The Bob Harrington Show

Cardiologists Bob Harrington and Dhruv Kazi discuss the projected burden of cardiovascular disease in 2050, why it's not sustainable, and what can be done to prevent it.

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INCLUDE URLS and full titles for some of the pertinent studies cited.

Forecasting the Burden of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke in the United States Through 2050

https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001256

Forecasting the Economic Burden of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke in the United States Through 2050

https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001258

Calculating the 30-day Survival Rate in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Should we Use the Treatment Chain or the Hospital Catchment Model?

https://doi.org/10.5301/heartint.5000238

Life's Essential 8: Updating and Enhancing the American Heart Association's Construct of Cardiovascular Health

https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001078

Current Trends in Hypertension Identification and Management: Insights from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.123.034322

Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes: The Epidemiology of an Awakening Epidemic

https://doi.org/10.2337/dci22-0046

US Trends in Cholesterol Screening, Lipid Levels, and Lipid‐Lowering Medication Use in US Adults, 1999 to 2018

https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.122.028205

GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Discontinuation Among Patients With Obesity and/or Type 2 Diabetes

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38787563

Health Care by Food

https://healthcarexfood.org/

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Dr Bob Harrington interviews journalist Shelley Wood about her new book, "The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley," her creative process, and the difference between medical journalism and writing fiction.

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The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

https://shelleywood.ca/the-leap-year-gene/

Tragedy and Hope Wrapped in a Medical Mystery: Abraham Verghese and The Covenant of Water https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/991751

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Medical practices are increasingly being acquired by private equity. Bob Harrington discusses why and what the ramifications are with the authors and editorialist of a research paper on the private equity landscape in cardiology vs other specialties.

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Private Equity Acquisitions of Outpatient Cardiology Practices in the United States, 2013-2023

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.06.011

Private Equity in Cardiovascular Practice: Solution or Symptom?

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.06.012

Evaluating Trends in Private Equity Ownership and Impacts on Health Outcomes, Costs, and Quality: Systematic Review

https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-075244

2020 American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology Consensus Conference on Professionalism and Ethics: A Consensus Conference Report

https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000963

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Bob Harrington and Mitch Elkind discuss "food is medicine" initiatives and the challenges associated with conducting clinical trials.

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Health Care by Food Initiative https://healthcarexfood.org/

2021 Dietary Guidance to Improve Cardiovascular Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001031

Rockefeller Foundation Food is Medicine https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/initiative/food-is-medicine/

Targeted Scientific Research Projects to Demonstrate Effectiveness of 'Food Is Medicine' in Health Care https://newsroom.heart.org/news/targeted-scientific-research-projects-to-demonstrate-effectiveness-of-food-is-medicine-in-health-care

Food Is Medicine: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001182

Medically Tailored Meal Delivery for Diabetes Patients With Food Insecurity: a Randomized Cross-over Trial https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-018-4716-z

'Food Is Medicine' Strategies for Nutrition Security and Cardiometabolic Health Equity: JACC State-of-the-Art Review https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.12.023

Current Landscape of Produce Prescription Programs in the US https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2022.02.011

Behavioral Nudges Are Used Widely to Steer Clinicians and Patients Alike https://doi.org/10.1056/CAT.23.0125

A Primary Care Agenda for Brain Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STR.0000000000000367#

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Bob Harrington interviews fellow cardiologist Mike McConnell about his new book Fight Heart Disease Like Cancer and the need to model heart disease prevention and treatment after cancer.

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Fight Heart Disease Like Cancer https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/12793/fight-heart-disease-cancer

PREVENT: AHA's New Risk Calculator Incorporates CKM Health https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/998679

Artificial intelligence-enabled retinal vasculometry for prediction of circulatory mortality, myocardial infarction and stroke https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo-2022-321842

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Cardiology researchers Bob Harrington and Bobby Yeh discuss how to do better observational research and the controversial notion of making causal inferences from such data.

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Academic Cardiology and Social Media https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.004736

Bringing the Credibility Revolution to Observational Research and Cardiology https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.064645

Cardio Twitter: An Essential Tool for Staying Current https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/897512

Identification of Causal Effects Using Instrumental Variables https://doi.org/10.2307/2291629

Explaining Charter School Effectiveness https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/app.5.4.1

Methods of Public Health Research - Strengthening Causal Inference from Observational Data https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp2113319

Publish or Perish and the Incentive for Quantity over Quality Research Papers https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/998417

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Bob Harrington, Erin Michos, and Brahmajee Nallamothu discuss how the publish or perish culture can lead to sloppy research and the need for alternative models to measure success in academic medicine.

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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

Big Data Research From the National Inpatient Sample https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.117.003846

Adherence to Methodological Standards in Research Using the National Inpatient Sample

https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2017.17653

Publish or Perish: Where are we heading?

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24778659

The Kardashian Index of Cardiologists: Celebrities or Experts? https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.11.068

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Bob Harrington and Mike Gibson discuss two of the hottest topics in cardiology and medicine for 2023: a proposed alternative to the maintenance of certification process, and artificial intelligence.

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Cardiovascular Organizations Pursue New, Independent Medical Board

https://www.acc.org/About-ACC/Press-Releases/2023/09/21/15/02/Cardiovascular-Organizations-Pursue-New-Independent-Medical-Board

The National Board of Physicians and Surgeons

https://nbpas.org/

Level of Scientific Evidence Underlying the Current American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Clinical Practice Guidelines

https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.005293

Validation of a Speech Analysis Application to Detect Worsening Heart Failure Events in Ambulatory Heart Failure Patients https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/?_ga=2.17782015.7532578.1693882428-1949139275.1663003561#!/10871/presentation/16568

A systematic review shows no performance benefit of machine learning over logistic regression for clinical prediction models

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.02.004

Recognizing a ruler instead of a cancer

https://menloml.com/2020/01/11/recognizing-a-ruler-instead-of-a-cancer/

The Geographic Bias in Medical AI Tools

https://hai.stanford.edu/news/geographic-bias-medical-ai-tools

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For this year's review, Bob Harrington and Mike Gibson revisit the major cardiology conferences -- from ACC in New Orleans to AHA in Philly.

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ACC 2023 Top Trials

- Bempedoic Acid Cuts CV Events in Statin-Intolerant Patients: CLEAR Outcomes https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989100

- Bempedoic Acid and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Statin-Intolerant Patients

- Phase 2b Randomized Trial of the Oral PCSK9 Inhibitor MK-0616 https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.02.018

ACC/WCC 2023 Collection Page https://www.medscape.com/viewcollection/36966

ESC 2023 Top Trials

- Wegovy Scores HFpEF Benefits in People With Obesity https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995844

- Semaglutide in Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Obesity https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2306963

- Acoramidis Shows Encouraging Results in ATTR Cardiomyopathy https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995883

ESC 2023 Collection Page https://www.medscape.com/viewcollection/36988

AHA 2023 Top Trials

- Semaglutide 'A New Pathway' to CVD Risk Reduction: SELECT https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/998373

- Semaglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Obesity without Diabetes https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2307563

- Bariatric Surgery is Associated With Improved Coronary Microvascular Function and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Patients With Ischemia and Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.148.suppl_1.18949

- Angioplasty Finally Proven Beneficial in Stable Angina: ORBITA-2 https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/998375

- A Placebo-Controlled Trial of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Stable Angina https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2310610

- Impressive Bleeding Profile With Factor XI Inhibitor in AF: AZALEA https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/998418

- Promising First Results With DNA Editing to Lower LDL https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/998719

- Single Injection Reduces Blood Pressure for 6 Months: KARDIA-1 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/998666

AHA 2023 Collection Page https://www.medscape.com/viewcollection/37277

Other Mentions

- N-of-1 Trial of a Statin, Placebo, or No Treatment to Assess Side Effects https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2031173

- Rimonabant: From RIO to Ban https://doi.org/10.1155%2F2011%2F432607

- Percutaneous coronary intervention in stable angina (ORBITA): a double-blind, randomised controlled trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32714-9

- Asundexian Phase 3 AF Study Halted for Lack of Efficacy https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/998665

- Challenges in the Design and Interpretation of Noninferiority Trials https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmra1510063

- Milvexian for the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2113194

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Bob Harrington and Manesh Patel discuss sudden cardiac death in athletes and the importance of the chain of survival.

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COVID and the Athlete's Heart

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/945282

Outcomes Registry for Cardiac Conditions in Athletes

https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.122.029052

2020 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000937

Point-of-care screening for HFrEF using artificial intelligence during ECG-enabled stethoscope examination

https://doi.org/10.1016/s2589-7500(21)00256-9

International recommendations for electrocardiographic interpretation in athletes

https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehw631

Elevation of Cardiac Troponins After Endurance Running Competitions

https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.034655

Vigorous Exercise in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2023.1042

Eligibility and Disqualification Recommendations for Competitive Athletes With Cardiovascular Abnormalities: Preamble, Principles, and General Considerations

https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000236

RACE-CARS Trial

https://racecarstrial.org/

AHA CPR Resources

https://cpr.heart.org/en/cpr-courses-and-kits/hands-only-cpr

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