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SEPTEMBER 2015, VOL. 4, NO. 9
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ON THE ROAD
Cardiology and Infectious
Disease: The Road Less
Travelled
By Dharmaraj Karthikesan, MD,
Fellow-in-Training at Hospital Sultanah
Bahiyah, Malaysia
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Alfred Bove, MD, PhD
PUBLISHER
Gene Conselyea
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Kim Murphy
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EXECUTIVE EDITOR
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Live from London
Check out all of ACC’s coverage, including videos, trial
summaries, journal scans, news stories and blog posts,
from the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2015
in London at ACC.org/ESC2015.
Certified Patient Case
A patient presents with fatigue, shortness of breath and
four heart failure hospitalizations in 6 months. What would
you do? Check out this and other Certified Patient Cases
under “Education and Meetings” on ACC.org.
Featured Expert Commentary and Article Reviews
Visit the “Latest in Cardiology” section of ACC.org for
a wide variety of perspectives and analysis on recent
cardiovascular research and trends. Current hot topics
include:
• The Debate About Dietary Cholesterol: Should
Nutrition Recommendations Set a Limit?
• Anticoagulation Interruption in Atrial Fibrillation – a
BRIDGE Too Far?
• Should We Stent All Vessels in Patients with STEMI?
Pro/Con Expert Analysis
• REALIZE: Anacetrapib as a Lipid-Modifying
Therapy in Patients With Heterozygous Familial
Hypercholesterolemia
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lawmakers; timely talking points
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track of Capitol Hill meetings; and
social media tools to engage with
legislators. The app is available on
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the app by searching “ACC
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For those ACC members attending
the 2015 Legislative Conference in
Washington, DC, next month this app
will come in handy!
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