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ACCEL Lite: Featured ACCEL Interviews on Exciting CV Research

American College of Cardiology
Heart Failure
Cardiovascular Disease
Atrial Fibrillation
Cardiology
SGLT2 Inhibitors
Myocardial Infarction
Obesity
Hypertension
Echocardiography
Statin Therapy
Aspirin
Aortic Stenosis
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Catheter Ablation
Lipoprotein A
Therapeutics
Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
Ticagrelor
Quality Of Life
Artificial Intelligence

The American College of Cardiology offers select interviews and summaries of cardiology's most interesting research areas from ACCEL's renowned library, hosted by ACCEL Editor-in-Chief Alison L. Bailey, MD, FACC, FAACPVR.

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Remote Exercise SWEDEHEART was designed to address persistently low participation in traditional cardiac rehabilitation following myocardial infarction. By delivering exercise-based rehabilitation remotely, the study aims to make recovery programs mo... more

The TRANQUILITY trial was designed to evaluate whether pacibekitug can reduce interleukin-6 (IL-6)-driven inflammation, a key inflammatory pathway increasingly linked to cardiovascular risk. Treatment with pacibekitug demonstrated favorable effects o... more

The CorCal Outcomes study showed that using coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring to guide statin therapy for the primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) was as effective as the Pooled Cohort Equations (PCE) in preventing... more

Among patients with symptomatic nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), treatment with aficamten resulted in significantly greater improvements in exercise capacity and quality of life compared with placebo over 36 weeks. The ACACIA-HCM fin... more

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Maria Bäck
Professor of physiotherapy at Sahlgrenska Hospital and the Sahlgrenska Academy of Gothenburg University
University of Gothenburg
Episode: Remote Exercise SWEDEHEART: Cross-over Trial on Cardiac Telerehabilitation
Deepak L. Bhatt
Cardiologist and Dean for Clinical Research Industry Partnership at Mount Sinai
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Episode: TRANQUILITY: IL-6, An Important Mediator of CVD
Joseph Brent Muhlestein
Associate Director of Cardiovascular Research at Intermountain Health and Professor at University of Utah
Intermountain Health; University of Utah
Episode: CAC Use in CV Risk Stratification: CorCal Outcomes
Ahmad Masri
Director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center
Oregon Health & Science University
Episode: Aficamten For Symptomatic Nonobstructive HCM: ACACIA-HCM Trial
Jasper Boeddinghaus
MD; Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology; co-author involved in Precise MI trial
University of Basel; Department of Clinical Research
Episode: PRESC1SE-MI: Efficacy of the ESC 0/1-hour Pathway
Øyvind Lie
Consultant, Interventional Cardiologist and Clinical Researcher at Oslo University Hospital
Oslo University Hospital
Episode: Antithrombotic Therapy After TAVI
Rolf Wachter
Professor for clinical and interventional cardiology
Leipzig University (Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany)
Episode: Insights From the PVI-SHAM-AF
Ambarish Pandey
Associate Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics, Medical Director of the HEFF-PETH Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Episode: Impacts Of The FUND-HF Trial
Michael Blaha
Director of the Preventive Cardiology Fellowship at Johns Hopkins Ciccherone Center
Johns Hopkins Ciccherone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Episode: Primordial Prevention of CVD in Young

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Alison Bailey
Editor-in-Chief of ACCEL; Host of ACCEL Lite; frequent interviewer and moderator

Reviews

4.1 out of 5 stars from 89 ratings
  • Dr David Weiner

    ‘ Less expert clinicians ’ what hubris and arrogance

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    Card 7
    United States3 months ago
  • ACCELlent

    I really like this podcast. I disagree with many reviewers that it’s short. It’s the perfect length for listening on a walk or a commute or a break. If you want an hour-long plus podcast then you should be checking out the website or journal.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Ramster1
    United States10 months ago
  • Called Lite for a reason; the previous ACCEL was so much better

    I love this podcast, but I miss the breadth and depth of interviews that I used to hear on the original ACCEL/Audio Digest. I felt I could keep up with new developments and thinking by listening to the 3 hours of interviews each month, but now ACCEL is much more limited, thus “Lite.”

    Apple Podcasts
    2
    RandalHu
    United States2 years ago
  • Superficial

    Compared to previous version of ACCEL this is very superficial and shallow . I miss the old ACCEL with detailed interviews and pdfs . CME was nice too . I would not mind paying for the ACCEL if it is detailed and has CME included. The way it was in the past

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    Harakil
    United States2 years ago
  • Senior-RITA

    The audio of the author is very distorted unfortunately.

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    NebraskanE
    United States2 years ago

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Remote Exercise SWEDEHEART: Cross-over Trial on Cardiac Telerehabilitation
Q: At the end of this trial, tell me what you learned from this very interesting organization of exercise rehabilitation.
Exercise capacity improved similarly in both groups, by about 11%, and serious exercise-related adverse events were uncommon. Making remote exercise available did not increase overall rehabilitation participation.
Remote Exercise SWEDEHEART: Cross-over Trial on Cardiac Telerehabilitation
Q: What was the thinking of the investigators? What was the purpose of undertaking this clinical trial?
The investigators sought to address low participation in cardiac rehabilitation and gaps in evidence from small, single-center studies by evaluating remote rehabilitation in routine clinical care, including its participation, safety, and effectiveness.
TRANQUILITY: IL-6, An Important Mediator of CVD
Q: So if you were planning the phase 3 trial, that's what you would include.
Bhatt says he would prioritize patients with plaque rupture, such as those with acute coronary syndrome or patients after a heart attack, because inflammation may be causally involved in their disease. He cautions that the best timing and patient group remain uncertain.
TRANQUILITY: IL-6, An Important Mediator of CVD
Q: Can you just kind of give me a one or two liner about why is inflammation so important? What's the theory behind it and why we're trying to target inflammation?
Bhatt explains that inflammation contributes to coronary plaque rupture and cardiovascular events. Basic science, genetic evidence and biomarker correlations support testing whether safely targeting inflammation can reduce ischemic events.
CAC Use in CV Risk Stratification: CorCal Outcomes
Q: What were the main findings regarding statin recommendations and adherence between the two arms?
The PCE arm produced statin recommendations in about 72.8% of participants, whereas the CAC arm produced recommendations in a much smaller proportion, with adherence to those recommendations being higher in the CAC arm than in the PCE arm.

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1. Maria Bäck
2. Deepak L. Bhatt
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4. Ahmad Masri
5. Jasper Boeddinghaus
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