Linda Geisler, MA

	The following heart disease apps were chosen based on their potential value, simplicity/ease of use, and topical content. The app on ECG interpretation is designed to help enhance skills in reading ECGs and in recognizing specific abnormalities. A heart failure app allows active surveillance of and communication with patients recovering from HF events. Two apps are excellent teaching tools for physician and patient alike and another offers access to all things ACS in a hand-held device. Also included is an educational app that “gameifies” surgery, because specialists and trainees in cardiovascular medicine need some downtime, too.

ECG-Cases, Exams, Quizzes and Tutorials for Continuing Medical Education

 provides a wide variety of 12-lead ECG cases that can be searched by keywords, shared with colleagues.  

 allows physicians to follow and communicate with patients who have recently suffered heart failure.

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 provides highly-detailed 3D images that can be manipulated in several planes for professional learning and patient education.

	ACS Trials provides hand-held access to the nearly 100 pivotal trials that are the foundation of current practice and inlcudes more than 30 risk assessment calculators specific to cardiology.

 is a deeply layered educational tool for surgeons in numerous specialties and uses gameification to challenge the competitor in long-time practitioners and surgery residents alike.

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Get a top-line look at 5 mobile applications specifically for cardiologists that offer learning, teaching, and patient communication at unique levels of detail.

5 Top Cardiology Apps II

	Acceptance of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) 2013 cholesterol management guidelines has been less than hearty among cardiovascular disease professionals. Some disagree with the shift in focus from a treat-to-target to a more global risk reduction approach. Whatâs your opinion? How well do you know the new recommendations for use of statin therapy? 

	Our brief quiz takes a deep dive into the revised parameters that outline who to treat, when, and how. Good luck.

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2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults

Find out what you know about the specific recommendations on who should be treated with statins, which ones, and why.

2013 ACC/AHA Cholesterol Guidelines: 8-Question Quiz

	
	Among the various heart disease apps that can help the busy cardiologist in their daily practice are reference apps for drugs, tests, treatments, devices, or reimbursements and education apps for the provider or patient. In the slides that follow are 5 of the best medical apps for specialists and trainees in cardiovascular disease based on their potential usefulness, simplicity/ease of use, and topical content.  

 provides therapy selection options from the ACC/AHA/HRS Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines based on individual risk of stroke. It can be used to calculate a patientâs stroke risk, bleed risk, and renal function.

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 provides a searchable database with more than 30 videos of catheterization procedures as well as detailed overviews of important catheterization and angiography topics and reviews of medical literature.

HeartEvidence Pro: Landmark Trials in Cardiology 

reviews the top trials in cardiology to help physicians and medical students easily find landmark trials. Providers who would like to contribute to the app may contact doctorjhmpark@gmail.com.

Logo image courtesy of JoongHeum Park, MD

is a point-of-care education tool that includes the ability to compare abnormal and normal images, 3D animation and videos of the most common CV conditions and procedures.

 contains multiple peer-reviewed cases based on real-life patients and covers a broad spectrum of cardiovascular disordersâfrom arrhythmias to valvular heart disease.

Author | Linda Geisler, MA

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