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Featured topics and Editors' Picks from all of ACC's JACC Journals.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Survey Results Explore Burnout, Stress Among CV Program Directors

While most cardiovascular program directors (PDs) are satisfied with their roles, burnout and stress are prevalent, especially among women and those who are younger and/or in large, university-based programs. These findings are part of an annual survey developed by ACC's Program Directors and Graduate Medical Educators Section, the results of which were published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology
ACC Professional Life Survey Analysis Shows More Work Needed to Combat Discrimination, Inequity in CV Workforce

Underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities in the cardiovascular workforce continue to experience a lack of representation and face discrimination, inequitable job negotiations and burnout in their professional lives, according to a new analysis of ACC's 2015 Professional Life Survey, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Special JACC: CardioOncology Issue Focuses on Amyloidosis

Original research lending to the body of evidence surrounding the management and treatment of amyloidosis, as well as focused case challenges, state-of-the-art reviews, primers and international perspectives, complete a recent special JACC: CardioOncology amyloidosis issue.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Left Breast Radiation Therapy Doubles CV Disease Risk vs. Right Breast Radiation Therapy in Young Women

Women with left-sided breast cancer undergoing radiation therapy between 1985 and 2008 had over twice the risk of subsequent coronary artery disease (CAD) compared to women with right-sided breast cancer with up to 27.5 years of follow up, according to a study published Sept. 21 in JACC: CardioOncology.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Are TAVR Outcomes Similar in Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valves?

Individuals undergoing TAVR for bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) stenosis, compared with tricuspid aortic valve (TAV) stenosis, had similar device success and one-year survival, but a higher risk of complications, according to a study published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology
STS/ACC TVT Registry Shows 10-Fold Growth in Transcatheter Mitral Valve Therapy

Between 2014 and 2020, there was a nearly 10-fold increase in transcatheter mitral valve procedural volumes in the U.S., with clinical outcomes generally improving too, according to a state-of-the-art review published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Clinical Topics: Arrhythmias and Clinical EP, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Care Team, Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology, Dyslipidemia, Geriatric Cardiology, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies, Invasive Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention, Prevention, Valvular Heart Disease, Atherosclerotic Disease (CAD/PAD), Genetic Arrhythmic Conditions, Aortic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery and Arrhythmias, Cardiac Surgery and CHD and Pediatrics, Cardiac Surgery and Heart Failure, Cardiac Surgery and VHD, Congenital Heart Disease, CHD and Pediatrics and Arrhythmias, CHD and Pediatrics and Interventions, CHD and Pediatrics and Prevention, CHD and Pediatrics and Quality Improvement, Lipid Metabolism, Nonstatins, Acute Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, Interventions and Coronary Artery Disease, Interventions and Structural Heart Disease, Hypertension, Smoking, Stress, Mitral Regurgitation

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