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Issue: January 2009
January 01, 2009
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JUPITER trial tops Today in Cardiology news in 2008

Issue: January 2009
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Cardiology Today's Editorial Board scanned headlines appearing in 2008 and chose the 10 most important stories appearing in our pages last year, with the JUPITER trial topping the list.

We asked our board to select their top 10 headlines from a list of more than two dozen articles appearing in 2008. Their votes are tallied and the result is the following Top 10 list below.

The editors at Cardiology Today value your opinions. Let us know what you think about our Top 10. E-mail your comments to editor@cardiologytoday.com.

Top Stories of 2008

  1. Top story of 2008: JUPITER trial results. Discussed in two commentaries appearing in our November and December issues.
  2. ENHANCE: Imaging study did not show clinical benefit. Despite lowering cholesterol, ezetimibe plus simvastatin did not affect intima-media thickness. February/May.
  3. FDA panel rejects over-the-counter statin. January.
  4. Using heart cells, researchers create a beating heart. February.
  5. Contaminated heparin; FDA seizure of contaminated lots in Cinncinati. Ongoing coverage throughout year.
  6. Preliminary ADVANCE data do not confirm ACCORD. April.
  7. Heart and stroke death rates down, but behaviors still put people at risk. March.
  8. Increased Medicare spending for advanced imaging procedures under scrutiny. September.
  9. FDA approves HeartMate II for bridge-to-transplant. June.
  10. Tie: ONTARGET: ARB as effective as ACE inhibitor, no need for combination. May; ATHENA: Dronedarone safe, effective. June.

Editorial Board
Cardiology Today's Editorial Board posed for a picture at our annual meeting in November 2008.

Left to Right Drs.
Bottom Row: W. Gregory Hundley, Robert Roberts, Peter Libby, Steve Nisssen, Carl J. Pepine, Bernard Chaitman, Geroge Vetrovec, Peter Ganz, Wiliam Roberts. 2nd Row: Juan Rivera, Elijah Saunders, Nanette Wenger, Udho Thadani, Viola Vaccarino, Renu Virmani, Rhonda Cooper-Dehoff, Susan Cheng. 3rd Row: Dan Roden, Allan Jaffe, Barry Greenberg, James Dove, Joseph Alpert, Roger Blumenthal, Elliot Rapaport. 4th Row: Michael H. Davidson, Bernard Gersh, Nathaniel Reichek, Michael Jaff, James B. Young, Kanu Chatterjee, Andrew Epstein, Bradford Berk, Michael Weber, Jonathan Rich.
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