Alaska Chapter of the American College of Cardiology

ACC Submits Comments on 2025 Hospital OPPS Proposed Rule
The ACC submitted formal comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Sept. 4, providing feedback and raising concerns on several issues of relevance to the cardiovascular community in the 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule.
2024 ESC Guidelines for Management of Elevated BP and Hypertension: Key Points
The following are key points to remember from the 2024 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines for the management of elevated blood pressure (BP) and hypertension.
Medscape and ACC Centers of Excellence
The ACC has collaborated with Medscape to create two Centers of Excellence on the topics of Cardiovascular Risk Reduction and Heart Failure.
Cardiac Involvement and Treatment in AL Amyloidosis
What is the role of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) with extracellular volume (ECV) mapping in systemic light chain (AL) amyloidosis compared with serum biomarkers and echocardiography?
Triglyceride Levels, Alirocumab Treatment, and CV Outcomes After ACS
Did baseline or on-treatment triglyceride concentration alter the clinical benefit of alirocumab in the ODYSSEY OUTCOMES trial?