Lead extraction, AF triggers, cognitive decline and CV risk factors, low-value care, and secondary prevention in the real world are discussed in this week’s podcast.

Mar 1, 2019 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

This podcast delivers Dr. John Mandrola’s summary and perspective on top news of the week that cardiologists can’t miss. This podcast is intended for US health professionals only.

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The DEDICATE trial of TAVR vs SAVR, more on renal denervation, inclisiran, and marketing disguised as science are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in today’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. TAVR vs SAVR TAVI Comparable With SAVR in Lower-Risk Aortic Stenosis  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/tavi-comparable-savr-lower-risk-aortic-stenosis-2024a100074o?form=fpf  DEDICATE https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2400685 Partner 3 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1814052 Evolut Low Risk https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1816885 Barili meta-analysis https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab516  II. Renal Denervation Alcohol-Mediated Renal Denervation Promising in Hypertension  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/alcohol-mediated-renal-denervation-promising-hypertension-2024a10007eg  TARGET 1 https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.069291  III. Inclisiran Earlier Inclisiran Gives Better Long-Term LDL Reductions  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/earlier-inclisiran-gives-better-long-term-ldl-reductions-2024a10007d6  VICTORIAN INITIATE Trial https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.03.382  You may also like: The Bob Harrington Show with the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine, Robert A. Harrington, MD. https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington  Questions or feedback, please contact news@medscape.net

May 03 2024 This Week in Cardiology

A listener defends colored boxes in guidelines; mysteries of non-culprit coronary lesions during PCI, and of AF ablation; and surrogate markers 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. Mystery of What to Do in the Cath Lab after Fixing the Culprit Lesion – The FULL REVASC Trial Complete Revascularization Not Superior to Culprit-Only PCI After MI  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/complete-revascularization-not-superior-culprit-only-pci-2024a10007ik  FULL REVASC Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2314149 FIRE Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2300468 COMPLETE Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1907775 Cohen Tweet on FULL REVASC https://x.com/djc795/status/1781361606238085532  II. AF Ablation Mysteries New Expert Consensus on Ablation Strategies for AF  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/new-expert-consensus-ablation-strategies-af-2024a1000851  Bern Study of Remapping https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2024.02.026 Natural History of SCAF https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2019.09.050 Liverpool Study: Thermal PV Isolation in Persistent AF https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2024.04.061  III. Surrogate Markers  JAMA: Surrugate Markers and Clinical Outcomes https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2817850 BP Surrogate Meta-analysis https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00590-0 JAMA: Nonfatal MI as Surrogate for Mortality https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2785560  You may also like: The Bob Harrington Show with the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine, Robert A. Harrington, MD. https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington Questions or feedback, please contact news@medscape.net

Apr 26 2024 This Week in Cardiology

ACC Part 2: The TACT2 trial of chelation, inter-atrial shunts for HF, and triglyceride lowering; plus diltiazem and Factor Xa anticoagulants are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers this week. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic I. TACT 2 Chelation Therapy Provides No Benefit Post-MI  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/chelation-therapy-provides-no-benefit-post-mi-2024a10006l5 Chelation Therapy and CV Risk: Why TACT2 Showed No Benefit https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/chelation-therapy-and-cv-risk-why-tact2-showed-no-benefit-2024a1000761?src=  JAMA TACT 1 paper https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1672238 Diabetes Subgroup paper https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24254885/ A New Look at P-values https://evidence.nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1056/EVIDoa2300003 PARAGON HF https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1908655  II. Interatrial Shunts for HF No Net HF Benefit for Interarterial Shunt Device  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/no-net-hf-benefit-interarterial-shunt-device-2024a10006kk  REDUCE LAP HF II https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00016-2  III. Triglyceride Lowering Early Olezarsen Results Show 50% Reduction in Triglycerides  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/early-olezarsen-results-show-50-reduction-triglycerides-2024a10006oz Is It Time to Stop Treating High Triglycerides? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/990126  NEJM https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2402309  Substantial Triglyceride Reduction With Plozasiran  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/substantial-triglyceride-reduction-plozasiran-2024a10006wf?icd=login_success_email_match_norm  JAMA Cardiology https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/article-abstract/2817469  IV. Diltiazem and Factor Xa inhibitors  JAMA Vanderbilt University Paper https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2817546  You may also like: The Bob Harrington Show with the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine, Robert A. Harrington, MD. https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington Questions or feedback, please contact news@medscape.net

Apr 19 2024 This Week in Cardiology

ACC Recap #1: DanGer Shock (plus a sobering JAMA research letter on Impella use), REDUCE-AMI, PREVENT, and EMPACT-MI 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. DanGer-Shock Trial Impella CP Improves Survival in STEMI, Cardiogenic Shock https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/impella-cp-improves-survival-stemi-cardiogenic-shock-2024a10006kz Impella Saves Lives in Cardiogenic Shock, but Patient Selection Key https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1000659  Published DanGer Shock Study  https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2312572 JAMA Research letter https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2817457  II. REDUCE-AMI Trial New Data Question Beta-Blockers Post-MI With Preserved EF https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/new-data-question-beta-blockers-post-mi-preserved-ef-2024a10006y8 Beta-Blockers Post-MI Past Their Expiration Date: REDUCE-AMI https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1000663  REDUCE-AMI paper https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2401479 Meta-analysis: Beta Blockers for MI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.05.032  III. PREVENT Trial Preventive PCI for Vulnerable Plaques Reduces Cardiac Events  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/preventive-pci-vulnerable-plaques-reduces-cardiac-events-2024a10006tc Preventive Coronary Stents: Not There Yet  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/preventive-coronary-stents-not-there-yet-2024a10006yr  PREVENT https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00413-6  IV. EMPACT MI trial of Empagliflozin in the Post-MI setting Empagliflozin Fails to Reduce Events After Acute MI  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/empagliflozin-fails-reduce-events-after-acute-mi-2024a10006kn  EMPACT-MI: Another SGLT2 Inhibitor Miss in Post-MI Care  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1000684 EMPACT MI https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2314051 DAPA MI https://evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/EVIDoa2300286 PARADISE MI https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2104508 Kaul thread https://x.com/kaulcsmc/status/1776611935842165029 Kaul paper https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/circulationaha.116.022537  You may also like: The Bob Harrington Show with the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine, Robert A. Harrington, MD. https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington Questions or feedback, please contact news@medscape.net

Apr 12 2024 This Week in Cardiology

Statins and diabetes, AAD in patients with heart disease, tricuspid valve interventions, and an ACC preview are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses 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. Statins and Diabetes  Meta-analysis in Lancet-Diabetes https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(24)00040-8 Editorial https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(24)00059-7 NEJM Paper on Gene Variants and DM https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1604304 JAMA Paper on Gene Variants and DM https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2565289  II. Anti-arrhythmic Drugs in Patients With Serious Heart Disease  UPenn Paper on AADs for PVC Suppression https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2024.01.021 Three Questions for Evidence-Based Cardiac EP https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/circoutcomes.110.957381 CAST trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199103213241201  III. Tricuspid Valve Interventions FDA Clears TriClip for Tricuspid Regurgitation  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/fda-clears-triclip-tricuspid-regurgitation-2024a100068o FDA Panel in Favor of TriClip for Tricuspid Regurgitation  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/fda-panel-favor-triclip-tricuspid-regurgitation-2024a100037n  Slides for Trisend II TRILUMINATE https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2300525  IV. ACC Preview Mandrola's Three Trials to Look for at the 2024 American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1000613 You may also like: The Bob Harrington Show with the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine, Robert A. Harrington, MD. https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington Questions or feedback, please contact news@medscape.net

Mar 1, 2019 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

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