Subject: Informing decisions on revascularization

Informing decisions on revascularization

October 29th, 2019 at 8:53 am EDT

An outpouring of recent research has shown the outcome benefits of early revascularization and complete revascularization over alternatives in certain cases. A single-center analysis ahead of full ISCHEMIA trial results challenges mixed data and sug ...

Patient-reported outcomes key to quality care?

October 25th, 2019 at 1:26 pm EDT

ROUNDING UP THE LATEST ON PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES IN CARDIOLOGY ...

ACE Announces New Board Members: Drs. Cigarroa and Cowley

September 28th, 2019 at 8:25 am EDT

ACE Announces New Board Members: Drs. Cigarroa Cowley ...

Sad News

June 11th, 2019 at 3:04 pm EDT

Accreditation for Cardiovascular Excellence is in mourning over the loss of our Chairman, Charles Chambers, MD, who passed away on June 9. Dr. Chambers contributed immensely to ACE since its inception, and his dedicated leadership will be sorely mis ...

Find us at SCAI 2019 Scientific Sessions

May 16th, 2019 at 8:23 am EDT

Accreditation identifies and supports a quality culture in the cath lab (and beyond). ...

Our takeaways from ACC's Quality Summit

March 20th, 2019 at 9:24 am EDT

In case you missed it, we were proud to be recognized with a third place award for our poster presentation at the ACC 2019 Quality Summit. ...

New studies TRASH conventional wisdom

February 21st, 2019 at 7:52 am EDT

...when it comes to quality care on a large scale. Some high profile stories from last week surprised us as we learned: 1) hospital mergers negatively affect quality of care, and 2) hospitals where physicians are employed perform no better on many ...

Latest on Paclitaxel, and all things PAD

February 14th, 2019 at 11:02 am EDT

Our Quality Matters News Brief rounds up the latest news with clinical impact on management of peripheral artery disease. ...

It's harder than ever to be top-tier... but here's how they do it.

January 25th, 2019 at 12:17 pm EDT

HOW DO TOP-TIER CARIDAC HOSPITALS STAY TOP-TIER? ...

A new practice and treatment standard?

December 5th, 2018 at 11:18 am EDT

This week's quality matters news brief features a study which experts say "will almost instantaneously establish a [new] treatment practice and a treatment standard" for AFib patients who had a DOAC interruption for elective surgery. The research, p ...