In this week’s podcast, John Mandrola, MD, discusses the PROTECTED TAVR trial, renal denervation, left atrial appendage closure and deprescribing aspirin.

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I Cerebral Embolic Protection After TAVI

- Clear Stroke Benefit Eludes Embolic Protection: PROTECTED TAVR https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/980978

- Cerebral Embolic Protection during Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2204961

- Protection Against Cerebral Embolism During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2016.10.023

- Angiotensin–Neprilysin Inhibition in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1908655

- Five-Year Outcomes of the Danish Cardiovascular Screening (DANCAVAS) Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2208681

- Randomised Trial Of Intravenous Streptokinase, Oral Aspirin, Both, Or Neither Among 17 187 Cases Of Suspected Acute Myocardial Infarction: Isis-2 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(88)92833-4

II Renal Denervation

- Legacy of Neutral Renal Denervation Trial Recast by Long-term Outcomes: SYMPLICITY HTN-3 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/981062

- Long-term outcomes after catheter-based renal artery denervation for resistant hypertension: final follow-up of the randomised SYMPLICITY HTN-3 Trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01787-1

- A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta regression of the sham controlled renal denervation randomized controlled trials https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcm.2022.05.009

- Legacy of Neutral Renal Denervation Trial Recast by Long-term Outcomes: SYMPLICITY HTN-3 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/981062

- A Controlled Trial of Renal Denervation for Resistant Hypertension https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1402670

III Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion (LAAO)

- Amulet, Watchman 2.5 LAAO Outcomes Neck and Neck at 3 Years https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/981199

- Consider Life Expectancy When Referring for LAA Closure? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/981117

- Incidence and Predictors of Early Death in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacep.2022.06.012

IV Deprescribing Aspirin

- Deprescribing Aspirin for Warfarin Patients May Reduce Bleeding https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/981243

- Assessment of an Intervention to Reduce Aspirin Prescribing for Patients Receiving Warfarin for Anticoagulation https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2796492

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