Dec 15 2023 This Week in Cardiology
This Week in Cardiology
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🗓️ 15 December 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
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 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/fda-approves-first-pulsed-field-ablation-system-af-2023a1000vit
- PULSED AF https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.064329
- ADVENT Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2307291
- MANIFEST https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.064959
II. Pulmonary HTN
Positive Topline Data for Sotatercept in PAH: STELLAR
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/982407
- STELLAR https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2213558
- Editorial on STELLAR https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2300324
III. Peri-Device Leaks
- Greek Meta-analysis https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad828
IV. Intermediate Risk AF – Norwegian Study
- Stroke and bleeding risk in atrial fibrillation with CHA2DS2-VASC risk score of one: the Norwegian AFNOR study AFNOR Study https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad659
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| 0:44.0 | Hi everyone this is John Mandrola from the heart |
| 0:47.8 | org medscape cardiology and this is this week in |
| 0:51.6 | cardiology for December 15th, |
| 0:54.5 | 2023, the last podcast of 2023. |
| 0:59.8 | We'll talk about FDA approval of pulsed field oblation, a breakthrough in pulmonary artery |
| 1:07.3 | hypertension, residual leaks after percutaneous left ata-trale appendage closure and oral |
| 1:15.2 | antiquilulation use in low-to-intermediate risk patients. |
| 1:20.6 | I want to begin with three announcements. |
| 1:23.0 | First is that I made yet another mistake. |
| 1:25.7 | Can you believe it? |
| 1:27.7 | In my post-Brazil podcast, I said that we did not have Shagas disease in the United States. |
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