Cardiology update





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Meeting

Title

Total : 46

03/2004

ACC

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators for primary prevention of sudden death: Implications of the SCD-HeFT and DINAMIT trials
Reported and discussed by: WILLIAM G. STEVENSON, M.D.
Originally presented by: Gust Bardy, MD (Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial) and Stefan H. Hohnloser, MD and Stuart J. Connolly, MD (Defibrillator in Acute Myocardial Infarction Trial)

03/2004

ACC

The Warfarin and Antiplatelet Therapy
in Chronic Heart Failure (WATCH) Trial

Reported and discussed by: SAMUEL Z. GOLDHABER, MD
Originally presented by: Barry M. Massie, MD

08/2003

ESC

The CHARM Program
Reported and discussed by: SCOTT D. SOLOMON, MD
Originally presented by: Karl Swedberg, MD; Christopher Granger, MD; John McMurray, MD; Salim Yusuf, MD; Marc A. Pfeffer, MD, PhD

08/2003

ESC

The Optimal Beta-blocker for Heart Failure:
Does COMET Answer the Question?

Reported and discussed by: JAMES FANG, MD
Originally presented by: Philip A. Poole-Wilson, MD

03/2003

ACC

The EPHESUS Trial
Reported and discussed by: SCOTT D. SOLOMON, MD
Originally presented by: Bertrand Pitt, MD

03/2003

ACC

SPORTIF III: Stroke Prevention Using the Oral Direct Thrombin Inhibitor Ximelagatran in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation
Reported and discussed by: SAMUEL Z. GOLDHABER, MD
Originally presented by: Jonathan L. Halperin, M.D. on behalf of the SPORTIF III Investigators

03/2003

ACC

Comparison of Medical Therapy, Pacing, and Defibrillation in Heart Failure: Preliminary Results of the COMPANION Trial
Presented and discussed by: ANJU NOHRIA, M.D.
Originally presented by: Arthur Feldman, M.D. and Michael Bristow, M.D.

11/2002

AHA

REPLACE 2: The role of bivalirudin in PCI
Reported and discussed by: ROBERT P. GIUGLIANO, MD, SM
Originally presented by: A. Michael Lincoff, M.D.

11/2002

AHA

CREDO: Clopidogrel for the Reduction of Events During Observation
Presented and discussed by: JOSHUA A. BECKMAN, MD, MS
Originally presented by: Steven R. Steinhubl, MD

11/2002

AHA

TREADMILL: Cholesterol Reduction with Atorvastatin Improves Walking Distance in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease
Presented and discussed by: JOSHUA A. BECKMAN, MD, MS
Originally presented by: Emile R. Mohler, III, MD,William R. Hiatt, MD, and Mark A. Creager, MD

11/2002

AHA

PROSPER and ALLHAT-LLT* Is the bloom off the statin “rose?”
Presented and discussed by: RICHARD C. PASTERNAK, MD
PROSPER was originally presented by: James Shepherd, MD

03/2002

ACC

WIZARD: The Weekly Intervention with Zithromax for
Atherosclerosis and its Related Disorders Study

Reported and discussed by: JOSHUA A. BECKMAN, MD
Originally presented by: M. Dunne, MD, C. O’Connor, MD

03/2002

ACC

OVERTURE: Introduction or Finale to Vasopeptidase Inhibition in Heart Failure?
Reported and discussed by: MICHAEL M. GIVERTZ, MD
Originally presented by: Milton Packer, MD

03/2002

ACC

The INTERACT Trial
Reported and discussed by: FREDERICK G.P. WELT, M.D., and DANIEL I. SIMON, M.D.
Originally presented by: Shaun Goodman, M.D., on behalf of the INTERACT Investigators

03/2002

ACC

Implantable devices for heart failure: Combining defibrillators with cardiac resynchronization therapy
Reported and discussed by: BRUCE KOPLAN, M.D. and WILLIAM G. STEVENSON, M.D.
Originally presented by: James B. Young, MD

03/2002

ACC

The Meaning of LIFE: The Losartan Intervention For Endpoint reduction in hypertension (LIFE) Trial
Reported and discussed by: SCOTT D. SOLOMON, MD
Originally presented by: Bjorn Dahlof, MD, and Richard Devereaux, MD


03/2002

ACC

Rate Control Versus Rhythm Control for Atrial Fibrillation
Reported and discussed by: WILLIAM G. STEVENSON, M.D.
Originally presented by: D. George Wyse, M.D., Harry J. Crijns, M.D., Isabelle C. Van Gelder, M.D.

03/2002

ACC

Prophylactic ICDs in Patients with MI and Reduced Left Ventricular Fraction: Results of the MADIT II Trial
Reported and discussed by: KYOKO SOEJIMA, MD, WILLIAM G. STEVENSON, MD
Originally presented by: Arthur Moss, MD

11/2001

AHA

Prophylactic Class III antiarrhythmic drug therapy after myocardial infarction: ALIVE or dead?
Reported and discussed by: JOHN MCMURRAY, MD, FRCP, FESC, FACC
Originally presented by: A. J. Camm, MD

11/2001

AHA

The Heart Protection Study at the AHA: Yes (statins) and No (vitamins), definitely
Reported and discussed by: JORGE PLUTZKY, MD.
Originally presented by: Rory Collins, MD

09/2001

ESC

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the Clopidogrel in Unstable Angina to Prevent Recurrent Events (PCI-CURE) Trial
Reported and discussed by: CHRISTOPHER P. CANNON, MD
Originally presented by: Shamir R. Mehta, MD

09/2001

ESC

Trials of Adjunctive Therapy for Pharmacologic Reperfusion of ST-Elevation MI: GUSTO-V, ASSENT-3, HERO-2
Reported and discussed by: ELLIOTT M. ANTMAN, MD
Originally presented by: Michael Lincoff, MD, Frans Van de Werf, MD, Harvey White, MD

09/2001

ESC

The RAVEL Trial: Restenosis Defeated
Reported and discussed by: DANIEL I. SIMON, MD, ALEXANDRE C. ZAGO, MD, and RAILA EHLERS, MD.
Originally presented by: Marie Claude Morice, MD, on behalf of P.W. Serruys, MD, J.E. Sousa, MD, J. Fajadet, MD, M. Perin, MD, E. Ban Hayashi, MD, A. Colombo, MD, G. Schuler, MD, P. Barragan, MD, C. Bode, MD, and the RAVEL Investigators

03/2001

ACC

CAPRICORN: The Effect of Carvedilol in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction Following Acute Myocardial Infarction
Reported and discussed by:PETER H. STONE, MD
Originally presented by: Henry Dargie, MD

03/2001

ACC

TRAFFIC: The First Prospective Therapeutic Angiogenesis Trial in Intermittent Claudication
Reported and discussed by: JOSHUA A. BECKMAN, MD.
Originally presented by: Robert Lederman, MD, Farrell O. Mendelson, MD, R. David Anderson, MD, Jorge F. Saucedo, MD, Alan N. Tenaglia, MD, James B. Hermiller, MD, Krishna Rocha-Singh, MD, William Hillegass, MD, William R. Hiatt, MD, Thomas E. Moon, MD, M.J.Whitehouse, MD, Brian H. Annex, MD

03/2001

ACC

Statins, C-Reactive Protein, and Atherothrombosis:
The Pravastatin Inflammation/CRP Evaluation (PRINCE) and the AFCAPS/TexCAPS CRP Substudy

Reported and discussed by: PAUL M RIDKER, MD, MPH.
Originally presented by: Paul M. Ridker, MD

03/2001

ACC

The Clopidogrel in Unstable angina to prevent
Recurrent Events (CURE) trial

Reported and discussed by: CHRISTOPHER P. CANNON, M.D.
Originally presented by: Salim Yusuf, MD

03/2001

ACC

Biventricular pacing therapy for heart failure: The MIRACLE trial
Reported and discussed by: WILLIAM G. STEVENSON, MD, and HAFIZA KHAN, MD.
Original presenter: William Abraham, MD

03/2001

ACC

A Placebo-Controlled Safety and Pharmacology Study of ALT-711 in Older Patients With Stiffened Cardiovasculature
Reported and discussed by:
GARY F. MITCHELL, MD.
Originally presented by: David A. Kass, MD

11/2000

AHA

Valsartan in Heart Failure Trial (Val-HeFT): To Add or Not To Add?
Reported and discussed by: JAMES C. FANG, MD
Originally presented by: Jay Cohn, MD

11/2000

AHA

MIRACL: The Statin Story Continues
Reported and discussed by: JORGE PLUTZKY, MD.
Originally presented by: A. Olsson, MD, G. Schwartz, MD

08/2000

ESC

Beta-Blockers for Heart Failure COPERNICUS Reinforces and Expands their Role
Reported and discussed by: JOHN McMURRAY, MD, FRCP, FESC, FACC.
Originally presented by: Milton Packer, MD

08/2000

ESC

The 4th Global Use of Strategies to Open Occluded Arteries in Acute Coronary Syndromes (GUSTO IV-ACS): What Happened?
Reported and discussed by: CHRISTOPHER P. CANNON, M.D.
Based on presentations by: Profs. Maarten Simoons and Lars Wallentin

08/2000

ESC

National Investigators Collaborating on Enoxaparin (NICE-3)
Reported and discussed by: SAMUEL Z. GOLDHABER, MD.
Original presenter: James J. Ferguson, MD

03/2000

ACC

The Second Prospective Randomized
Amlodipine Survival Evaluation (PRAISE-2)

Reported and discussed by: MARC A PFEFFER, MD, PhD.
Originally presented by: Milton Packer, MD

03/2000

ACC and SCAI

Late-Breaking Trials of Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors in Acute Coronary Syndromes: ESPRIT, PARAGON B, and Second Symphony
Reported and discussed by: CHRISTOPHER P. CANNON, M.D.
Originally presented by: James Tcheng, MD, Robert Harrington, MD, Kristin Newby, MD

03/2000

ACC

If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em: Combination niacin/statin formulation shows pronounced effects on major lipoproteins and is well tolerated
Reported and discussed by: JOSHUA A. BECKMAN, MD.
Originally presented by: Moti L. Kashyap, MD, Rosemary Evans, MD, Phillip D. Simmons, Roger M. Kohler, Mark E. McGovern, MD

03/2000

ACC

OPTIME – Not prime time for
intravenous inotropic therapy

Reported and discussed by: LYNNE WARNER STEVENSON, MD.
Originally presented by: M. Gheorgiade, MD

03/2000

ACC

Argatroban in the management of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
Reported and discussed by: SAMUEL Z. GOLDHABER, MD.
Originally presented by: Bruce E. Lewis, MD, Diane E. Wallis, MD,William Matthal, MD, for the ARG-911 Study Investigators

11/1999

AHA

Inhibition of the Renin-angiotensin System and
Congestive Heart Failure: The ELITE II Results

Reviewed and discussed by: SCOTT D. SOLOMON, MD.
Originally presented by: Bertram Pitt, MD

03/1999

ACC

The Multicenter Unsustained
Tachycardia Trial (MUSTT)

Reported and discussed by: WILLIAM G. STEVENSON, M.D.
Presented by: Alfred Buxton, M.D. on behalf of the MUSTT investigators

03/1999

ACC

The MERIT of Beta-blockade in Heart Failure
Reported and discussed by: LYNNE WARNER STEVENSON, MD.
Presented by: A. Hjalmarson, MD

11/1998

AHA

New Strategies for the
Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes

Reported and discussed by:
CHRISTOPHER P. CANNON, MD.
Presented by: Joseph Ornato, MD, Christopher P. Cannon, MD, Elliott M. Antman, MD, Eugene Braunwald, MD,
Eric J. Topol, MD, James T. Willerson, MD

11/1998

AHA

Stent Mania: Proving Efficacy and Improving Safety
Reported and discussed by: DANIEL I. SIMON, MD, FACC.
Originally presented by: Cindy L. Grines, MD, A. Michael Lincoff, MD

11/1998

AHA

The Veterans Administration-HDL Intervention Trial (VA-HIT)

Reported and discussed by: JORGE PLUTZSKY, MD.
Presented by: Hanna Rubins, MD on behalf of Sander Robins, MD, and the VA-HIT Investigators

11/1997

AHA

Selecting Coronary Stents: A review of the trials
comparing new stent designs with the “gold standard”

Reported and discussed by:
CAMPBELL ROGERS, MD

Total : 46