Intermittent fasting, anticoagulation decisions, heterogenous treatment effects, frailty in HF, the importance of the ECG, and industry conflicts are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers this week.

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I. Intermittent Fasting

No, Intermittent Fasting Won't Kill You

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1000544

• NEJM Paper on Time-Restricted Eating https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2114833
• JAMA TREAT Clinical Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2771095

II. Stroke Prevention with OAC

• Shah Meta analysis of Vitamin K Agonists in AF https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.123.010269

III. Heterogenous Treatment Effects in Trials

Pivotal CV Trials May Not Apply to Complex Patients

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989129

• Analysis of 8 Trials of Multimorbidity and Treatment Response https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.01.028

IV. Frailty and HF

• Circulation Outcomes: Multidomain Frailty and Mode of Death in HF https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.123.010416

V. ECG in LBBB

• JAMA Cardiology: Revised Definition of LBBB https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2816973

VI. Industry Payments to Doctors

• JAMA: Payments to US Physicians by Specialty https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2816900

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