This Week in Cardiology

May 21, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

05.21.2021 - By MedscapePlay

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John Mandrola, MD, presents an ACC 2021 recap. https://www.medscape.com/twic ACC 2021 Reveiw I -- Left Atrial Appendage Closure LAAOS III: Surgical LAA Closure Cuts AF Stroke Risk by One Third https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951232 - Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion during Cardiac Surgery to Prevent Stroke https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2101897 Watchman Registry: 1-Year Stroke Estimates Reassuringly Low https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951235 II - Angiotensin-Neprilysin Inhibition PARADISE-MI: Sacubitril/Valsartan Can't Beat Ramipril in Patients With Acute MI https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951236 Life Trial Rationale Paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2020.05.005 III - Renal Denervation Ultrasound Renal Denervation Drops BP in Patients on Triple Therapy https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951248 IV -- Clopidogrel vs ASA post Stent HOST-EXAM: Clopidogrel Beats Aspirin as Monotherapy After Stenting https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951294 - Aspirin versus clopidogrel for chronic maintenance monotherapy after percutaneous coronary intervention (HOST-EXAM): an investigator-initiated, prospective, randomised, open-label, multicentre trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01063-1 V -- AF Ablation in HF RAFT-AF, Despite Itself, Hints at Advantage for Ablation Rhythm Control in Heart Failure With AF. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951326 VI -- Rivaroxaban in COVID-19 – ACTION Trial Therapeutic Rivaroxaban Dose: Risk Outweighs Benefit in Stable COVID https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951475 VII -- REHAB-HF Trial Novel Rehab Program Fights Frailty, Boosts Capacity in Advanced HF https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951244 - Physical Rehabilitation for Older Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2026141 VIII – ASA 81 vs 325 – ADAPTABLE Trial ADAPTABLE: Low-Dose Aspirin as Good as High-Dose in CHD? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951230 - Comparative Effectiveness of Aspirin Dosing in Cardiovascular Disease https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2102137 Perspectives: Eight Things to Know About the Surgical Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion (LAAOS III) Trial https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951229 PARADISE-MI Makes Me Question the Benefits of Sacubitril/Valsartan https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951239 Sacubitril/Valsartan: Trending Toward PARADISE Post MI https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/950300 Renal Denervation for Resistant Hypertension Is Not Back on Track https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951497 Acute Alcohol Consumption Raises Risk for Atrial Fibrillation https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/950938 Does ADAPTABLE Inform Aspirin Dosing for Secondary Prevention? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/950969 You may also like: Medscape editor-in-chief Eric Topol, MD, and master storyteller and clinician Abraham Verghese, MD, on Medicine and the Machine https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine The Bob Harrington Show with Stanford University Chair of Medicine, Robert A. Harrington, MD. https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington Questions or feedback, please contact [email protected]

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