Episodes
A listener defends colored boxes in guidelines; mysteries of non-culprit coronary lesions during PCI, and of AF ablation; and surrogate markers are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in this week's podcast.
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I. Mystery of What to Do in the Cath Lab after Fixing the Culprit Lesion – The FULL REVASC Trial
Complete Revascularization Not Superior to...
Published 04/26/24
ACC Part 2: The TACT2 trial of chelation, inter-atrial shunts for HF, and triglyceride lowering; plus diltiazem and Factor Xa anticoagulants are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers this week.
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I. TACT 2
Chelation Therapy Provides No Benefit Post-MI
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/chelation-therapy-provides-no-benefit-post-mi-2024a10006l5
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Published 04/19/24
ACC Recap #1: DanGer Shock (plus a sobering JAMA research letter on Impella use), REDUCE-AMI, PREVENT, and EMPACT-MI are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in this week’s podcast.
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I. DanGer-Shock Trial
Impella CP Improves Survival in STEMI, Cardiogenic Shock...
Published 04/12/24
Statins and diabetes, AAD in patients with heart disease, tricuspid valve interventions, and an ACC preview are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast.This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only.
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I. Statins and Diabetes
Meta-analysis in Lancet-Diabetes https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(24)00040-8 Editorial https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(24)00059-7 NEJM Paper on...
Published 04/05/24
Intermittent fasting, anticoagulation decisions, heterogenous treatment effects, frailty in HF, the importance of the ECG, and industry conflicts are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers this week.
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I. Intermittent Fasting
No, Intermittent Fasting Won't Kill You
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1000544
NEJM Paper on Time-Restricted Eating...
Published 03/29/24
p>Obesity drugs as ASCVD-modifiers, HR monitors, when journals publish obvious facts, and effect scores and sorting out signals from RCTs are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in this week's podcast.
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I. Denmark Notes
II. FDA approval of Semaglutide
FDA Approves Semaglutide for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction
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Published 03/22/24
Plastics and heart disease, MINT trial letters-to-the-editor and Bayes theorem, and Brugada syndrome are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.
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I. Plastics and Heart Disease
Plastic Particles in Carotid Plaques Linked to CV Events
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Published 03/08/24
The Western AF meeting, aspirin, cannabis use, LVEF in athletes, and shared decision making before ICD implantation are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.
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I. ASA in Primary Prevention
Campbell Meta-analysis https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.065420 Swedish Observational study...
Published 03/01/24
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.
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I. Incidental CAC on Chest CT
Incidental CAC Tweet When Does a Calcium Score Equate to Secondary Prevention?: Insights From the Multinational CONFIRM...
Published 02/23/24
An update in trial interpretation, CI, and P-values; percutaneous tricuspid Interventions; and news on HDL and humility in Medicine are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in this week’s podcast.
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I. Evidence of Absence Is not Absence of Evidence
Feb 09, 2024 This Week in Cardiology Podcast
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1000101
ARCADIA...
Published 02/16/24
Beta-blocker withdrawal in HFpEF, the ARCADIA trial, food as medicine, and bariatric surgery are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in today’s podcast.
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I. HFpEF and Heart Rate
PRESERVE HF Substudy https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2814596 PRESERVE HF Original https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2021.08.073 II. ARCADIA...
Published 02/09/24
FDA approves PFA for AF ablation, flawed comparisons of TEER vs MV surgery and PCI vs CABG, and cardiologists struggling with board exams are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in this week's podcast.
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I. PFA
FDA Okays Boston Scientific PFA System for Paroxysmal AF
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Published 02/02/24
LAAO, more evidence that stable CAD is stable, CRT benefit over the long-term, and AF monitoring after stroke are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in this week's podcast.
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I. LAAO
This Week in Cardiology Podcast, Dec 15, 2023 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/999282
European Heart Journal paper...
Published 01/26/24
Listener feedback on antiplatelet therapy after PCI, bempedoic acid, off-Label PFO Closure, and palliative care are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.
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I. Listener Feedback on Antiplatelet Therapy After PCI
Long-term Clopidogrel Has Advantages After Coronary Stenting
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Published 01/19/24
GLP-1s and BaroStim Neo revisited, a new drug for transthyretin amyloid CM, clopidogrel vs ASA years after PCI and stent, and statins are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.
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I. GLP-1s and Obesity, BaroStim Neo Revisited
FDA Expands Label for CVRx Barostim System in HF...
Published 01/12/24
Neuro-modulation in HF, private equity owned hospitals, HCM, SCD and ICD re-evaluated, and peer review are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast.
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I. Neuromodulation for HFrEF
FDA Expands Label for CVRx Barostim System in HF
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/fda-expands-label-cvrx-barostim-system-hf-2023a1000wsx
BeAT HF...
Published 01/05/24
FDA approves PFA, breakthrough in PAH, residual leaks after percutaneous LAAO, OAC in low to intermediate risk people are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast.
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I. FDA Approves PFA
FDA Approves First Pulsed Field Ablation System for AF...
Published 12/15/23
Three aspects of the recent AF guideline documents and a possible new treatment of POTS are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.
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I AF Guidelines
ACC/AHA Issue Updated Atrial Fibrillation Guideline
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/998956
- Guideline doc: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001193
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Published 12/08/23
More from AHA including SGLT2 inhibitors, blood transfusion after MI; cracks in the armor of Factor XI inhibitors; and renal denervation are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in this week’s podcast.
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I. DAPA MI
Potential Dapagliflozin Benefit Post-MI Is Not a 'Mandate'
https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/998378
- NEJM Evidence: Dapagliflozin...
Published 12/01/23
An AHA Recap: SELECT, ORBITA2, and ARTESIA are the trials John Mandrola, MD, reviews in this week's podcast.
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American Heart Association 2023 on theHeart.org | Medscape Cardiology
https://www.medscape.com/viewcollection/37277
I. SELECT Trial
Semaglutide 'A New Pathway' to CVD Risk Reduction: SELECT
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/998373
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Published 11/17/23
Renal denervation, a potential deadly decision in the ED, GLP-1 agonists, and an AHA preview are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast.
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I. Renal Denervation
FDA OKs Paradise Renal Denervation System for Hypertension
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/998237
- Company Press Release...
Published 11/10/23
Tricuspid regurgitation therapy, two more left atrial appendage trials, and reflections on being too soft on medical science are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast.
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I. Tricuspid Regurgitation
Trilogy TAVR Safe, Effective in Aortic Regurgitation
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/997782
The TRILUMINATE Transcatheter...
Published 11/03/23
More on the Million Hearts RCT, ENRICH AF, TAVI vs SAVR, the Partner 3 and Evolut-low-risk trials, and myocardial viability are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in this week’s podcast.
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I. Listener Feedback
Million Hearts
CMS 'Million Hearts' CVD Risk Reduction Model Works
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/997551
- RCT JAMA - ...
Published 10/27/23
Listener feedback, oral anticoagulation in patients with ICH, an example of statistical significance but not clinical significance, and statins and diabetes are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast.
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I. Listener Feedback
October 13, 2023 This Week in Cardiology Podcast https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/997281
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Published 10/20/23