ACCEL Lite: Featured ACCEL Interviews on Exciting CV Research

Mar 04 2025 97 ep. 12 mins 284
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The American College of Cardiology offers select interviews and summaries of cardiology’s most interesting research areas from ACCEL’s renowned library, hosted by ACCEL Editor-in-Chief Alison L. Bailey, MD, FACC, FAACPVR.

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Incidental Coronary Artery Calcium: Opportunistic Screening of Prior Non-gated Chest CTs To Improve Statin Rates 

Mar 04 2025 10 mins  
Notifying patients and their clinicians about incidental coronary calcium findings can encourage shared decision-making on preventive therapies and significantly boost statin use among high-risk individuals. Each year, tens of millions of chest computed tomography (CT) scans are performed, yet valuable data on coronary calcium often remain unused — an untapped opportunity to en

Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Left Heart Disease: Clinical Presentations, Implications for the RV and Treatment Target

Feb 25 2025 11 mins  
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is most commonly linked to left heart disease (LHD). The 7th World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension PH-LHD task force reviewed newly reported randomized clinical trial results and explored novel strategies to enhance patient outcomes. Their findings uncovered key data essential for improving clinical care. In this interview, Drs. William Boden and

Cardiovascular Health, CKM Syndrome and CVD Risk: Putting It All Together 

Feb 18 2025 15 mins  
Three complementary constructs ̶  cardiovascular health, cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment  ̶ exist to aid physicians in understanding where a patient is in the journey from health to disease and assist with clinical decision-making for preventive interventions across the life course.     In this

Artificial Intelligence-based Automated ECHOcardiographic Measurements and the Workflow of Sonographers (AI-ECHO): Randomized Crossover Trial 

Feb 11 2025 10 mins  
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) assistance in echocardiography is proving beneficial in a multitude of ways: significantly reducing time per examination, increasing the average number of examinations per day, improving image quality, and decreasing mental fatigue in sonographers. Through AI-based echocardiography patients receive faster, high-quality diagnostics, which ben

Implications for Ablation Outcomes: Results from the ARREST-AF Trial

Feb 04 2025 13 mins  
In this episode, Drs. Joseph Marine and Rajeev Pathak dive into the ARREST-AF trial and its implications for ablation outcomes in atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients. Listen as they explore the key findings of the trial, including the best approaches to risk factor management for AFib, and why catheter ablation remains a critical treatment option. Learn about the patient populatio

Tools of the Trade for HCM: Update in Diagnosis and Management Strategies of a Common Cardiomyopathy

Jan 28 2025 13 mins  
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is generally an inherited global heart disease in which only a fraction of those with the condition are clinically diagnosed. The recently published HCM guidelines include major changes focusing on medical therapy, increased emphasis exercise testing, management of sudden death risk, and screening for atrial fibrillation. In this interview, Drs

The Role of Advanced Lipid Testing in 2024 

Jan 21 2025 11 mins  
Advanced lipid testing holds significant potential in cardiovascular care by enhancing risk prediction beyond standard lipid panels. For patients, this means more tailored treatment and better outcomes by addressing residual risk not captured by traditional LDL-C assessments​.   In this interview, Drs. Laxmi Mehta and Michael Shapiro discuss the role and importance of adv

SUMMIT Trial: Tirzepatide for Heart Failure, Preserved Ejection Fraction and Obesity

Jan 14 2025 15 mins  
he SUMMIT trial compared the safety and efficacy of tirzepatide among patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and obesity. Results from the trial concluded that treatment of obesity reduces major heart failure events in addition to improving health status and exercise tolerance. In this interview, Drs. Alison Bailey and Milton Packer examine the pow

Geographic Disparities in Access to Cardiologists in the United States

Jan 07 2025 11 mins  
Nearly one-half of US counties have no practicing cardiologists. These counties with limited access to cardiovascular care tend to be more rural and socioeconomically disadvantaged, with a greater burden of cardiovascular disease, highlighting deep geographic disparity in access to cardiovascular care in the US. In this interview, Drs. Bailey and Kim discuss “Geographic Dispa

Top Takeaways from 2024: EP with Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD, MBA, FACC

Dec 19 2024 17 mins  
In this interview, Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD, MBA, FACC, and Alison L. Bailey, MD FACC, discuss the Top Electrophysiology (EP) Takeaways from 2024. Dr. Lakkireddy discusses climate change, high school mandated education on cardiopulmonary resuscitation, important trials impacting atrial fibrillation including PROMPT-AF and ARREST-AF, and more. Sang C, Liu Q, Lai Y, et al. Pu