Nov 18, 2022, This Week in Cardiology

AHA 2022, Part 2: IRONMAN, ECMO-CS, CTS-AMI, and PROGRESSIVE AF are the trials John Mandrola, MD, reviews 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. Pushback on PROMINENT Zimerman Thread: https://twitter.com/AndreZimerman/status/1593019800036708353 II. IRONMAN IRONMAN Galvanizes Case for IV Iron Repletion in Heart Failure https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/984030 Is Iron Replacement in Heart Failure Worth the Trouble? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/983622 - Intravenous ferric derisomaltose in patients with heart failure and iron deficiency in the UK (IRONMAN): an investigator-initiated, prospective, randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoint trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02083-9 III. ECMO-CS Avoid Routine Early ECMO in Severe Cardiogenic Shock: ECMO-CS https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/983618 - Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the Therapy of Cardiogenic Shock: Results of the ECMO-CS Randomized Clinical Trial https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.062949 - Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Cardiogenic Shock and Cardiac Arrest https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.118.004905 IV. CTS-AMI Chinese Herbal Medicine May Offer Benefits in STEMI: CTS-AMI https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/983619 V. PROGRESSIVE AF First-Line AF Ablation Cuts Risk of Progression vs Drug Therapy https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/983882 Role of Ablation Type and Risk Factors in Paroxysmal AF: PROGRESSIVE-AF Interview https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/983474 - Cryoablation or Drug Therapy for Initial Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa2029980 - Progression of Atrial Fibrillation after Cryoablation or Drug Therapy https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2212540 - Natural History of Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation Detected by Implanted Loop Recorders https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31779791/ 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]