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Kentucky medical scientist wins AHA Achievement Award for “extraordinary contributions” to cardiovascular research

The American Heart Association has presented its Research Achievement Award for 2013 to Roberto Bolli, M.D., of the University of Louisville, “for the profound and lasting impact of his extraordinary contributions to cardiovascular research.”

Pittsburgh scientist awarded American Heart Association prize for leadership of worldwide effort to clarify CVD risk in populations

The American Heart Association has awarded its 2013 Population Research Prize to Lewis H. Kuller, M.D., Dr.P.H., of Pittsburgh, “for 40 years of inspired leadership of a worldwide effort to better understand and prevent heart disease and stroke in populations.”

Boston cardiologist given American Heart Association’s mentor award for guiding generations of future doctors, scientists

The American Heart Association has presented one of its highest honors, the Eugene Braunwald Academic Mentorship Award, to cardiologist and medical professor Mark Josephson, M.D., of Harvard Medical School.

American Heart Association council honors Harvard investigator for discovery of new life-saving heart attack treatment

The American Heart Association’s Council on Clinical Cardiology presented its James B. Herrick Award for outstanding achievement in clinical cardiology to Marc Alan Pfeffer, M.D., Ph.D., of Harvard Medical School “for acclaimed research showing how cardiac muscle damage occurs during a heart attack, a discovery that led to new life-saving treatment.”

American Heart Association presents Clinical Research Prize to Florida neurologist for research on enhancing treatment for stroke

The American Heart Association today awarded its Clinical Research Prize for 2013 to Thomas Brott, M.D., “for his leadership of significant and innovative clinical research validating new procedures that have enhanced care of patients suffering stroke and helped to minimize or overcome its damaging effects.”

Cincinnati researcher awarded American Heart Association prize for advancing knowledge of cardiovascular disease in children

The American Heart Association today awarded its Basic Research Prize for 2013 to pediatric cardiologist and researcher Jeffrey A. Towbin, M.D., of Cincinnati, for “highly significant additions to our basic knowledge of cardiovascular disease in children.”

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AHA: Renal artery stenting proves futile in CORAL trial

Renal artery stenting failed to offer incremental benefit over medical management for patients with renal artery stenosis and hypertension or chronic kidney disease in the CORAL trial. Results were published online Nov. 15 in the New England Journal of Medicine and simultaneously presented at the American Heart Association scientific session in Dallas.

AHA: Repair or replace for mitral regurgitation? It’s a tie

Physicians tend to favor mitral valve repair over replacement for patients with severe ischemic mitral regurgitation, but a study published online Nov. 15 in the New England Journal of Medicine found no significant difference between treatment options. The results were presented simultaneously at the American Heart Association’s scientific session in Dallas.

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