Listener feedback on PFA and STEMI/NSTEMI paradigm, oral semaglutide, symptomatic vs asymptomatic AF, and the win-ratio are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

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I. Listener Feedback

Oct 18, 2024 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1001769

• Pulsed Field Ablation

https://www.hrsonline.org/guidance/safety-alerts/boston-scientific-cardiac-cryoablation-system

• STEMI/NSTEMI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.101314

II. Oral Semaglutide

• Press Release: https://www.novonordisk.com/content/nncorp/global/en/news-and-media/news-and-ir-materials/news-details.html?id=171480
• Rationale Paper SOUL trial

III. Symptomatic vs Asymptomatic AF

• Meta-analysis in EHJ
• Meta-analysis of rate vs rhythm-control strategies https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2024.03.006

IV. The Win Ratio

• Pocock and colleagues https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae647

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Listener feedback on the c-statistic, atherosclerotic plaque imaging, WATCHMAN implant decisions in the US, and deprescribing 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.Listener Feedback

Oct 11, 2024 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1001735

• Nancy Cook; C-statistic https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.672402

II. Plaque Imaging

New Evidence That Plaque Buildup Shouldn't Be Ignored

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/new-evidence-plaque-buildup-shouldnt-be-ignored-2024a1000ihw

• Fuster and colleagues; Imaging vs CAC

III. WATCHMAN Decisions

• Zeitler and colleagues. Long-term Outcomes

IV. Deprescribing

Cognitive Decline and Antihypertensive Use: New Data

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/cognitive-decline-and-antihypertensive-use-new-data-2024a1000isw?form=fpf

• Jing and colleagues.

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Reader feedback on cardiac devices and PFA, a new paradigm in the language of MI, sudden cardiac death, and measuring blood pressure 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. Listener Feedback

Sep 20, 2024 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1001631

• Cardiac Devices

https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-24-00724

• Impact of PFA on Intraluminal Esophageal Temperature https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jce.16096

II. Towards a New Classification of MI

• McLaren and colleagues; From STEMI to OMI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.101314

III. Sudden Death After MI.

• EHJ Paper; SCD After MI https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae326
• Barsheshet and colleagues; Risk Score to Predict Benefit of ICD https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2012.02.036
• Zegard and colleagues; Myocardial Fibrosis and SCD 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.10.046
• MADIT RIT https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1211107

IV. BP Readings

Poor Arm Position May Significantly Skew BP Readings

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/poor-arm-position-may-significantly-skew-bp-readings-2024a1000icv?form=fpf

• ARMS Crossover RCT

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