6th Cardiology Highlights

Cardiovascular highlights from non-cardiology journals.

Meeting highlights. Highlights of the 48th scientific sessions of the American College of Cardiology.

Unstable Angina The Trial: FRISC II Presenters: Lars Wallentin and Bo Lagerqvist, Cardiothoracic Centre, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden. The study: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of lowmolecular-weight heparin (dalteparin) in conjunction with either early revascularization or conservative medical therapy in 2457 patients with unstable angina or non–Q-wave myocardial infarction (MI...

Meeting highlights : highlights of the 49th scientific sessions of the american college of cardiology

Acute Coronary Syndromes The Trial: SYMPHONY II Presenter: Kristin Newby, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. The study: A randomized trial of sibrafiban (an oral glycoprotein [GP] IIb/IIIa antagonist) in patients with acute coronary syndromes. The study was originally designed to include 8400 patients, but it was terminated prematurely by the sponsor (unilaterally) after the negative r...

Erratum to: Recent developments in the treatment of cachexia: highlights from the 6th Cachexia Conference

The term cachexia embraces a complex metabolic syndrome characterized by loss of body weight that may develop as a consequence of loss of muscle mass with or without loss of fat mass; bone mineral density may be affected as well [1]. Over the last 10 years, the Cachexia Conference has developed a forum for researchers from the fields of cachexia and wasting disorders. It is unique in several wa...

Highlights for the 6th International Ion Channel Conference: ion channel structure, function, disease and therapeutics

To foster communication and interactions amongst international scholars and scientists in the field of ion channel research, the 6th International Ion Channel Conference (IICC-2017) was held between June 23-27, 2017 in the eastern coastal city of Qingdao, China. The meeting consisted of 450 attendees and 130 speakers and poster presenters. The program consisted of research progress, new finding...