Apr 15, 2022 This Week in Cardiology

ACC Recap, Part 2: VT ablation, HF care, three-vessel disease, and patiromer are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers 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 – VT ablation VT Ablation After First ICD Shock Boosts Survival: PARTITA https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/971969 • Does Timing of Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation Affect Prognosis in Patients With an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator? Results From the Multicenter Randomized PARTITA Trial https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.059598 • Substrate Ablation vs Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy for Symptomatic Ventricular Tachycardia https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2022.01.050 • Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation versus Escalation of Antiarrhythmic Drugs https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1513614 II – HF Care Alerts Improve Prescribing of HF Quadruple Therapy: PROMPT-HF https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/972079 • Electronic Alerts to Improve Heart Failure Therapy in Outpatient Practice: A Cluster Randomized Trial https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2022.03.338 • Reassessing Quality Assessment — The Flawed System for Fixing a Flawed System https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms2200976 III – Three-Vessel Disease FAME 3 Subanalysis Adds Twist to Negative Primary Results https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/971495 • Fractional Flow Reserve–Guided PCI as Compared with Coronary Bypass Surgery https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2112299 • Quality of Life After Fractional Flow Reserve-Guided PCI Compared with Coronary Bypass Surgery https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.060049 IV – Treating Drug Side Effects with More Drugs DIAMOND: Adding Patiromer Helps Optimize HF Meds, Foils Hyperkalemia https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/971616 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]