Aug 18 2023 This Week in Cardiology

ICD generator change, less is more in VT management, co-morbidity in HF, and SGLT2i after AF ablation are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic I. ICD Gen Change - Patients’ Perspectives Regarding Generator Exchanges of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.122.009827 - DEFINITE https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/nejmoa033088 - SCD-HeFT https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa043399 - DANISH https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1608029 - Poole and colleagues; 11-year follow-up of  SCD-HeFT https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2020.05.061 - Editorial – Howell/Stecker https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.123.010266 II. VT Therapy Crossed Wires: Ischemia Testing and Monomorphic VT Storm https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995401 - Cleveland Clinic Study   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2023.04.030 III. Co-Morbidity in HF - Hospital admissions in the last year of life of patients with heart failure   https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcad047 - Four Horsemen of Apocalypse Lecture   http://www.louisvillelectures.org/imblog/2017/10/5/whw8sf0m1k0wi6lm6kvjsx4nxzzjg5 IV. SGLT2i After Ablation for AF SGLT2 Inhibitors Curb AF Post-Ablation Recurrences in Diabetes   https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995415 - Observational Study – Abu-Qaoud et al   https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacep.2023.06.008 - Meta-analysis SGLT2i and AF   https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/JAHA.121.022222 You may also like: Medscape editor-in-chief Eric Topol, MD, and master storyteller and clinician Abraham Verghese, MD, on Medicine and the Machine https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine The Bob Harrington Show with Stanford University Chair of Medicine, Robert A. Harrington, MD. https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington Questions or feedback, please contact [email protected]