Chris Cole

News and online resources to help you make better financial decisions for your practice.

A look at the single-function devices the smartphone has killed or is killing.

When a dementia diagnosis isn't Alzheimer's diease, the neurologist's job becomes much trickier.

When a neurologist encounters a patient with a form of NBIA, it's often their first patient with NBIA.

The defense attorney for a teen who brought pipe bombs, a chainsaw, and a sword to a high school said he has schizophrenia.

The FDA this week will consider a new diagnostic test that uses PET scans to identify amyloid plaques in living patients.

Six standout posters were presented on Tuesday that focused on Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Seven standout studies were presented during this morning's plenary session.

What do gastroenterologists need to know before creating a website for their practice?

Coding issues remain a moving target in gastroenterology, and one must rely on other sources to remain up to date.

Seven poster presentations focused on ulcerative colitis during the Monday, October 18, poster presentations. Here, each is summarized.

Of the nearly 400 clinical vignettes and case reports presented on Monday, two focused on ulcerative colitis.

Results from five standout studies were presented during this morning's President's Plenary Session.

What evidence exists to support the use of antidepressants in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.

Ling Chang, MD, discusses recommendations from the ACG Task Force on management of IBS, and patient-related factors that guide IBS.

Unexpected technology applications are transforming daily practice�everything from how you search for clinical information to how you share and store your data.

Among the top study results presented during this session at the ACC 59th Annual Scientific Session, here are three focusing on pulmonary hypertension.

During the meeting, there were hundred of poster presentations. Hypertension-specific posters are profiled here.

In yet another outstanding set of poster presentations, the following were among the best under the heading "hypertension and heart failure."

These three posters presented at the conference stood out under the "exercise and vascular modulation" heading.

Several studies were presented under the topic of biomarker implications in myocardial ischemia/infarction at the ACC.10.

There were several very good studies presented during this poster session at ACC.10. Here, the best are highlighted.

Highlights from studies on the hypertension effects on the left ventricle, from posters presented at the 59th Annual Scientific Sessions of the ACC.

Poster presentations focused on angiotensin receptor blockers from the ACC 59th Annual Scientific Session.

Poster highlights from the the 59th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology.

This plenary session featured several distinguished speakers from across Europe and North America who reviewed the latest information in the area of atrial fibrillation.

This abstract poster session featured the topics of left atrial scar remodeling, closure of gap lesions, incidence of complete circumferential scar of the pulmonary vein antra, contact force mapping and ultrasound, antral isolation of pulmonary veins, radiofrequency ablation versus visutally guided laser balloon ablation, regional differences in left atrial wall thickness, and more. Highlights of these research posters are offered below.

This session focused on the current state of practice for atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation; the pathophysiology of AF, including genetics, atrial structure, and neurologic input; and clinical and epidemiological insights into imaging AF substrate.

This abstract oral session, featuring presenters who were given 15 minutes to review their research, provided attendees with information on the E/e’ ratio as a prognostic predictor in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), the association between atrial and ventricular ECG findings and cardiac circulating biomarkers, stiffness of the left atrium, left atrial function as a predictor of first AF in older adults, and the mechanism of improvement of cardiac function in patients with AF. The studies are reviewed here.

This abstract session featured presenters for studies that focused on the importance of atrial surface area and refractory period in sustaining atrial fibrillation (AF), mechanisms of CFAE formation in the posterior left atrium during induced AF, the left atrial ganlionated plexus, and complex fractionated atrial electrogramm versus liner ablation for persistent AF.