New data presented at EuroPCR from the much debated ORBITA trial may provide some modest temporary lessening of the pain felt by interventional cardiologists in response to the initial negative ORBITA findings. But the pain relief is likely to be only temporary, and might even be fairly compared to a placebo effect, since the major…
New ORBITA Findings May Offer Modest Symptomatic Pain Relief To Interventional Cardiologists
May 22, 2018 by 5 Comments
Diving Deep Into The ORBITA Trial
November 2, 2017 by 3 Comments
William Boden, Ajay Kirtane, and Dan Mark analyze the ORBITA trial. Editor’s note: I asked a wide variety of cardiologists for their thoughts about ORBITA, presented at the TCT meeting in Denver and published simultaneously in the Lancet. Three of them, William Boden, Ajay Kirtane, and Dan Mark, sent highly detailed comments about the trial….
Comprehensive Guidelines for Stable Ischemic Heart Disease Released
November 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
New comprehensive guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of stable ischemic heart disease have been released by the American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) Task Force on Practice Guidelines, along with the American College of Physicians (ACP), American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA), Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and…
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