Feb 23 2024 This Week in Cardiology

Feb 23 2024 This Week in Cardiology

Reading incidental CAC on chest CT scans, exercise benefits in women vs men, PCI with or without imaging, and trial non-reporting 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. Incidental CAC on Chest CT

  • Incidental CAC
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  • When Does a Calcium Score Equate to Secondary Prevention?: Insights From the Multinational CONFIRM Registry https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2023.03.008

II. Exercise

Health Gains of Exercise Greater in Women?

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/health-gains-exercise-greater-women-2024a10003fv

  • Sex Differences in Association of Physical Activity With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality

III. PCI With or Without Imaging

Intravascular Imaging in PCI: Time for a Guideline Update?

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995677

  • Meta-analysis paper Lancet https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02454-6
  • Imaging uptake paper https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad430

IV. Trial Non-reporting

The Ghost Research Haunting Nordic Medical Trials

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/ghost-research-haunting-nordic-medical-trials-2024a10003gz

  • Manuscript/preprint https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.04.24301363v1#T10
  • Nissen (Rosiglitazone) https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa072761

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