University of Arizona Department of Medicine - Tucson

Dr. Eckert was one of our big winners at the recent University of Arizona Department of Medicine - Tucson Education Awards Ceremony. See her and other winners at: https://bit.ly/43wErNy

📊 JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis: The 2025 ACC/AHA/ACEP/NAEMSP/SCAI guideline for management of patients with acute coronary syndrome ( ) recommends a loading dose of both aspirin and a P2Y12 inhibitor for all patients, followed by maintenance dual antiplatelet therapy for at least 1 year if the risk of bleeding is not high.

Ticagrelor or prasugrel are preferred over clopidogrel for patients with non–ST-elevation ACS, and high-intensity statins are advised to reduce major adverse cardiovascular events. For individuals requiring oral anticoagulation, discontinuation of aspirin after 1 to 4 weeks reduces bleeding risk.

The guideline also supports an invasive approach with intent for revascularization for intermediate- or high-risk patients, recommends radial over femoral access during coronary angiography, and advises complete revascularization in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction and multivessel disease.

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Viral Hepatitis Among Specific Populations Learn who’s at higher risk for viral hepatitis: health care workers, people who inject drugs, HIV.

You may have had Valley Fever without realizing it More than two-thirds of the 500,000 cases of Valley Fever that occur in the West every year are in Arizona. Valley 101 finds out why.

Applicants sought for the University of Arizona PRIME (PRogram to Increase Mentoring of Early stage investigators in health-related research) APPLS (Arizona Approaches to Pandemics, Lung & Sleep) Training Program for Cohort 13 with a Summer Institute taking place in late July 2026. Apply today! Deadline - Rolling submission. Contact Brenda Lambert at [email protected] or pre-apply here: https://bit.ly/4uGHQFT

Join us today, 12-1pm MDT/AZT, for the University of Arizona Department of Medicine - Tucson Grand Rounds with Benjamin C. Trumble, MD, MSc, ASU School of Human Evolution and Social Change professor and a research scientist with the Lucy and ASU Institute of Human Origins in Phoenix. He is especially known for his work with the Bolivian Tsimane indigenous people through the Health and Life History Project, examining why subsistence populations experience remarkably low rates of heart disease and dementia compared with industrialized societies.

His topic today: “Chronic diseases of aging in an evolutionary context”

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Good for 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ courtesy of the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson.

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Join us today, 12-1pm MDT/AZT, for the University of Arizona Department of Medicine - Tucson Grand Rounds with Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, the Magerstadt Endowed Professor and cardiology chief and vice dean for health equity at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine as well as associate director of the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago. His research has focused on advancing therapies for cardiomyopathy, reducing cardiovascular disease disparities, implementing clinical guidelines, and using data science for predictive cardiovascular risk management.

His topic today: “Addressing a different approach to heart failure”

Livestream link: https://bit.ly/4dlwG1v

Good for 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ courtesy of the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson.

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