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Black patients have higher rates of death after PCI

Black patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are at an increased risk for m...

ACC and SVS Join Forces on Single Vascular Registry

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) are collaboratin...

ACC launches summer COVID-19 education series

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) is to host a weekly virtual meeting— the Summer COVID-1...

COVID-19: US societies release joint consensus statement on treating myocardial infarction during the pandemic

In the Journal of American College of Cardiology, Ehtisham Mahmud (University of California, San...

COVID-19: Both ACC and ESC urge patients to seek help if they experience symptoms of a myocardial infarction

In separate statements, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and American College of Cardiol...

Athena Poppas begins ACC presidency

Athena Poppas (Providence, USA) is the new president of the American College of Cardiology (ACC)...

Daniel M Philbin Jr named new chair of the ACC board of governors

Daniel M Philbin Jr has been named chair of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) board of go...

Douglas Drachman named as next vice chair of American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session

Douglas Drachman has been selected as the next vice chair of the American College of Cardiology’...

American College of Cardiology names its first director of diversity and inclusion

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has announced the appointment of Ranna Parekh as its firs...

ACC to tackle patient, provider access to novel therapies

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has launched a new initiative that leverages prospective cl...

Rehab programme after myocardial infarction helps to reduce death

A programme designed to help myocardial infarction patients with the transition from hospital to...

American College of Cardiology New York Cardiovascular Symposium to bring together top cardiologists

The American College of Cardiology New York Cardiovascular Symposium will be held 7–9 December midto...

ACC’s ACTION registry to become Chest Pain—MI Registry

The American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) ACTION Registry is changing its name to the Chest Pai...

Cardiology societies come together to provide key advice for dealing with ionising radiation

The American College of Cardiology (ACC), Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), North American Society for...

New “Corrie” app may reduce readmissions after myocardial infarction

According to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Cardiovascular Summit (22–24 ...

American College of Cardiology expand programme to lower readmission rates after myocardial infarction

According to an American College of Cardiology (ACC) press release, hundreds of hospitals across...

Pamela B Morris to be next American College of Cardiology scientific session vice chair

Pamela B Morris has been selected as the next vice chair of the American College of Cardiology (...

New performance and quality measures for treating heart attack patients

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) have released upda...

American societies come together to publish appropriate use criteria for valvular heart disease

The American College of Cardiology and several partnering societies—including the American Heart Ass...

American College of Cardiology says it opposes US healthcare reform

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) president Mary Norine Walsh has issued a statement on u...

TAVI may benefit certain heart valve patients, update society guidelines say

New recommendations have been published by the American Heart Association and the American College o...

ACC 2017: More hospitalisations & deaths for US heart failure patients in winter

Patients with heart failure in the USA are more likely to be hospitalised and more likely to die dur...

American College of Cardiology update appropriate use criteria for performing coronary revascularisation in patients with stable disease

The American College of Cardiology (ACC), along with several partnering organisations, has relea...

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging also to get a new editor-in-chief

Following the recent announcement from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) that David J Moliter...

David J Moliterno to become editor-in-chief of JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has named David J Moliterno (Jack M Gill Chair, Department ...

New AHA/ACC guidance released for TAVI

A new expert consensus decision pathway will assist clinicians and hospitals in assessing patients’ ...

Few cardiologists take steps to avoid radiation exposure during pregnancy despite concerns

The Women in Cardiology (WIC) section of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) report that 47...

Perform PCI prior to TAVI in patients with both coronary artery disease and aortic stenosis

Stephen Ramee (Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, USA) and others outline in a paper in JACC: ...

New ACC/AHA report outlines 10 measures for the prevention of sudden cardiac death

A new report from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association presents 10 ...

CMS recognises LAAO Registry as approved registry to meet national coverage determination requirements

An American College of Cardiology (ACC) press statement reports that the Centers for Medicare an...