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American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2008


InCirculation.net reported from the AHA Scientific Sessions 2008 in New Orleans. Our comprehensive coverage included news and interviews on JUPITER, I-PRESERVE, TIMACS, HF-ACTION and all the other major Late-Breakers. Our in-depth Congress Reports round up our coverage, keeping you abreast of all the talking points from the meeting. 


Congress News

13 November 2008

THINRS: Home anticoagulant monitoring matches in-clinic testing

FIT HEART trial: Novel family-based intervention fails to improve heart health

HF patients’ health status improved by exercise: HF-ACTION substudy

APPROACH trial: Rosiglitazone shows modest antiatherosclerotic effect in NIDDM

12 November 2008

HF-ACTION trial: Exercise training safe, modestly beneficial in HF patients

I-PRESERVE trial: Irbesartan fails to improve outcomes in preserved-EF HF

BACH trial findings positive but ‘not likely to change clinical decision making’

Dilated cardiomyopathy patients could benefit from IFN-beta therapy

11 November 2008

Drug-eluting stents beat bare metal stents in diabetic patients: The Massachusetts Data Analysis Center Registry

TIMACS trial: Most ACS patients gain little from an early invasive strategy

Tailored clopidogrel dosing cuts stent thrombosis after PCI

Oral Factor Xa inhibitor rivaroxaban gets green light for further testing in ACS: ATLAS ACS-TIMI 46 Trial results

10 November 2008

JUPITER trial: Rosuvastatin cuts CV events in ‘healthy’ people with low LDL, raised CRP

JPAD study: Mixed benefits of low-dose aspirin in healthy type 2 diabetics

Physicians’ Health Study II finds no heart benefits of antioxidant vitamins

SEARCH: B vitamins not cardioprotective, but statins prevent events



Congress Reports

Day 2, 9 November 2008

 Circulation editor’s choices: cardiac-only resuscitation for CPR

 Personalized genomics in cardiovascular medicine

Day 3, 10 November 2008

 Medical management of atrial fibrillation

 Nonadherence to cardiovascular medications

 Responsible use of lipid-modifying drugs

 Effects of diabetes on the heart: The MONICA/KORA Augsburg Study

Day 4, 11 November 2008

 AF-CHF update: sinus rhythm maintenance does not improve survival

 Updates from ATHENA

 Emerging treatment strategies in hypertension

 Improving survival from cardiac arrest

 Dabigatran safe in AF: the PETRO-Ex

 Depression and cardiovascular disease

 Improving the cardiovascular risk profile in patients with diabetes

 Advances in antithrombotic therapies in acute coronary syndromes

Day 5, 12 November 2008

 Developments in stem cell therapy following MI

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