The following are key points to remember about postcatheterization femoral artery pseudoaneurysms: Pseudoaneurysm is the most common femoral access complication following angiography; incidence ranges ...

The ACC is now accepting applications for all cohorts in ACC’s Internal Medicine Cardiology Program and the Pediatric Residents Cardiology Mentorship Program. These programs are designed to introduce ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on April 15 that Abbott/Thoratec Corp. is recalling the Heartmate II and Heartmate 3 Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) due to long-term ...

A newly released ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway (ECDP) focused on the clinical assessment, management and trajectory of patients hospitalized with heart failure (HF) includes revisions to the ...

How to document a Review of Systems.The Review of Systems (ROS) is an inventory of the body systems that is obtained through a series of questions in order to identify signs and/or symptoms which the ...

The levels of Evaluation and Management (E/M) services are based on four types of history: Problem Focused, Expanded Problem Focused, Detailed and Comprehensive. Each type of history includes some or ...

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Updated on: March 17, 2025 Please note: the ACC uses a January - December calendar, which is indicated in the estimated release dates below. The documents appear in order based on their estimated ...

ACC clinical documents are approved by either the Clinical Policy Approval Committee or the Lifelong Learning Oversight Committee, depending on document type. For transparency, disclosure information ...

Persistent symptoms after an acute pulmonary embolism (PE) may indicate post-pulmonary embolism syndrome (PPES), a condition affecting up to 50% of patients. The most important consideration in ...

The American College of Cardiology provides a framework of evidence-based clinical statements and guidelines developed by leaders in the field of cardiovascular medicine. Click the links below for ...

Lipoprotein (a) (Lp [a]) is a low-density lipoprotein–like molecule with an apolipoprotein (b) moiety that is covalently attached to apolipoprotein (a) (Apo [a]), a plasminogen-like protein that ...