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The ACC Nevada Chapter is dedicated to advancing the field of cardiovascular care through innovation, advocacy, and professional development, ensuring that Nevada’s clinicians are equipped to meet the evolving health challenges of our state.
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Please join your cardiology colleagues at the ACC Rockies Chapter Meeting in Park City, Utah for updates on ACC affairs, the potential new CV Board, and clinical topics such as Genetic and Sports EP, plus a discussion on the growing role of obesity medications in heart failure, and the first-ever Cardiology State-of-the-State report. There will be many opportunities for networking, as well!.
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- Rethinking IABP in HF-CS: Insights From Altshock-2A 65-year-old woman with nonischemic cardiomyopathy on guideline-directed medical therapy presents with acute decompensated heart failure. While initially stable on standard therapy, she develops heart failure–associated cardiogenic shock (HF-CS) despite initiation of diuretics...
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- COMFORTS-II: Do Compression Socks Reduce Vasovagal Syncope Recurrence?Thigh-high lower limb elastic compression stockings (ECS) did not reduce cumulative vasovagal syncope (VVS) recurrence, change VVS-free survival or reduce the frequency of multiple VVS episodes in adults who had experienced two or more VVS, according to COMFORTS-II trial results published Aug. 4 in JACC.
- Outcomes of Physiologic vs. Anatomical Repair and Strategies For Left Ventricular Retraining in Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great ArteriesCongenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (ccTGA) is defined by atrioventricular and ventricular-arterial discordance and is often associated with additional lesions, most commonly ventricular septal defect, pulmonary valve stenosis, and tricuspid valve abnormalities, as well as progressive atrioventricular block.