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Native valve infective endocarditis (IE) is rare, with an incidence of 3–7 cases per 100,000 person-years.1,2 Cardiac structural complications from local infection extension include valvular destruction, peri-annular abscess and fistula formation. Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm (LVP) from IE is exceedingly rare, occurring in <1% of cases, and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis is challenging due to nonspecific symptoms […]

Michael Picard, AHA 2019 – Results for the ISCHEMIA trials

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Published Online: Dec 11th 2019

Michael Picard (Cardiologist and Emeritus Director of the Echocardiography Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA) speaks to us about the topic of his presentation ‘Late Breaking Science II: Results for the Ischemia Trials: To Intervene or Not to Intervene’, presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2019.

Speaker’s Disclosures: Dr. Picard has nothing to declare in relation to this video interview.

Questions:

1. Please can you tell us about the ISCHEMIA research presented today at AHA 2019? (0:30)

2. Do you think that physicians will be able to take this research and apply it to day-to-day practice right away? (6:57)

3. What future research do you think still needs to be done? (7:47)

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