Dec 23, 2022, This Week in Cardiology Podcast

MRAs in HF with renal dysfunction, coronary autoregulation, the hubris of US doctors, NSTEMI in older patients, survival after STEMI, and new leaders at JACC are discussed by John Mandrola, MD. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic I Listener Feedback Combined analysis (Matsumoto) II Coronary artery autoregulation with increasing stenosis NEJM Paper https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2402216 III RECOVER IV Trial Gregg Stone, MD Tweet https://x.com/GreggWStone/status/1803583552354742416 DANGER-Shock Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2312572 Impella Saves Lives in Cardiogenic Shock, but Patient Selection Key https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1000659 IV NSTEMI Elderly Main Paper Datamethods https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/random-vs-fixed-effects-meta-analysis/7361 O'Fee Paper https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2785560 V MI Survival Danish Paper https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.04.025 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

21 Kesä 202427min

Listener feedback, statin eligibility and Yogi Berra, evidence-based medicine and heterogenous treatment effects, and MRAs in HF 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. Listener Feedback ASPIRE AF https://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03968393 Butala paper: Stroke After TAVR With and Without EPD https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.123.013697 PROTECTED TAVR Heuts meta-analysis: EPD During TAVR https://heart.bmj.com/content/110/11/757 II. Statin Eligibility JAMA-IM: Data Analytic Choices and Predicting Vascular Events https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2819821 Zeraatker Specification Analysis Paper https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111278 PCE https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/3398/ascvd-atherosclerotic-cardiovascular-disease-2013-risk-calculator-aha-acc III. Heterogenous Treatment Effect Weisberg and Dailey-Higgs DANISH IV. Heart Failure and MRAs RALES https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199909023411001 EMPHASIS https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1009492 Combined analysis (Matsumoto) 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

14 Kesä 202430min

Cannabis and CV outcomes, post-CABG AF, embolic protection devices, emulation of randomization, and a preview heterogenous treatment effects 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. Cannabis It Sure Looks Like Cannabis Is Bad for the Heart, Doesn't It? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1000250 Cannabis Use Tied to Increased Cardiovascular Risk https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/cannabis-use-tied-increased-cardiovascular-risk-2024a10003yr Medical Cannabis for Chronic Pain Tied to Arrhythmia Risk https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/medical-cannabis-chronic-pain-tied-arrhythmia-risk-2024a10000sc Cannabis for Chronic Pain and CV Safety https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad834 Editorial  https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/45/6/485/7500073 Response to Letter  https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae314 UCLA paper https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2819559 Lifetime Cannabis Use and Mortality https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2819635 II. Post Cardiac Surgery AF Meta-analysis https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae267 III. Embolic Protection devices Clear Stroke Benefit Eludes Embolic Protection: PROTECTED TAVR https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/980978 Embolic Protection and Stroke Prevention With TAVR https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.123.013697 PROTECTED TAVR https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2204961 IV. Preview of HTE Paper https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2024.04.020 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

7 Kesä 202427min

The FLOW trial of semaglutide, the DANCAVAS CV screening trial, non-invasive tests for chest pain, and conflicts of interest on social media are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses 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. Semaglutide for CKD Semaglutide Significantly Improves Chronic Kidney Disease https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/semaglutide-significantly-improves-chronic-kidney-disease-2024a10009w9 FLOW Trial II. CV Screening Judicious CVD Screening May Work in Men: DANCAVAS https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/980153 DANCAVAS 6-Year Outcomes https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004403 DANCAVAS Main Trial NEJM https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2208681 III. Non-invasive Cardiac Testing in Chest Pain Circulation Outcomes Paper https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.123.010457 Scot Heart https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1805971 IV. COI and Social Media JAMA letter https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2816900 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

31 Touko 202433min

Clues in SCAF, a DOAC antidote trial, another negative lytic trial in stroke, JAMA changes to observational studies, and BP in stroke care 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. ARTESIA Substudy Sadly, ARTESIA Doesn't Answer a Common Question in Cardiology https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/998215 ARTESIA Substudy NOAH https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2303062 ARTESIA https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2310234 II. DOAC Reversal ANNEXA-1 Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2313040 III. Lytic Therapy in Acute Stroke Thrombolysis Offers No Benefit for Mild Stroke https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/iv-thrombolysis-offers-no-benefit-mild-stroke-2024a10009p7 TEMPO-2 Trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00921-8 The Case Against Thrombolytic Therapy in Stroke IV. Observational Research JAMA Special Communication https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2818746 JAMA editors note https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2818747 V. Aggressive BP Control in Stroke Guidelines on Rapid BP Reduction in Acute Ischemic Stroke Challenged https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/guidelines-rapid-bp-reduction-acute-ischemic-stroke-2024a10009pe TRUTH Trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00177-7 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

24 Touko 202428min

An Impella update, another TAVI vs SAVR trial, two studies on angina and PCI, another null substudy from REVIVED-BCIS, and semaglutide 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. Impella Update CHRIP BCIS 3 https://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05003817 Danger-Shock Podcast https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1000675 II. TAVI vs SAVR Notion 2 Trial EHJ https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae331 DEDICATE-DZHK6 III. Angina and PCI Orbita 2 Sub-analysis Orbita Star https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.04.001 IV. Complete Revascularization Main REVIVED trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2206606 JACC Substudy https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.04.043 V. Semaglutide Semaglutide CV Benefits Irrespective of Weight Loss: 4-Year SELECT Data https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/semaglutide-cv-benefits-irrespective-weight-loss-4-year-2024a100095z Nature Med substudy https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-02996-7 SELECT Main paper https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2307563 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

17 Touko 202429min

Inclisiran, sodium-channel blocker safety, analytic flexibility, the work-up of patients with HF, and BP in older patients 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. Inclisiran Update ORION 4 https://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03705234 II. Sodium-Channel AADs UPenn Paper https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2024.01.021 Three Questions Editorial https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/circoutcomes.110.957381 EAST Post-hoc Review https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euae121 III. Analytic Flexibility Is Red Meat Healthy? Multiverse Analysis Has Lessons Beyond Meat https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/red-meat-healthy-multiverse-analysis-has-lessons-beyond-meat-2024a10008qv Specification Curve Analysis of Red Meat Data https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111278 IV. The Work-up of Patients With HF Durstenfeld and colleagues, UCSF https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.123.010800 REVIVED BCIS2 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2206606 V. BP Therapy in Older Patients Haring and colleagues; Women's Health Initiative BP Study https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.067302 SPRINT Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1511939 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

10 Touko 202431min

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

3 Touko 202420min