September 13, 2019
Safe, streamlined guidance on procedural sedation in urgent or unscheduled cases may be helpful for cardiologists, according to a perspective from ACC's Electrophysiology, Interventional and Imaging Section Leadership Councils, published Sept. 9 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
August 28, 2019
Structural heart disease (SHD) imaging is a new and evolving paradigm in cardiac imaging. Its primary components are echocardiography and cardiac computed tomography, with a focus on preprocedural planning and intraprocedural guidance of noncoronary transcatheter heart therapies.
August 26, 2019
Can cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) enlighten us in cardiac transplant rejection? Do myocardial patterns matter for heart failure? What can imaging phenotypes tell us about the stages of Fabry's disease? A special focus issue of JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging dedicated to the latest findings surrounding CMR in heart failure examines answers to these important questions and more.
August 26, 2019
Alarming proposals updating payment inputs for myocardial PET that could lead to technical component payment reductions as high as 80 percent for some services, were included in the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2020.
August 22, 2019
Echocardiography is an integral part of diagnostic and therapeutic cardiology. There has been tremendous growth in the field, as evidenced by the myriad of cutting-edge research recently presented at ACC.19 in New Orleans, LA. Echocardiographic advancements span all areas of the field, including technology, our interpretation of the findings, how our findings correlate with other invasive and noninvasive measures of heart function, and the wave of the future – machine learning.
July 25, 2019 | Vinutha Rajesh, MD ; Padmini Varadarajan, MBBS, FACC
There has been an increase in the number of patients with cardiac conditions both in inpatient and outpatient settings. Imaging is the "corner stone" in the diagnosis of cardiac conditions. This field requires various levels of training, including one or two years for a level three certification such as echocardiography, MRI and CT after three years of general cardiology fellowship.
July 23, 2019
Cardiology is the ACC's flagship member magazine — your member magazine — providing cardiovascular professionals with a comprehensive source for clinical and professional news. Find links to all of the July issue's articles and share on social media!
June 27, 2019
A set of key data elements and standard definitions for transthoracic echocardiography were released by the ACC, American Heart Association and American Society of Echocardiography on June 24 and published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
June 13, 2019
The ACC has made a select number of travel awards available to cover expenses for members to travel to ACC's 2019 Legislative Conference, Nov. 3 – 5, in Washington, DC.
April 19, 2019 | Thura T. Harfi, MD
Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and cardiac computed tomography (CCT) have revolutionized the cardiac imaging field in large part due to high spatial resolution and three-dimensional capabilities.
April 12, 2019 | Fawaz Alenezi, MD ; Ahmed Abuzaid, MBBS, FACC
With the supervision of the ACC Imaging Section Writing Group editors, Fawaz Alenezi, MD, and Ahmed Sami Abuzaid, MBBS, FACC, will publish a periodic, multipart series of articles related to the utility of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging in cardiovascular disease.
April 2, 2019 | Omar K. Khalique, MD, FACC
On the heels of the incredible results of the PARTNER 3 trial presented at ACC.19, there has never been a more pertinent time to highlight structural heart disease (SHD) imaging.
March 11, 2019 | Ryan P. Daly, MD, FACC
Even if you are missing out and cannot make it to New Orleans for this year's ACC Scientific Sessions (ACC.19), you can still attend virtually by leveraging social media.
March 4, 2019 | Andrew D. Choi, MD, FACC ; Purvi Parwani, MD, FACC ; Jeffrey Benjamin Geske, MD, FACC
For many years, our institutions – like many academic institutions around the world – have sent our cardiology fellows to ACC's Annual Scientific Session and Expo to present novel research and report back to those at home on Late-Breaking Clinical Trials.
March 4, 2019 | Anita Wokhlu, MD, FACC
Cardiovascular simulation has emerged as a multifaceted learning tool with important applications in transesophageal echocardiography (TEE).
February 27, 2019
Get a unique perspective on ACC.19 by following this year's Learning Pathway Tweeters.
January 24, 2019
Join us at the ACC.19 All-Section Reception, March 17, from 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m., at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside, Grand Ballroom A.
January 21, 2019
Stay up-to-date on all things imaging at ACC.19 during the Imaging Section Meeting and Reception, taking place Saturday, March 16, from 5 – 6:30 p.m. CT.
January 9, 2019
New appropriate use criteria (AUC) released Jan. 7 by the ACC and several other partnering societies focus on the use of multimodality imaging in the diagnosis and management of cardiac structure and function in nonvalvular, or structural, heart disease.
December 18, 2018
Take advantage of free, online certified educational activities to fulfill your 2018 CME requirements and earn MOC credit at the same time!
December 4, 2018
In the latest issues of Cardiology, deep-dive into the emerging risk factors of gestational hypertension and preeclampsia.
November 19, 2018
As health care moves away from volume-based imaging to integration and value-based imaging, a collaborative approach unbound by subspecialization from the Fellows in Training (FIT) and early career level may be transformative for the medical field, according to an FIT/Early Career column published November 12 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
November 16, 2018
In this deep-dive video discussion, Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, MACC; Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, FACC; Anne B. Curtis, MD, FACC; Peter Libby, MD, FACC; and Marc Ruel, MD, MPH, share their perspectives on the most significant science released during AHA.18.
October 4, 2018
In the following interview, Andrew D. Choi, MD, FACC, co-director of cardiac CT and MRI at the George Washington University, discusses the current state and future vision of the ACC Imaging Section with Todd C. Villines, MD, FACC, immediate past-president of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and new chair of the ACC Imaging Section.
September 21, 2018
The September 2018 issue of Cardiology, YOUR member magazine, is now live! Cardiology provides cardiovascular professionals with comprehensive clinical, professional and health policy news; feature-length articles on the top trends and innovations in cardiovascular medicine; expert commentary from leaders in the cardiovascular field; quick-read summaries of the latest research from the JACC Journals and other major cardiovascular journals; profiles of ACC members, like you; and so much more!
September 12, 2018
ACC.19 registration is NOW OPEN exclusively for ACC members. Nonmember registration will open Wednesday, Sept. 26. Register early for the lowest rates and best selection of hotel rooms!
September 7, 2018
While heart failure is an uncommon complication of breast cancer treatment, the risk may be higher in patients treated with certain types of chemotherapy and lower in younger patients, according to a study published Aug. 6 in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.
August 29, 2018
Nuclear cardiology has played an important role in understanding the pathology and guiding management of cardiovascular disease. In the following interview, Renee Bullock-Palmer, MBBS, FACC, interviews Jennifer H. Mieres, MD, FACC, and Leslee J. Shaw, PhD, FACC, both past presidents of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) and experts in nuclear cardiology and cardiovascular disease in women, on how they began their careers and advice for others in their field.
August 16, 2018
The August 2018 issue of Cardiology, YOUR member magazine, is now live! Cardiology provides cardiovascular professionals with comprehensive clinical, professional and health policy news; feature-length articles on the top trends and innovations in cardiovascular medicine; expert commentary from leaders in the cardiovascular field; quick-read summaries of the latest research from the JACC Journals and other major cardiovascular journals; profiles of ACC members, like you; and so much more!
August 7, 2018
ACC's Imaging Section and Leadership Council have teamed up with the Noninvasive Imaging Clinical Topic Collection to create a series of clinical images for ACC.org. These images and videos are pulled from patient cases across the country to spotlight imaging modalities pertinent to cardiovascular medicine and illustrate useful teaching points.
August 7, 2018
Leslee J. Shaw, PhD, FACC, is an outcome research scientist and professor of medicine and radiology at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. She is the immediate past president of the Society for Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, past president of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, past chair of the Cardiac Imaging Committee for the Council of Clinical Cardiology of American Heart Association, and is on the Imaging Council for the ACC. In addition, Shaw sits on editorial board of several journals and is an executive editor of JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. In an interview conducted by Parham Eshtehardi, MD, Fellow in Training at Emory University School of Medicine, Shaw discusses the current status and future of coronary CT.
July 17, 2018
By embracing change and evolution in design, echocardiography could lead diagnostic imaging and drive innovation, according to a Fellows in Training/Early Career column published July 16 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
June 27, 2018
Exposure to ionizing radiation has become an accepted occupational risk related to cardiac interventions. As the field has advanced and procedures have become more complex, the heart team has expanded to include anesthesiologists, cardiovascular surgeons and ancillary staff members. In concert with each of these additions, contemporary research has explored the members’ radiation exposure and methods through which it can be minimized. The interventional echocardiographer is a key player on every structural heart team. In the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), James A. Crowhurst, BS, et al., studied radiation exposure of the interventional echocardiographer, a previously under-recognized entity.
June 11, 2018
The ACC is seeking comments on a draft of the 2018 ACC/AHA/ASE Key Data Elements and Definitions for Transthoracic Echocardiography. The document aims to provide a standardized set of data elements and definition specific to transthoracic echocardiography. Comments are due by July 5.
May 17, 2018
In order to accomplish your goal of becoming a board-certified cardiologist, you have spent at least the last decade in medical training, including working long nights and weekends. You have acquired the necessary skills as a cardiac imager, presented abstracts, sat through countless exams and written numerous research papers.
May 7, 2018
A new expert consensus document aims to provide best practices for safety and effectiveness when employing ionizing radiation in cardiovascular diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
April 16, 2018
For cardiologists who have a focus in cardiac imaging, it is time to reflect upon transitions: within training, shifting from Fellow in Training (FIT) to early career professional or in mentoring the next generation of cardiac imagers if you are a senior cardiac imager.
April 2, 2018
Do you need relevant nuclear medicine hours to meet accreditation requirements? Are you preparing for the nuclear cardiology or cardiac CT Boards? Review over 100 cases to increase your interpretive skills by attending the Recent Advances in Clinical Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT: State of the Art Updates and 101 Evidence-Based Case Reviews course, May 10 – 12 in Washington, DC.
February 22, 2018
As an early career cardiologist, it is challenging to recognize the complex intricacies of coverage and reimbursement. Although an in-depth review is beyond the scope of this article, our intent is to highlight some essential points.
January 4, 2018
The number of cancer survivors has increased in the last several decades due to rapid advances in therapy. Many of these patients are exposed to cardiotoxic regimens that can potentiate downstream cardiovascular risk, particularly on a background of shared medical and lifestyle risk factors for cardiac disease and cancer.
December 22, 2017
The Imaging Section of the ACC is the voice in action for cardiovascular imagers. Established in 2008, the Imaging Section seeks to facilitate communication between the ACC and various imaging subspecialty societies, including the American Society of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Society for Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, as well as the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.
November 22, 2017
In the latest ACC Cardiology Hour, Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, MACC, is joined by Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, FACC; Rachel J. Lampert, MD, FACC; Prediman K. Shah, MD, MACC; and Chadwick W. Stouffer, MD, in a roundtable discussion of the hottest trials from AHA 2017 in Anaheim, CA. Among the trials discussed are DACAB, CANVAS, EXSCEL, POISE-2 and more.
October 20, 2017
This year's 22nd annual American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) scientific meeting was held in the beautiful Kansas City, Missouri, on Sept. 14 - 17. It was an excellent meeting under the direction of the ASNC 2017 program chair Donna Polk, MD, MPH, FACC, and vice-chair Sharmila Dorbala, MBBS, FACC, as well as ASNC President Raymond Russell, MD, PhD, FACC. There were disease-specific sessions focused on infiltrative heart diseases such as cardiac sarcoidosis and cardiac amyloidosis, hands-on reading sessions with the experts, case-based sessions and rapid fire ePoster sessions.
October 2, 2017
Post-graduate training in advanced echocardiography has a relevant role in advancing quality of care due to recent technical advances in echocardiography, as well as in advancing the treatment of valvular heart disease. Advanced echocardiography fellowships in cardiology are non-ACGME accredited. Echocardiography has evolved significantly from the m-mode days to include 3D, strain and contrast echocardiography.
September 1, 2017
Watch the new "ACC Cardiology Hour," an expert roundtable discussion of the hottest trials from ESC Congress 2017.
September 1, 2017
The ACC held an appropriate use criteria (AUC) summit on Aug. 9 at Heart House in Washington, DC. The summit provided an overview of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' forthcoming AUC program, with discussion among participants about where the program is headed and how the AUC community, including the ACC, can help.
August 21, 2017
The August 2017 issue of Cardiology, ACC’s flagship member magazine, is now live! Cardiology provides cardiovascular professionals with comprehensive clinical, professional and health policy news; feature-length articles on the top trends and innovations in cardiovascular medicine; expert commentary from leaders in the cardiovascular field; quick-read summaries of the latest research from the JACC Journals and other major cardiovascular journals; profiles of ACC members, like you; and so much more!
August 9, 2017
In line with the promise to meticulously define the role of cardiac imaging in managing various cardiovascular diseases around the world, JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging will publish a themed issue focusing on imaging in cardio-oncology in early 2018. The issue will highlight current and future roles of cardiovascular imaging in understanding the effects of cancer on the heart, as well as diagnosing, monitoring and treating these conditions.
July 20, 2017
The July 2017 issue of Cardiology, ACC’s flagship member magazine, is now live! Cardiology provides cardiovascular professionals with comprehensive clinical, professional and health policy news; feature-length articles on the top trends and innovations in cardiovascular medicine; expert commentary from leaders in the cardiovascular field; quick-read summaries of the latest research from the JACC Journals and other major cardiovascular journals; profiles of ACC members, like you; and so much more!
July 20, 2017
The ACC is seeking qualified candidates to serve as vice chair of the Annual Scientific Session for a two-year term of office for ACC.19 and ACC.20, moving on to assume another two-year term as chair of ACC.21 and ACC.22.
July 5, 2017
The JACC family of journals has welcomed two new editors-in-chief.
July 5, 2017
The ACC is seeking input from practices on incorrectly denied or difficult prior authorization requests via the new web-based prior authorization tool (PARTool).
June 27, 2017
The June 2017 issue of Cardiology, ACC’s flagship member magazine, is now live! Cardiology provides cardiovascular professionals with comprehensive clinical, professional and health policy news; feature-length articles on the top trends and innovations in cardiovascular medicine; expert commentary from leaders in the cardiovascular field; quick-read summaries of the latest research from the JACC Journals and other major cardiovascular journals; profiles of ACC members, like you; and so much more!
April 25, 2017
In a recent video on the FITs on the GO blog, Victor Ferrari, MD, FACC, chair of the Imaging Section, and Jeffrey Benjamin Geske, MD, FACC, a member of the Imaging Section Leadership Council, discuss ways to engage with the Section.
April 25, 2017
The American Society of Anesthesiologists, in collaboration with the ACC, the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Radiology, American Dental Association, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists, is seeking comments on their early draft of the Practice Guidelines for Procedural Moderate Sedation and Analgesia.
April 25, 2017
Smadar Kort, MD, FACC, has been selected as the editor of EchoSAP, the College’s popular self-assessment program on echocardiography.
April 5, 2017
Watch the new ACC Cardiology Hour, an expert roundtable discussion of late-breaking clinical trials from ACC.17.
March 28, 2017
A recent patient case quiz in the Imaging Case Series focuses on transient ischemic dilation (TID) detected on nuclear stress tests.
March 28, 2017
A special issue of JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, published March 6, focuses on randomized trials in cardiovascular imaging. A collection of original research, imaging perspectives and state-of-the-art papers highlight the role outcomes-based imaging evidence plays in understanding, diagnosing and treating cardiovascular disease.
March 14, 2017
Attending ACC.17? Join us for the All-Section Meeting & Reception at ACC.17! The event happening THIS Saturday, March 18, 2017 from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at the Marriott Marquis will give you a chance to learn more about what ACC's 19+ Member Sections are working to accomplish and to connect with members in your specialty or interest areas.
February 14, 2017
Save the Date for the All-Section Meeting & Reception at ACC.17! Happening on Saturday, March 18, 2017 from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at the Marriott Marquis, this event will give you a chance to learn more about what ACC’s 19+ Member Sections. Submit your RSVP to attend.
January 18, 2017
The ACC has named Y.S. Chandrashekhar, MD, DM, FACC, as the new editor-in-chief of JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. He replaces Jagat Narula, MD, PhD, MACC, who has served as editor-in-chief since the journal first launched in 2008.
December 21, 2016
The JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging website has been redesigned, bringing a fresh perspective to the journal’s vast content – and helping clinicians stay on top of the most important science and emerging discoveries in clinical cardiology.
December 21, 2016
JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging is calling for papers focused on coronary artery calcification (CAC) in cardiovascular imaging to highlight recent advances in the biology and imaging of CAC.
October 19, 2016
ACC’s Publications Committee is now accepting applications for editor-in-chief of JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging to begin a five-year term in January 2017. First issues under the new leadership will publish in July 2017.
October 19, 2016
Those in the cardiac imaging field are optimistic about its future despite challenges from the changing health care landscape, according to a report from ACC’s Imaging Council published Oct. 3 in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.
September 15, 2016
The Summer 2016 issue of Cardiology magazine highlights the work of John Michael Criley, MD, FACC, who received the Distinguished Teacher Award during ACC.16 in Chicago. “Driven to relate the function of the heart with the sounds and murmurs he heard with his stethoscope...
September 15, 2016
JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging is calling for papers focused on randomized trials in cardiovascular imaging to highlight the role of rigorous, prospective outcomes-based science and imaging evidence in understanding, diagnosing and treating cardiovascular disease.
July 6, 2016
The Spring issue of Cardiology magazine highlights the results of the 2015 Data Science Bowl, with commentary on the competition and its impact on cardiovascular imaging from Prem Soman, MD, FACC, immediate past chair of ACC’s Imaging Section, and Victor Ferrari, MD, FACC, current chair of the Imaging Section. “This year’s competition challenged data scientists to create an algorithm to automate the process of assessing cardiac function via magnetic resonance imaging...
June 20, 2016
JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging is calling for papers focused on randomized trials in cardiovascular imaging to highlight the role of rigorous, prospective outcomes-based science and imaging evidence in understanding, diagnosing and treating cardiovascular disease.
June 20, 2016
For the third year in a row, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) ranked as the #1 cardiovascular journal in the world. According to the 2015 Impact Factors for Journals, JACC holds the top position among all 124 cardiovascular journals in scientific impact with its highest impact factor ever of 17.759, up from 16.503 in 2014.
February 24, 2016
Coronary artery calcium (CAC) screening is the best non-invasive tool for measuring the risk of cardiovascular disease in asymptomatic patients with diabetes, according to a state-of-the-art paper from ACC’s Imaging Council published Feb. 1 in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. According to the authors, patients with type-2 diabetes have higher amounts of CAC than nondiabetic patients, but a high proportion of adults with diabetes have a CAC score of 0 or very low.
January 8, 2016
Join Booz Allen Hamilton, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and the ACC by putting data science to work in the cardiology field in the 2015 Data Science Bowl. This year’s competition, which runs through March 14, challenges data scientists to create an algorithm to automate the process of assessing cardiac function via magnetic resonance imaging.
December 14, 2015
As a cardiology fellow, Chittur A. Sivaram, MBBS, FACC, was drawn to the potential of the echocardiography field, which at that time was maturing as a new diagnostic tool. “Its solid foundation in morphology and physiology, along with its future potential in the management of cardiovascular diseases was appealing to me,” he says.
December 3, 2015
Thanks to the successful use of cardiovascular imaging in all types of cardiovascular disease, and the role it has played in declining mortality and optimal disease management, there is continued demand for multimodality imagers and their services. But with the rapid evolution of the health care landscape, the field finds itself facing critical challenges that threaten the future of multimodality imagers.
November 12, 2015
As part of its ongoing strategic focus on purposeful education, the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) Competency Management Committee has drafted the ACC Lifelong Learning Competencies for General Cardiologists. The Committee is seeking public comments on the draft which is the first document of its kind to combine medical knowledge, patient care and procedural skill competencies across 18 clinical areas in conjunction with administrative, leadership, and professional competencies.
October 19, 2015
In a recent Leadership Page published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), Robert A. Shor, MD, chair of ACC’s Board of Governors, discusses solutions within appropriate use criteria (AUC) for understanding and addressing claims denials and pre-authorization issues.
August 4, 2015
Imaging may play a unique role in treating cardiovascular disease in women, yet significantly fewer studies assessing the application and accuracy of invasive and non-invasive imaging modalities in women exist compared to those focused on men. In an effort to raise awareness of this important issue, JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging is accepting submissions for papers focused on the role of imaging in understanding, diagnosing and treating cardiovascular disease in women.
June 30, 2015
Did you know there are 20 Clinical Topic Collections on ACC.org, with editorial boards creating content every week? In each Clinical Topic Collection, you can find the latest news, guidelines, JACC articles, education, expert commentary, and more.
May 26, 2015
The cover story in a recent issue of Cardiology magazine provides an in-depth look at big data and its implications on the future of medicine. It also features an article about the CardioEncounters program, a new approach to patient-clinician interactions, and includes an exclusive interview with the new U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner for Medical Products and Tobacco Robert Califf, MD, MACC.
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