Two studies of cardiac device infections, observational studies, RCTs, and our ways of knowing in Medicine are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD in this week's podcast.

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I. Cardiac Device Infection

Mortality Climbs When CIED Infections Are 'Delayed' After Implant

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/990692

- Association of the Timing and Extent of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections With Mortality

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2803627

- Low Utilization of Lead Extraction Among Patients With Infective Endocarditis and Implanted Cardiac Electronic Devices https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.02.042

- Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices and Infective Endocarditis: A Call to Arms...^∗ https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.02.043

II. Can RCTs be Emulated with Real World Evidence?

- Emulation of Randomized Clinical Trials With Nonrandomized Database Analyses https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2804067

- Randomized Trials vs Real-world Evidence https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2804092

- Reanalyses of Randomized Clinical Trial Data

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1902230

III. Multi-Morbidity Effects in Trials

Pivotal CV Trials May Not Apply to Complex Patients

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989129

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