Quick Takes COVID-19 infection has both intermediate and long-term consequences for the cardiovascular system. In acute infection, troponin elevation is more commonly a consequence of indirect cardiac injury from critical illness and multi-organ dysfunction than direct viral damage to the heart. In resolved infection, special attention should be paid to…
Other cardiovascular organizations, including the American Heart Association (AHA), have applauded the vision and have collaborated in the development of the application. Formal support from…
As of July 1, 2023, a new version of Chest Pain – MI Registry is available. Now offering two dataset options for abstraction that provides…
Debabrata Mukherjee, MD, FACC
This assessment option, called the Collaborative Maintenance Pathway, will be available for cardiovascular disease starting in 2019, and it will integrate lifelong learning with assessment.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation in the best of circumstances has modest success rates. There is a critical need to translate current randomized clinical trial evidence…
David S. Bach, MD, FACC
Sandra M. Oliver-McNeil, DNP, ACNP-BC, FACC
Heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are a bad combination, such that AF can exacerbate HF symptoms, worsen left ventricular function, and create multiple…
