AF screening, BNP, a new SGLT2 inhibitor, a sky-is-blue study, and the UK Mini Mitral surgical trial are discussed in this week's podcast

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I AF Screening

- Effects of Atrial Fibrillation Screening According to N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide: A Secondary Analysis of the Randomized LOOP Study https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.064361

- Implantable loop recorder detection of atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke (The LOOP Study): a randomised controlled trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01698-6

- Natural History of Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation Detected by Implanted Loop Recorders https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacc.2019.09.050

- Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of Bradyarrhythmias in Patients Screened for Atrial Fibrillation vs Usual Care https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2801362

- Stepwise mass screening for atrial fibrillation using N-terminal pro b-type natriuretic peptide: the STROKESTOP II study design https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euw319

- Current misconception 3: that subgroup-specific trial mortality results often provide a good basis for individualising patient care https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3068511/

II Frailty and GDMT of HFrEF

Frailty Linked to Lower Use of Guideline Treatments in HFrEF

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/993218

- Physical Frailty and Use of Guideline‐Recommended Drugs in Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.122.026844

III Sotagliflozin

FDA Approves New Drug, Sotagliflozin, for Heart Failure

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/992518

- Sotagliflozin in Patients with Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2030186

- Sotagliflozin in Patients with Diabetes and Recent Worsening Heart Failure

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2030183

IV Mini-Mitral

Support for Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair: Mini Mitral Published

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/993191

- Minithoracotomy vs Conventional Sternotomy for Mitral Valve Repair

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2805908

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