;DR: Higher intake of a plant-based diet index rich in healthier plant foods is associated with substantially lower CHD risk, whereas a plant’s diet index that emphasizes less-healthy plant foods are associated with higher CHD risk.
TL;DR: Michael J. Wolk, MD, MACC, Moderator Manesh R. Patel,MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI, Writing Group Liaison, and Gregory J. Dehmer, MD have contributed to this work on behalf of the authors.
Valve Corporation1, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center2, McGill University Health Centre3, Population Health Research Institute4, University of Ottawa5, University of Toronto6, University of Manitoba7, Université de Montréal8, Harvard University9, Washington University in St. Louis10, Montreal Heart Institute11, Jewish General Hospital12, McGill University13
TL;DR: A brief 4-item scale encompassing lower-extremity weakness, cognitive impairment, anemia, and hypoalbuminemia outperformed other frailty scales and is recommended for use in this setting.
TL;DR: This work describes the changing properties of the pulmonary vascular system and the right ventricle, as well as their coupling, as important concepts for understanding the changes that occur in pulmonary hypertension and shows how all relevant physiological parameters can be derived using an integrative approach.
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that PA is a frequent cause of secondary hypertension, even in the general population of patients with hypertension, and indicates that most of these patients should be screened for PA.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a new chair for FAHA, which was elected by a majority of the FAHA board members, including Levine, O'Gara, and Bozkurt.
Anschutz Medical Campus1, Duke University2, University of Florida3, Scott & White Hospital4, Emory University5, University of California, San Francisco6, Harvard University7, Hackensack University Medical Center8, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine9, Beaumont Hospital10, University of Pennsylvania11, Cleveland Clinic12, American College of Cardiology13, Society of Thoracic Surgeons14, Mayo Clinic15
TL;DR: The TVT Registry is an innovative registry that that monitors quality, patient safety and trends for these rapidly evolving new technologies.
TL;DR: Patients with incident cancer face a substantially increased short-term risk of arterial thromboembolism, and this epidemiological relationship is better defined, including the effects of cancer stage.
TL;DR: Evaluating contemporary utilization trends and in-hospital outcomes for isolated TV surgery in the United States found that despite an increase in surgical volume, operative mortality has not changed.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared the performance of conventional covariate adjustment with four common PS methods: matching, stratification, inverse probability weighting, and use of PS as a covariate.
TL;DR: This update provides a reassessment of clinical scenarios that the writing group felt to be affected by significant changes in the medical literature or gaps from prior criteria, to provide a framework for the assessment of practice patterns that will hopefully improve physician decision making.
TL;DR: This work was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a collection of donations made by members of the public and the media.
TL;DR: An interdisciplinary palliative care intervention in advanced HF patients showed consistently greater benefits in quality of life, anxiety, depression, and spiritual well-being compared with UC alone.
TL;DR: In this paper, the experimental and clinical evidence reviewed here support interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) as both a local vascular and systemic contributor in this regard.
TL;DR: The present article reviews the challenges posed by infective endocarditis and outlines current and future strategies to limit its impact.
TL;DR: The Task Force recognizes the need for objective, independent Evidence Review Committees that include methodologists, epidemiologists, clinicians, and biostatisticians who systematically survey, abstract, and assess the evidence to address systematic review questions posed in the PICOTS format.
Cleveland Clinic1, Columbia University2, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center3, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai4, University at Buffalo5, New York University6, University of Pennsylvania7, Emory University8, Leipzig University9, University of Washington10, MedStar Washington Hospital Center11, Washington University in St. Louis12, Duke University13, Columbia University Medical Center14
TL;DR: TCEP was safe, captured embolic debris in 99% of patients, and did not change neurocognitive function, and reduction in new lesion volume on magnetic resonance scans was not statistically significant.