Aug 11, 2023 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

This Week in Cardiology

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🗓️ 11 August 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Observational studies, another defense of digoxin, CTO-PCI, BP measurement, and a possible revolution in cardiovascular protection are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

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I. Observational Research

Yeh; Credibility in Observational Research https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.064645

Hernan; Causal Language in Observational Research https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2018.304337

Wang; RCT Duplicate Initiative https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2804067

II. Defense of Digoxin

Brophy; Beta Blockers, Digoxin, or Both https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2023.06.009

Dorian editorial https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2023.07.013

Ziff Digoxin Meta-analysis https://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h4451.long

DIG trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm199702203360801

Davila Analysis of DIG Trial https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6801940/

Kotecha Meta-analysis of Beta Blockers https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25193873/

RATE-AF https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2774407

III. CTO-PCI

PCI of Chronic Total Occlusions Improves Angina, Quality of Life in Trials https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/994739

JAMA Network Open Meta-analysis

IV. BP Measurement

One Size Doesn't Fit All in Blood Pressure Measurement https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995216

Ishigami Blood Pressure Measurement Comparison

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2807853

V. GLP-1 SELECT Trial

Semaglutide Cuts Cardiovascular Events in Landmark Trial

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995270

SELECT Protocol Paper

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0:00.0	You're listening to this week in cardiology from the heart
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0:44.6	Hi everyone this is John Mandrola from the heart
0:47.7	dot org medscape cardiology and this is this week in
0:51.4	cardiology for August 11th, 2023.
0:55.0	This week, Observational Studies versus RCTs.
0:59.0	Another defense of the jocksin.
1:02.0	CTO, PCI, blood pressure measurement, and a possible
1:06.7	revolution in cardiovascular protection. First I want to say thanks for the
1:11.8	ratings and the comments and I really appreciate the feedback
1:15.4	Keep it coming even when you disagree with me
1:19.5	So the first topic today is about observational studies and trials, randomized trials.
1:27.1	In my first semester at Hobart College, before there was an internet, I took a course called Ways of Knowing.
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