ACC CardiaCast

Every day, a wealth of clinical information is generated, creating a treasure trove of data with extraordinary implications for patient care. Amid today's data revolution, cardiovascular clinicians can leverage data from electronic health records (EHRs) and registries, claims databases, and at-home monitoring devices to improve the delivery of quality patient care. Dr. Ty Gluckman and Dr. Rashmee Shah explain how to leverage structured and unstructured data from EHRs and what the future of using these curated data sets for research looks like.

In this podcast, Heather Gornik discusses essentials of the ankle-brachial index. Assessment and diagnosis are examined in depth. This is a rebroadcast of the clinical focus session at ACC.19.

In this fourth and final episode of the four-part series, Haider Warraich focuses on palliative care for patients with heart failure who have left ventricular assist devices, highlighting important conversations to have with patients and their families and caregivers.

In this third episode of the four-part series, Haider Warraich explores a unique subset of patients with heart failure who benefit from the implantation of left ventricular assist devices in combination with palliative care.

In this second episode of the four-part series, Haider Warraich discusses integrating heart failure (HF) care with palliative care, answers questions submitted via social media, and offers tips on how to navigate the conversation about palliative care with patients with HF.

In this first episode of the four-part series, Haider Warraich defines the clinical diagnosis of heart failure, including its causes, symptoms, and management, and palliative care, which he differentiates from hospice care.

In this podcast, Kim Birtcher, Seth Martin, Donald Lloyd-Jones, and Lynne Braun discuss what optimal lipid therapy and management look like in a post-ezetimibe world. They answer patient and colleague questions about lowering low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and debate if LDL can ever be too low. This is a rebroadcast from the clinical focus session at ACC.19.

In this podcast, Naomi Hamburg discusses risk assessment and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) therapies in patients. Identification of PAD, exercise interventions, and pharmacotherapy are examined. This is a rebroadcast from the clinical focus session at ACC.19.

In this podcast, Kimberly Guibone and Zachary Goldberger discuss the future of syncope care. The current state of care, syncope centers, and accurate diagnosis of patients are examined. This is a rebroadcast from the clinical focus session at ACC.19.

This podcast discusses the article "Lower Cardiovascular Risk Associated with SGLT-2i in >400,000 Patients: The CVD-REAL 2 Study." The multinational study explores real world evidence on the use of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2. As the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus rises in the United States, understanding the cardioprotective effects of new drug classes will prepare you to better treat your patients.