Feb 02 2024 This Week in Cardiology
This Week in Cardiology
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🗓️ 2 February 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
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
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/fda-okays-boston-scientific-pfa-system-paroxysmal-af-2024a1000275
Pulsed-Field Ablation for AF: The Promise and the Reality
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995675
- ADVENT Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2307291
- EU-PORIA Registry https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euad185
- Tomlinson/Mandrola Editorial https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2020.07.032
II. TEER vs MV Surgery
- EHJ Paper https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae046
III. ISCHEMIA Post-Hoc Studies
- JACC Post-Hoc ISCHEMIA Trialhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.11.002
- Main ISCHEMIA paper https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1915922
- FAME 3 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2112299
IV. Board Exams
More Cardiologists Failing the Boards, Why and How to Fix?
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/more-cardiologists-failing-boards-why-and-how-fix-2024a10001oi
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to this week in cardiology from the heart |
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| 0:44.0 | Hi everyone this is John Mandrola from the heart |
| 0:47.6 | dot org medscape cardiology and this is this week in |
| 0:51.1 | cardiology for February 2nd, 2024. |
| 0:55.0 | Today, Pulse Field Ablation, approved for use in AF Ablation in the U.S. |
| 1:01.0 | flawed comparisons of transcutaneous edge to edge repair versus mytrov valve surgery, |
| 1:08.0 | and flawed comparisons of PCI versus cabbage. |
| 1:12.2 | And finally, cardiologists are struggling with board exams. |
| 1:17.0 | First, I want to thank my friend, Dr. Rod Tung, and colleagues at the University of Arizona |
| 1:22.0 | for the kind invitation and reception in Phoenix when I gave |
| 1:26.8 | Cardiology rounds last week. I had a great time presenting controversial topics to young learners |
| 1:36.0 | and I appreciate these trips very much so thank you. |
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