title: Hotline update of clinical trials and registries presented at the ACC and SCAI-ACCi2 meeting 2008 in Chicago.
abstract: This article summarizes the results of a number of new clinical trials, registries and meta-analyses in the field of cardiovascular medicine. Key presentations made at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), held in Chicago, IL, USA from 29 March till first April 2008 are reported. The ACC meeting was accompanied by the SCAI (Society for Cardiovascular and Angiographic Interventions) Annual Scientific Sessions in Partnership with ACC i2 Summit. The data were presented by leading experts in the field with relevant positions in the trials, registries or meta-analyses. These comprehensive summaries should provide the readers with the most recent data on diagnostic and therapeutic developments in cardiovascular medicine.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Kardiologie, Angiologie, und Internistische Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany. yclever@med-in.uni-saarland.de
authors.forename: Yvonne P
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Clever
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rosenkranz
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Böhm
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Scheller
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D002641:Chicago; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D012042:Registries; D012955:Societies, Medical