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JUNE
NEWS RELEASES
Michele
Orza Named Director of ACC Scientific and Research Services
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) recently named
Michele Orza, ScD, the new director of Scientific and
Research Services…
JUNE NEWS RELEASES
Michele
Orza Named Director of ACC Scientific and Research Services
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) recently named
Michele Orza, ScD, the new director of Scientific and
Research Services…
JUNE
JACC HIGHLIGHTS
ACC/AHA/ACP-ASIM
Guidelines for the Management of Chronic Stable Angina
New guidelines outline the ABCs (and the Ds and the
Es) of Stable Angina...(media kit available upon
request)
New
Technique Found to Help Angina Patients
Angina patients who experience chest pain despite drug
therapy and/or revascularization procedures benefit
from a new procedure called enhanced external counterpulsation
(EECP)...
Study
Raises Hopes for Thrombin Inhibition
The drug, argatroban, may enhance the clot-dissolving
properties of t-PA in heart attack patients...
Review
Article Celebrates the Early Days of the Clot-Buster
Revolution
One of the early pioneers of the clot-buster revolution
looks back at a key study from the 1980s that helped
launch the first widely available and effective treatment
for heart attacks...
Seasonal
Variation in Cardiovascular Mortality More Pronounced
in the Elderly
Previous research has established that people are more
likely to die of heart attacks and strokes in the winter
than in the summer...
Opioid
Receptors Found to Play an Important Role in Ischemic
Preconditioning
Some patients with angina appear to develop a form of
protection, called ischemic preconditioning, against
future heart attacks...
Aspirin
and ACE Inhibitors Found Compatible
New data offer reassurance about the combination of
the two drugs...
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