Dr Walton-Shirley performs invasive cardiology, nuclear cardiology, and stress echocardiography in a private practice in Glasgow, KY.
Her chief medical interests are CHF/hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy and the promotion of primary PCI for acute MI. Recently she played a significant role in helping to launch an ambitious pilot study of primary PCI in Kentucky, the Kentucky Primary Angioplasty Pilot Project. She has also participated in the TIMI 19, Duke-HF, NRMI, and CRUSADE trials and is proud to have been an advocate of the first smoke-free initiative in Kentucky (2011). She champions a smoke-free America.
Dr Walton-Shirley received her undergraduate degree at the University of Kentucky and went to medical school and did her residency and fellowship at the University of Louisville. She is married with two daughters. Her interests include singing, writing poetry and songs, fitness, and, of course, theheart.org.
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Naturopathy isn't magic. It's conversation and nurturing.
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Mortality vs readmit rates: "The times they are a changin' "
11 COMMENTS | Posted Apr 18, 2013 13:50 EDT -
Walking on water: MitraClip crossing the big pond?
2 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 22, 2013 13:55 EDT -
ACC 2013: My take on late breakers and other fascinating trials!
5 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 13, 2013 13:56 EDT -
Obamacare for idiots: The quest for "skin in the game"
20 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 11, 2013 18:06 EDT -
"Ain't nobody got time for that": Where there's smoke, there's fire and calcium! . . . In your coronary arteries
3 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 10, 2013 20:13 EDT -
Women need to go to rehab, but we say "no, no, no"
19 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 10, 2013 18:47 EDT -
ECG monitoring? The lack thereof--that's what's alarming!
4 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 9, 2013 20:24 EST -
Dr Valentin Fuster's Dack lecture: Let go of the concept of focal disease
Posted Mar 9, 2013 18:45 EST -
Congress? You again? Why my 2%?
6 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 1, 2013 15:30 EST -
Hospitalists, specialists, primary-care physicians: It's game time!
28 COMMENTS | Posted Feb 4, 2013 10:41 EST -
Dead subspecialists walking--Enough with the reprieves, already!
24 COMMENTS | Posted Jan 4, 2013 08:24 EST -
'Tis the season: 12 best gifts a cardiologist can "regift"
3 COMMENTS | Posted Dec 17, 2012 11:15 EST -
Grapefruit: Forbidden fruit or juice or both?
25 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 27, 2012 00:00 EST -
Obama wins! But do we?
17 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 7, 2012 10:48 EST -
Attention all echo techs! 104 seconds to scan the aorta and save a life
3 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 6, 2012 17:27 EST -
Micropharma probiotics lower cholesterol: But does it really matter?
8 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 6, 2012 02:55 EST -
Sued? Real reform helps patients, hospitals, and providers
Posted Nov 5, 2012 17:11 EST -
Chelation therapy: Wait for science
19 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 5, 2012 00:38 EST -
Tea leaves or science? Factors that can impact our risk of MI
1 COMMENT | Posted Nov 4, 2012 18:50 EST
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The Look AHEAD trial: Much ado about doing nothing
33 COMMENTS | Posted Oct 20, 2012 09:48 EDT -
Her migraines were cured: MISTifying?
9 COMMENTS | Posted Oct 5, 2012 22:16 EDT -
Will everyone be anointed with the oil of hospital acquisition? God help us.
4 COMMENTS | Posted Sep 16, 2012 15:14 EDT -
Smoking: Worse than bad after stroke
2 COMMENTS | Posted Aug 28, 2012 17:33 EDT -
What if my US patient needs a MitraClip today?
6 COMMENTS | Posted Aug 27, 2012 08:48 EDT -
Saying good-bye to the IABP? Farewell, old friend
1 COMMENT | Posted Aug 27, 2012 06:40 EDT -
Women scorned: CV disease undertreated and underdiagnosed
2 COMMENTS | Posted Aug 27, 2012 04:56 EDT -
Stent for Life Initiative: It's "deja vu all over again"
Posted Aug 26, 2012 08:01 EDT -
The E-cigarette: Should cardiologists add this to our bag of tricks?
18 COMMENTS | Posted Aug 25, 2012 09:00 EDT -
Quinine increases CHF mortality? Watch that gin and tonic!
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CHAD2S2-VASc/HAS-BLED/ESC: "There's an app for that?"
4 COMMENTS | Posted Aug 17, 2012 11:02 EDT -
Oh, the pain of recertification and MOC points!
12 COMMENTS | Posted Aug 1, 2012 22:34 EDT -
CMS to cut pay for second cardio test by 25%? Why in the world?
36 COMMENTS | Posted Jul 15, 2012 08:38 EDT -
The Affordable Care Act--Should I try to hate it?
18 COMMENTS | Posted Jun 30, 2012 18:23 EDT -
The land of TAVI flows with frustration, milk, and honey
5 COMMENTS | Posted Jun 6, 2012 10:10 EDT -
FAME or COURAGE: Can we have both?
8 COMMENTS | Posted May 19, 2012 07:50 EDT -
"Consent the stent" campaign--long overdue!
1 COMMENT | Posted May 9, 2012 22:05 EDT -
Hospital interest rates: Taking the family farm
11 COMMENTS | Posted Apr 24, 2012 20:22 EDT -
Dr Dean Ornish with manna for the masses
18 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 28, 2012 10:05 EDT -
Physicians remember: Mainstream-medicine haters are people too
24 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 27, 2012 12:37 EDT
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All natural? $15 billion worth sold annually
19 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 27, 2012 00:36 EDT -
To D or not to D: Will someone please answer the question?
10 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 26, 2012 17:26 EDT -
Vitamins and supplements in prevention: The impact of the "Amish doctor"
5 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 26, 2012 16:42 EDT -
"US health system reform--what's missing?" Humanity
7 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 25, 2012 17:44 EDT -
Lower CHF 30-day readmits: When do "we" start?
5 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 25, 2012 15:25 EDT -
ACC 2012 opening session: To Epcot with Braunwald
4 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 24, 2012 16:06 EDT -
Medicare "doc fix": Which doc? which decade?
5 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 12, 2012 11:08 EDT -
No mortality benefit with stents in stable angina: Not news, not the point, and what's "stable"?
25 COMMENTS | Posted Feb 29, 2012 09:21 EST -
Cardiologists and generalists: Our top 10 mistakes in heart-failure management
22 COMMENTS | Posted Feb 19, 2012 15:35 EST -
Long QT: The stranger beside us
4 COMMENTS | Posted Feb 8, 2012 09:52 EST -
LVAD timing: "Doctor, what would you do if it were you?"
3 COMMENTS | Posted Jan 31, 2012 08:16 EST -
They are sweeter than you think: Patients need a glucose challenge to know for sure
23 COMMENTS | Posted Jan 12, 2012 09:27 EST -
Contemplating the New Year: A private cardiology practitioner's resolve to stay the course
8 COMMENTS | Posted Jan 3, 2012 10:33 EST -
PCI without surgery on-site: Is your conscience clear?
13 COMMENTS | Posted Dec 13, 2011 10:40 EST -
Why micromanaging cardiology from the White House won't work
42 COMMENTS | Posted Dec 6, 2011 09:10 EST -
The four Cs of competition
2 COMMENTS | Posted Dec 4, 2011 21:02 EST -
Post-AHA 2011: So what will I do differently tomorrow?
11 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 16, 2011 14:25 EST -
MI FREEE, POWER, and better health: You can't even GIVE this stuff away!
3 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 16, 2011 11:57 EST -
Phone and internet intervention for weight loss; SATURN on rosuvastatin and atorvastatin; new CETP inhibitor, evacetrapib; controversy over AIM-HIGH
Posted Nov 15, 2011 19:50 EST -
Cutting copays to better outcomes; Scottish "pharmacist intervention trial"; customizing informed consent; C-PORT E: PCI without cardiac surgery back-up
Posted Nov 14, 2011 19:00 EST
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The ABCs of the impact of the C-PORT E study
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ISAR-REACT 4 on bivalirudin; IC vs IV abciximab in AIDA STEMI; vorapaxar in TRACER; ADOPT: apixaban vs enoxaparin; rivaroxaban in ATLAS ACS 2
Posted Nov 13, 2011 23:25 EST -
ATLAS ACS 2-Where do we stop?
5 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 13, 2011 22:53 EST -
After ISAR REACT 4, will bivalirudin remain the 'ex-Mr Kardashian' of the PCI world?
3 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 13, 2011 21:05 EST -
Kentucky ACC chapter meeting: Rings, stents, valves, and a new Venn diagram?
Posted Oct 29, 2011 09:19 EDT -
The new era of hospital acquisition: How private cardiology can survive
8 COMMENTS | Posted Oct 19, 2011 08:16 EDT -
Renal-cell CA: An opportunity for cardiologists to make Hannibal proud
5 COMMENTS | Posted Oct 3, 2011 09:25 EDT -
Practicing COURAGE trial style: "How's that workin' out for ya?"
26 COMMENTS | Posted Sep 20, 2011 22:16 EDT -
From posters to Picasso: Art and the love of humanity
1 COMMENT | Posted Sep 5, 2011 22:50 EDT -
Clopidogrel therapy in PRODIGY; RUBY-1 on Y1M50; CRISP-AMI; EXAMINATION; Berne-Rotterdam
Posted Aug 30, 2011 18:55 EDT -
August 30, 2011 ESC theme for the day: Coils and clots
2 COMMENTS | Posted Aug 30, 2011 11:52 EDT -
On biking, chocolate, and mirthful laughter: ESC 2011
4 COMMENTS | Posted Aug 29, 2011 18:01 EDT -
Remote ICD monitoring in EVATEL and ECOST; More from EMPHASIS-HF on eplerenone; CREDO-Kyoto on CABG; DES in RESET
Posted Aug 29, 2011 13:30 EDT -
ARISTOTLE: The birth announcement of apixaban into the anticoagulant world
17 COMMENTS | Posted Aug 28, 2011 17:31 EDT -
Apixaban shines in ARISTOTLE; dalcetrapib and HDL cholesterol in dal-VESSEL; global view of CV drugs in PURE; CORP on recurrent pericarditis
Posted Aug 28, 2011 15:15 EDT -
PURE: The key to America's health care debacle
4 COMMENTS | Posted Aug 28, 2011 08:30 EDT -
ESC 2011 President Michel Komajda: "The patient is the core of our activities"
2 COMMENTS | Posted Aug 27, 2011 08:01 EDT -
Ooh la la--le ESC ā Paris!
1 COMMENT | Posted Aug 25, 2011 08:46 EDT -
Third-party payer pleads, "Not enough money to go around": You gotta be kidding me!
10 COMMENTS | Posted Aug 14, 2011 22:25 EDT -
I'd take my chances with Chantix (varenicline)
13 COMMENTS | Posted Jul 28, 2011 10:47 EDT
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The incredible LVAD: No longer a bridge too far?
4 COMMENTS | Posted Jul 16, 2011 16:08 EDT -
Stroke postcardioversion "on" Pradaxa? Oh, really?
25 COMMENTS | Posted Jun 30, 2011 09:43 EDT -
AIM-HIGH: Maybe we should still hold on to our HATS?
21 COMMENTS | Posted Jun 1, 2011 17:27 EDT -
Cardiac transplantation in the elderly: It takes a heart to give one
2 COMMENTS | Posted May 21, 2011 07:51 EDT -
CV patients with bad teeth--Our new "Habitat for Humanity" opportunity and a worthy topic for "The View"
13 COMMENTS | Posted May 1, 2011 18:17 EDT -
Dabigatran (Pradaxa) thus far: Still your "new best friend"?
45 COMMENTS | Posted Apr 17, 2011 08:46 EDT -
MAGELLAN on VTE, EXCELLENT on antiplatelets, and OSCAR on antihypertensives
Posted Apr 5, 2011 18:50 EDT -
Discussing science, anecdote, and opinion: Up in arms after RIVAL?
5 COMMENTS | Posted Apr 5, 2011 01:14 EDT -
STICH, EVEREST, RIVAL, and top interventional trials from ACC 2011
Posted Apr 4, 2011 23:00 EDT -
ACC Day 1: Dr Ralph Brindis and the doctrine of cardiovascular ecumenism
4 COMMENTS | Posted Apr 4, 2011 01:03 EDT -
TAVI vs surgery: Mortality data and cost-effectiveness in PARTNER A and B
Posted Apr 3, 2011 23:45 EDT -
Shane is "one in a million": My brother's battle with a pheochromocytoma
3 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 30, 2011 09:52 EDT -
Dr Lloyd Rudy and "that night": From chicken soup and bed rest to anticlot therapy
5 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 9, 2011 22:31 EST -
The Bale/Doneen method of heart attack and stroke prevention: So you have a better idea?
104 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 3, 2011 09:09 EST -
Without pink stents and angel wings: Mayo Clinic program "In the prime of her life" points the right way to a woman's heart
14 COMMENTS | Posted Feb 11, 2011 23:08 EST -
Attention BlueCross BlueShield and Walmart: Put bisoprolol on your "preferred" medication list, PLEASE!
9 COMMENTS | Posted Feb 4, 2011 09:02 EST -
Casting call for cardiologists and citizens: Smoke-free ordinance "play" coming to a "theater" near you
14 COMMENTS | Posted Feb 1, 2011 09:45 EST -
The impossible dream: Legislation of "enough sleep" for every physician every night
6 COMMENTS | Posted Jan 16, 2011 17:07 EST -
Cardiologists' mantra for the New Year: "Bite me, 2010! Bring on 2011! and take back the attention and accolades we deserve"
15 COMMENTS | Posted Jan 8, 2011 09:46 EST -
Merry Christmas? A relative term for propoxyphene (Darvocet) patients and prescribers
14 COMMENTS | Posted Dec 23, 2010 08:09 EST
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RESTOR-MV: Having your "heart on a string" might actually be a good thing for those suffering from functional MR
Posted Dec 9, 2010 07:58 EST -
The HDL ceiling: Cracked today by DEFINE and the CETP inhibitor anacetrapib
9 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 17, 2010 12:33 EST -
Ready, set, go! Let's see how long it takes us to stop using N-acetylcysteine post-ACT
4 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 17, 2010 00:10 EST -
DES safety in BASKET-PROVE; ACT on contrast-induced nephropathy; dosing for clopidogrel nonresponders in GRAVITAS; TAMARIS on gene therapy
Posted Nov 17, 2010 00:05 EST -
Latest on atrial fibrillation with analysis of ROCKET AF (rivaroxaban) and POM 3 (fish oil supplements); SMART-AV on cardiac resynchronization; PFO closure in CLOSURE I
2 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 16, 2010 10:40 EST -
Take the thrombin-inhibitor exam: Automatically win a million dollars if you get 100% correct!
3 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 15, 2010 23:37 EST -
Three decades worth of proof: Minnesota cities prove critics of smoking-cessation efforts wrong, wrong, WRONG!
5 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 15, 2010 08:04 EST -
Results, analysis, and clinical implications of leading heart-failure trials at AHA 2010: Eplerenone in EMPHASIS-HF; CRT and RAFT; LVAD in ADVANCE; nesiritide in ASCEND-HF
Posted Nov 14, 2010 23:15 EST -
Faith and nesiritide: "The substance of things hoped for. The evidence of things not seen."
1 COMMENT | Posted Nov 14, 2010 16:29 EST -
Gross pics of tobacco carnage: Reverse marketing or empty drama?
3 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 11, 2010 09:21 EST -
Dabigatran (Pradaxa): A welcome savior too late for generations of lost talent
4 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 6, 2010 08:39 EDT -
Physician dollar database: Go ahead. Search me. Make my day.
3 COMMENTS | Posted Oct 24, 2010 22:13 EDT -
"Live from the TCT": It's the greatest, most effective and educational show on earth!
Posted Oct 11, 2010 09:38 EDT -
"A danger foreseen is half avoided": My father's abdominal aortic aneurysm is a fine example
5 COMMENTS | Posted Sep 30, 2010 07:23 EDT -
Picking a team: The hospital or private practice?
2 COMMENTS | Posted Sep 9, 2010 10:32 EDT -
ANTIPAF: Olmesartan doesn't suppress paroxysmal atrial fib; AVERROES: Apixaban gives significant reductions in stroke; DANPACE; FUTURA/OASIS-8; and analysis of top news from ESC 2010
Posted Aug 31, 2010 18:15 EDT -
Novel antiplatelets; optimal heparin dosing in ISAR-REACT 3A; elinogrel, a new antiplatelet, passes test in INNOVATE PCI; ATOLL; LESSON-1; ART trial; and analysis of top news from ESC 2010
Posted Aug 30, 2010 16:35 EDT -
Do something even if it's wrong? The case against unfractionated heparin
3 COMMENTS | Posted Aug 30, 2010 08:48 EDT -
PEARL-HF: RLY5016--A cure for hyperkalemia phobia and a help for needy CHF patients?
2 COMMENTS | Posted Aug 30, 2010 03:47 EDT -
STAR-heart study associates stem cells with improved hemodynamics and reduced mortality; PEARL-HF on reducing hyperkalemia in heart failure; SHIFT; Alpha Omega; HEBE III; and analysis of top news from ESC 2010
Posted Aug 29, 2010 16:25 EDT
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The Alpha Omega fish-oil trial: Sabotaged by "greatness"?
9 COMMENTS | Posted Aug 29, 2010 10:40 EDT -
Thumbs-up for stem cells: Persistence finally pays off!
Posted Aug 29, 2010 09:29 EDT -
Contrast-induced anaphylaxis: My one and only?
3 COMMENTS | Posted Aug 23, 2010 07:34 EDT -
ARYMYDA-5: Academia meets common sense
3 COMMENTS | Posted Aug 10, 2010 08:24 EDT -
Rosiglitazone: 2.6 million prescriptions and $1 billion in sales annually--that's a "whole lotta rosi"
5 COMMENTS | Posted Jul 28, 2010 02:27 EDT -
"Given the limited data," I won't be stopping my dad's ARB
4 COMMENTS | Posted Jul 5, 2010 21:18 EDT -
Medicare and private insurers: Playing and paying by whose rules?
6 COMMENTS | Posted Jun 27, 2010 23:07 EDT -
Go green, America: Time to share all unused medications
18 COMMENTS | Posted Jun 10, 2010 22:36 EDT -
Man cannot live by metal alone: A "mind-over-metal" stance is required for post-PCI success
34 COMMENTS | Posted May 21, 2010 22:01 EDT -
The McDonald's frappé: Warn your patients of this latest example of food-industry terrorism
63 COMMENTS | Posted May 10, 2010 22:57 EDT -
Recertification: Academic heaven or hell. . . . It all depends
5 COMMENTS | Posted Apr 30, 2010 12:05 EDT -
Artificial heart patients certainly "count for something"
Posted Apr 19, 2010 09:25 EDT -
Glasgow, Kentucky goes smoke-free: War and Peace, part 1
30 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 26, 2010 09:49 EDT -
Warfarin genotyping, aliskiren on LV remodeling, gender and treatment, how to diurese in acute HF
Posted Mar 17, 2010 11:10 EDT -
The DOSE trial: The Carnac-the-Magnificent approach to diuretic dosing still works!
7 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 16, 2010 18:18 EDT -
Gamblers Anonymous: Help for those who make blanket statements on clopidogrel duration following DES
4 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 16, 2010 08:51 EDT -
Atrial fibrillation, heart rate control, remote monitoring of ICDs, update on stents, betrixaban, antiplatelet therapies, more on clopidogrel
1 COMMENT | Posted Mar 15, 2010 19:55 EDT -
EVEREST II mitral-valve clip: It's a good start but still a long way to the top
5 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 15, 2010 11:30 EDT -
ACCORD on lipids, BP in diabetics, Mitral-clip may rival surgery, CV risk in prediabetics, psoriasis and CV disease
Posted Mar 14, 2010 22:25 EDT -
Surprise, surprise! Time to INVEST in the gospel ACCORDing to ACCORD
1 COMMENT | Posted Mar 14, 2010 22:14 EDT
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Secret Service alert: US President admits to dalliances with "would-be" assassin
2 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 5, 2010 10:07 EST -
My Valentine to President Clinton: Niacin and a three-hour glucose-tolerance test
17 COMMENTS | Posted Feb 14, 2010 21:52 EST -
Menus should not be minefields: It's time for sodium regulation
2 COMMENTS | Posted Feb 2, 2010 05:03 EST -
Should physicians "gag" their patients to avoid negative chat-room commentary?
2 COMMENTS | Posted Jan 19, 2010 08:22 EST -
"Auld Lang Syne" for CV medicine: The "Biggest Loser" and winners of 2009
2 COMMENTS | Posted Jan 4, 2010 22:55 EST -
President Obama: Ignoring tort reform equals administrative malpractice
2 COMMENTS | Posted Dec 20, 2009 23:09 EST -
The Belgian Parliament postpones smoking ban until 2014: Are y'all from Kentucky?
5 COMMENTS | Posted Dec 10, 2009 00:10 EST -
PPI and clopidogrel warning: FDA, next time, please phone a friend
2 COMMENTS | Posted Dec 6, 2009 22:48 EST -
Private loathing for public reporting of hospital performance: It's time to grow up
2 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 25, 2009 00:07 EST -
Video Day in Review from AHA: Wednesday, November 18
2 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 18, 2009 17:50 EST -
Video Day in Review from AHA: Tuesday, November 17
Posted Nov 17, 2009 23:55 EST -
"Teachable moment" for smoking patients: Would you allow yourself to be "killed" in order to live smoke-free?
3 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 17, 2009 15:45 EST -
LVADS work: Why the US must pump up the volume for the HeartMate II
2 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 17, 2009 14:42 EST -
Video Day in Review from AHA: Monday, November 16
2 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 16, 2009 17:45 EST -
Primary PCI in Masschusetts: Guidelines writers, how long must the rest of us suffer?
8 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 16, 2009 14:03 EST -
Where should we FOCUS on the topic of postop tranfusion?
Posted Nov 16, 2009 12:35 EST -
ARBITER 6-HALTS: Will you refill or newly prescribe ezetimibe/Zetia after today?
Posted Nov 16, 2009 11:15 EST -
Video Day in Review from AHA: Sunday, November 15
Posted Nov 15, 2009 19:45 EST -
600-mg clopidogrel load: The unexpected CHAMPION
Posted Nov 15, 2009 16:00 EST -
Sudden cardiac death: Far-reaching economic and communitywide implications
Posted Nov 15, 2009 15:28 EST
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PLATO STEMI: A concrete lesson in platelet serial killing
Posted Nov 15, 2009 13:39 EST -
CMS reimbursement cuts ensure that American cardiology is a "dead man walking"
18 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 11, 2009 08:14 EST -
Women and heart disease: It's not a democracy
1 COMMENT | Posted Nov 1, 2009 22:03 EST -
Make hypothermia for cardiac arrest "cool": What's your excuse?
Posted Oct 26, 2009 08:31 EDT -
Cardiologists' perspective on obesity and bariatrics: Raising the threat level to "red"
4 COMMENTS | Posted Oct 12, 2009 21:59 EDT -
Michael Jackson's coronaries acquitted
4 COMMENTS | Posted Oct 2, 2009 07:29 EDT -
HR 3200 Part 2: The largest inkblot in the history of US politics
1 COMMENT | Posted Sep 28, 2009 00:50 EDT -
Health Care Reform Bill Part 1: The positives
3 COMMENTS | Posted Sep 28, 2009 00:48 EDT -
Clinical Trials: Time to call for integrity
5 COMMENTS | Posted Sep 13, 2009 21:18 EDT -
Beethoven or Brooks and Dunn? Music is therapy for ACS patients
5 COMMENTS | Posted Sep 6, 2009 09:17 EDT -
PET: COURAGE on a bike
3 COMMENTS | Posted Sep 5, 2009 09:01 EDT -
TRIANA: In elderly STEMI patient, "conviction is the enemy of truth"
2 COMMENTS | Posted Sep 1, 2009 08:15 EDT -
Frustration abounds: EU and US governments stranglehold prevention
7 COMMENTS | Posted Aug 31, 2009 09:04 EDT -
PLATO: Is bigger, better, faster really our greatest priority?
3 COMMENTS | Posted Aug 30, 2009 09:32 EDT -
RE-LY: An obituary for Warfarin?
15 COMMENTS | Posted Aug 30, 2009 06:32 EDT -
Traveling to Barcelona for the 2009 ESC Congress
3 COMMENTS | Posted Aug 24, 2009 22:24 EDT -
Depression: "Don't ask don't tell"?
3 COMMENTS | Posted Aug 17, 2009 08:47 EDT -
CME reform: Abstaining from the very appearance of "evil"
Posted Aug 5, 2009 21:47 EDT -
Surgeons and interventionalists: The same crystal ball?
3 COMMENTS | Posted Aug 3, 2009 08:30 EDT -
President to visit Cleveland Clinic: Too bad Billy Mays isn't still around
17 COMMENTS | Posted Jul 23, 2009 06:29 EDT
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Tort reform: See the elephants in the room?
Posted Jul 21, 2009 08:26 EDT -
Varenicline: Big foot, crop circles and the big black box
Posted Jul 3, 2009 09:12 EDT -
SOS: Does the FAA really know your pilot's risk of sudden cardiac death? Unequivocally "NO"
13 COMMENTS | Posted Jun 22, 2009 00:36 EDT -
Open up? Periodontal disease: A growing cardiovascular concern
7 COMMENTS | Posted Jun 4, 2009 22:56 EDT -
A new message from American cardiologists: Eat responsibly, live long and prosper
13 COMMENTS | Posted May 15, 2009 02:26 EDT -
Conflicts of Interest Disclosure: A Proclamation of Greed or Reward? Does America have it backwards?
2 COMMENTS | Posted May 3, 2009 16:42 EDT -
Nevada Easing smoking Ban? -"What happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas"- We Can Only Hope
10 COMMENTS | Posted Apr 23, 2009 22:07 EDT -
New Vernakalant for Acute Afib conversion-Will quick trigger fingers for CARDIOVERSION increase stroke ?
1 COMMENT | Posted Apr 14, 2009 07:38 EDT -
Clopidogrel benefit greater in smokers --Rope benefit greater in those hanging on the side of a cliff
2 COMMENTS | Posted Apr 12, 2009 20:26 EDT -
Playing Pollyanna in a PolyPill World
7 COMMENTS | Posted Apr 3, 2009 09:56 EDT -
Congestive Heart Failure Outlook Still ENCOURAGING: Remains a HOT topic for ACC 09
8 COMMENTS | Posted Apr 2, 2009 07:36 EDT -
Cardiologists GUILTY AS CHARGED with PASSIVISM on SMOKING CESSATION-----HELLO--VARENICLINE
7 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 31, 2009 11:32 EDT -
Finally -New Mechanical Intervention for Hypertension
Posted Mar 30, 2009 15:57 EDT -
Is (pre-op) "clearance" just a code word for "Vindication"?
4 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 30, 2009 11:43 EDT -
It's the (Health Care) Economy Stupid--What a BISHOP LECTURE it was!!!
4 COMMENTS | Posted Mar 29, 2009 15:44 EDT -
Industry sponsored Prevention Symposium Part Deux (II)
Posted Mar 29, 2009 11:38 EDT -
Satellite Industry Meeting - A veritable PRIMARY PREVENTION- FEST
1 COMMENT | Posted Mar 29, 2009 10:47 EDT -
Cath lab of the future? The future is NOW for Vanderbilt University in Tennessee
Posted Mar 28, 2009 15:52 EDT -
Syntax Trial: More telling with regard to the US health care system than the Healthcare itself
Posted Mar 28, 2009 14:33 EDT -
WATCHMAN DEVICE for embolic CVA prevention demonstrates NON-INFERIORITY to INFERIOR therapy
1 COMMENT | Posted Mar 28, 2009 10:25 EDT
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ACC 2009 New Directions in Cardiovascular Medicine
Posted Mar 22, 2009 07:44 EDT -
AHA wrap up
2 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 16, 2008 16:33 EST -
THINRS--- Study of HOME INR monitoring MISSES the POINT : the need for UNIVERSAL "point of care" INR monitoring
12 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 12, 2008 12:16 EST -
I-PRESERVE trial: I-PROTEST!! DOE and large ankles : A "normal EF" in wolves' clothing?
10 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 11, 2008 12:10 EST -
TIMACS-another reason to be on time to the office.
6 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 11, 2008 00:54 EST -
MASS-PAC Registry
2 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 11, 2008 00:38 EST -
AHA Day 2-Atlas ACS TIMI
Posted Nov 11, 2008 00:01 EST -
Interview with Dr. Mehmet Oz-Prevention and Change-Living it and Loving it!
2 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 10, 2008 17:50 EST -
AHA DAY 1-continued: Physicians Health Study II AND SEARCH
Posted Nov 10, 2008 12:18 EST -
More from AHA Day 1-JPAD: Aspirin fails in primary prevention trial for elderly Japanese diabetics
2 COMMENTS | Posted Nov 10, 2008 11:40 EST -
Space---the final frontier? Likely just the beginning with JUPITER
1 COMMENT | Posted Nov 9, 2008 18:50 EST -
AHA 2008 New Orleans-Will Change Come?
Posted Nov 5, 2008 07:44 EST -
TCT Wrap up
Posted Oct 31, 2008 06:40 EDT -
The only frustration I felt during the TCT was during the Town Hall Meeting.
Posted Oct 27, 2008 07:37 EDT -
To Transfuse or Not to Transfuse.......Tis the Question
Posted Oct 22, 2008 07:17 EDT -
Geoffrey Hartzler-my hand is over my heart in hommage to your work. Thank you! Thank you!!! Thank You!!!!!
6 COMMENTS | Posted Oct 15, 2008 15:18 EDT -
SKIRBALL Center for CV RESEARCH
Posted Oct 15, 2008 14:59 EDT -
MULTI-VESSEL PCI CORONARY--- GRAND SYNTAX STYLE-TRUE GRIT AWARD
3 COMMENTS | Posted Oct 15, 2008 14:32 EDT -
POPLITEAL PCI in a dismally poor candidate for revascularization
Posted Oct 15, 2008 13:39 EDT -
Obstacles to Expanding Access to Primary PCI in Rural America
2 COMMENTS | Posted Oct 15, 2008 11:03 EDT
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My first speaking engagement at a meeting with International Faculty
Posted Oct 15, 2008 10:08 EDT -
A rose is a rose is a rose-but not so in the DES world
3 COMMENTS | Posted Oct 13, 2008 22:43 EDT -
Monday October 13th at the TCT meeting-a veritable smorgasboard of facts that just might change your life
Posted Oct 13, 2008 18:38 EDT -
NSTE ACS guidelines
Posted Oct 12, 2008 20:17 EDT -
Imaging - Think twice before you volunteer
Posted Oct 12, 2008 19:42 EDT -
Welcome to the TCT 2008
Posted Oct 12, 2008 16:34 EDT
