Tag: ACC
Wireless pacemakers seen as potentially safe and effective in children with...
Wireless or leadless pacemakers, commonly implanted in adults, may be a safe and effective short-term option for children with slow heartbeats, according to new...
Racial minorities less likely to receive CPR
Black and Hispanic individuals experiencing a cardiac arrest either at home or in public are substantially less likely to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from...
ACC launches summer COVID-19 education series
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) is to host a weekly virtual meeting— the Summer COVID-19 Education Series—to provide the healthcare community with actionable...
Athena Poppas begins ACC presidency
Athena Poppas (Providence, USA) is the new president of the American College of Cardiology (ACC). Her term officially began at the close of the...
Daniel M Philbin Jr named new chair of the ACC board...
Daniel M Philbin Jr has been named chair of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) board of governors and secretary of the board of...
ACC partners with AED device company for cardiac arrest alliance
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and automated external defibrillator (AED) technology start-up HeartHero have formed an alliance aimed at making a “significant impact”...
Douglas Drachman named as next vice chair of American College of...
Douglas Drachman has been selected as the next vice chair of the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session. Drachman will serve as vice...
American College of Cardiology names its first director of diversity and...
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has announced the appointment of Ranna Parekh as its first director of diversity and inclusion. Parekh will work...
Societies publish new guidance for the treatment of slow, irregular heartbeats
The American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the Heart Rhythm Society have released a guideline for the evaluation and treatment of...
Cardiology societies come together to provide key advice for dealing with...
The American College of Cardiology (ACC), Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging (NASCI), Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI),...
The top 10 takeaways from the 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS guidelines
In October 2017, the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology/Heart Rhythm Society (AHA/ACC/HRS) released a guideline document on the management of patients with ventricular...
New guidelines on ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death
The American College of Cardiology (ACC), along with the American Heart Association (AHA) and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) has published new guidelines for...
Pamela B Morris to be next American College of Cardiology scientific...
Pamela B Morris has been selected as the next vice chair of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) annual scientific session. She will serve...
New performance and quality measures for treating heart attack patients
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) have released updated clinical performance and quality measures to benchmark and improve...
ACC 2017: More hospitalisations and deaths for US heart failure patients...
Patients with heart failure in the USA are more likely to be hospitalised and more likely to die during the colder winter months, according...
First guideline for evaluating and managing syncope released in USA
The American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association (AHA) and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) have recently released the first US guideline...
Few cardiologists take steps to avoid radiation exposure during pregnancy despite...
The Women in Cardiology (WIC) section of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) report that 47% of female cardiologists have avoided being pregnant during...