Jul 26, 2024 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

Health and income, high BP in the hospital, and more on subclinical AF and when to use anticoagulants are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

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I. Health and Income

A Cash Giveaway to Improve Health

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/cash-giveaway-improve-health-2024a1000dhf?form=fpf

• JAMA RCT https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2821454
• NBER RCT https://www.nber.org/papers/w32711
• Have We Missed the Hidden Cause of Medical Overuse? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/908309
• Mar 17, 2023 This Week in Cardiology Podcast https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989775

Other References

• Health Care Access and Management of Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Working-Age Adults With Low Income by State Medicaid Expansion Status https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/article-abstract/2793120
• Rand Link https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3055.html
• The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hpb20150716.236899/full/
• Effect of Health Insurance in India: A Randomized Controlled Trial https://www.nber.org/papers/w29576
• Full Coverage for Preventive Medications after Myocardial Infarction https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmsa1107913
• Effect of Medication Co-payment Vouchers on P2Y12 Inhibitor Use and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events Among Patients With Myocardial InfarctionThe ARTEMIS Randomized Clinical Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2720024

II. Elevated BP in the hospital

• JAMA-IM https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2821364

III. Short-duration Subclinical AF

Apixaban Cuts Stroke but Ups Bleeding in Subclinical AF: ARTESIA

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/998379

• ARTESiA https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2310234
• ARTESiA CHADSVASC Subgroup https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.05.002
• NOAH https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2303062
• EHJ NOAH subanalysis https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae225
• Stroke: Prolonged Heart Rhythm Monitoring After Stroke https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STROKEAHA.123.045843
• EHRA Analysis https://esc365.escardio.org/EHRA-Congress/sessions/10668

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