Tuesday, March 27, 2012
| Joint American College of Cardiology/Journal of the American Medical Association Late-Breaking Clinical Trials Session 308 | 8:00 a.m. CST | |
 | Survival after PCI or CABG in Older Patients with Stable Multivessel Coronary Disease: Results from the ACCF-STS Database Collaboration on the Comparative Effectiveness of Revascularization Strategies William S. Weintraub, MD, FAHA, American College of Cardiology, Washington, DC Summary slide | Video interview |
 | Multicenter Randomized Comparative Effectiveness Trial of Cardiac CT vs Alternative Triage Strategies in Acute Chest Pain Patients in the Emergency Department: Results from the ROMICAT II Trial Udo Hoffmann, MD, MPH, Massachusetts General Hospital - Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Boston Presentation slides | Summary slide | Video interview (English) | Video interview (German) |
 | Results of the IMMEDIATE (Immediate Myocardial Metabolic Enhancement During Initial Assessment and Treatment in Emergency Care) Trial: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial of Intravenous Glucose, Insulin, and Potassium (GIK) for Acute Coronary Syndromes in Emergency Medical Services Harry P. Selker, MD, MSPH, IMMEDIATE Trial Investigators, Tufts Medical Center, Boston Summary slide |
![acc12_sslides_sharifi-[Compatibility-Mode]](/idc/groups/ahamah-public/@wcm/@sop/@scon/documents/image/ucm_438748@z_extracted~1/medium.jpg) | Moderate Pulmonary Embolism Treated with Thrombolysis (MOPETT Study) Mohsen Sharifi, MD, Arizona Cardiovascular Consultants, Mesa, AZ Summary slide |
Related Statistics:
- The most common inpatient cardiovascular procedures in 2009 were angioplasty (1.13 million) and cardiac catheterization (1.07 million) accounting for about 30% of all cardiovascular procedures.
- An estimated 596,000 patients underwent PCI procedures in the United States in 2009.
- In 2009, in the United States, 242,000 patients underwent a total of 416,000 coronary artery bypass procedures.
- Among cardiovascular patients younger than 45 years, the most common procedure is cardiac catheterization.
- Learn more in Heart Disease & Stroke Statistics: 2012 Update
