Impella, digital health, low-value processes, are tricuspid valve interventions with pacing leads are the topics Dr. John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only.

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I. Impella Class I Recall

FDA Class I Recall for Some Abiomed Impella Heart Pumps

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/992845

- A Prospective, Randomized Clinical Trial of Hemodynamic Support With Impella 2.5 Versus Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump in Patients Undergoing High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.098194

- Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support Versus Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump in Cardiogenic Shock After Acute Myocardial Infarction

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2016.10.022

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109716367675?via%3Dihub

- The Evolving Landscape of Impella Use in the United States Among Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Mechanical Circulatory Support

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.044007

- Association of Use of an Intravascular Microaxial Left Ventricular Assist Device vs Intra-aortic Balloon Pump With In-Hospital Mortality and Major Bleeding Among Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2761003

- Danish Cardiogenic Shock Trial (DanShock)

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01633502

II. Wearable Devices

- Use of Wearable Devices in Individuals With or at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease in the US, 2019 to 2020 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2805753 doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.16634

- 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

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01698-6/fulltext

- Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of Bradyarrhythmias in Patients Screened for Atrial Fibrillation vs Usual Care

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2801362

III. The Cost of Quality Measures

- The Volume and Cost of Quality Metric Reporting

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2805705

- Goodhart's law

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law

IV. Tricuspid Valve Interventions and Pacing Leads

Leadless Dual-Chamber Pacemaker Clears Early Safety, Performance Hurdles

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/992464

- Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement With the EVOQUE System: 1-Year Outcomes of a Multicenter, First-in-Human Experience

https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jcin.2022.01.280

- Effects of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Leads on the Tricuspid Valve and Right Ventricle: A Randomized Comparison of Transvenous versus Subcutaneous Leads

https://eppro01.ativ.me/src/EventPilot/php/express/web/planner.php?id=HRS23&utm_source=heartrhythm&utm_medium=nav-button&utm_campaign=hr23-webtracking

- Management and Outcomes of Transvenous Pacing Leads in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement

https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jcin.2020.04.054

- TRILUMINATE trial -- Transcatheter Repair for Patients with Tricuspid Regurgitation

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2300525

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2300525

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