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Sex Differences in Peripheral Vascular Disease Circulation | Mar 11, 2025
2025 ACC/AHA/ACEP/NAEMSP/SCAI Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes Circulation | Feb 27, 2025
Principles for the Future of Biomedical Research in the United States and Optimizing the National Institutes of Health Circulation | Feb 19, 2025
ICHOM Standard Set for Reporting Outcomes in Heart Valve Disease Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes | Feb 17, 2025
Clinical Management and Transplant Considerations in Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Left Heart Disease Circulation: Heart Failure | Dec 09, 2024

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Journals

Blood Transfusion in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction, Anemia, and Heart Failure: Lessons From MINT Mar 26, 2025 | Circulation: Heart Failure
Novel Global Platelet Reactivity Biomarker for a More Precise Ischemic Risk Stratification Mar 26, 2025 | Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions
Transfusions in Heart Failure and Acute Myocardial Infarction: Novel Data Begets New Questions Mar 26, 2025 | Circulation: Heart Failure
Transcarotid Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement for the Treatment of Severe Aortic Stenosis Mar 26, 2025 | Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions
Thalamic Stroke and Sleep Study: Sleep-Wake, Autonomic Regulation, and Cognition Mar 26, 2025 | Stroke

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Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia
The CVSA Council includes surgeons, anesthesiologists and scientists interested in cardiac, vascular, and thoracic interventions. Involved in basic science and clinical trials, the council seeks to increase awareness of important issues in cardiovascular surgery and anesthesia, disseminate new knowledge, and encourage use of optimal surgical procedures and anesthetic techniques.
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Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research
The QCOR Council provides a forum for a multidisciplinary group of volunteers committed to making a substantial contribution to reducing the burden of heart disease and stroke through improving healthcare quality and patient outcomes. Members gain insight on how to provide effective, safe, timely, equitable, efficient, and patient-centered care.
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