PFO closure, trans-mitral procedures, yoga as therapy, and a year-end-review are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in this week’s podcast. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic

I – PFO Closure

- Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects in an Analysis of Pooled Individual Patient Data From Randomized Trials of Device Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale After Stroke https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2787115

- Patent Foramen Ovale Closure—Harnessing Clinical Trial Evidence to Inform Individualized Treatment Decisions https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2787132

- Personalized evidence based medicine: predictive approaches to heterogeneous treatment effects https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30530757/

- Lord’s Paradox by Stephen Senn https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cause-concern-stephen-senn/

II – Trans-Mitral Procedures

- Transcatheter Mitral Valve Procedures Up Tenfold Since 2014 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/964657

- Transcatheter Mitral Valve Therapy in the United States: A Report From the STS-ACC TVT Registry https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacc.2021.07.058

- Percutaneous Repair or Surgery for Mitral Regurgitation https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1009355

- Transcatheter Mitral-Valve Repair in Patients with Heart Failure https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1806640

- Percutaneous Repair or Medical Treatment for Secondary Mitral Regurgitation https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1805374

III – Yoga for Vasovagal Syncope

- Yoga Effective Adjunct Therapy in Recurrent Vasovagal Syncope https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/964644

- Effect of Yoga on Clinical Outcomes and Quality of Life in Patients With Vasovagal Syncope (LIVE-Yoga) https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacep.2021.09.007

- Effect of Yoga on Arrhythmia Burden, Anxiety, Depression, and Quality of Life in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: The YOGA My Heart Study https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacc.2012.11.060

- Effects of yoga in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation - a randomized controlled study https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26976659/

IV – Top Ten of 2021

- Mandrola's Top 10 Cardiology Stories of 2021 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/964818

- Top Cardiology Trials of 2021 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/963475

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