Feb 3 2023 This Week in Cardiology
This Week in Cardiology
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🗓️ 3 February 2023
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
A possible major breakthrough in thinking about diastolic dysfunction and HFpEF, MRI scanning and cardiac devices, and AF and dementia are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in this week's podcast.
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I. New Thinking in HFpEF
Accelerated Pacing a Possible Strategy for Preserved-EF Heart Failure? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/987815
- Effect of Personalized Accelerated Pacing on Quality of Life, Physical Activity, and Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Preclinical and Overt Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: The myPACE Randomized Clinical Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2801001
- Effect of β-Blocker Withdrawal on Functional Capacity in Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2021.08.073
- A Targeted Treatment Opportunity for HFpEF: Taking Advantage of Diastolic Tone https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.056412
- Lenient versus Strict Rate Control in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1001337
II. MRI and ICD Function
Legacy ICDs Exposed to MRI Still Shock, Pace as Needed https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/987729
- Implantable Defibrillator System Shock Function, Mortality, and Cause of Death After Magnetic Resonance Imaging https://doi.org/10.7326/M22-2653
- 2017 HRS expert consensus statement on magnetic resonance imaging and radiation exposure in patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28502708/
III. AF and Dementia
Atrial Fibrillation and Dementia: What Do We Know?
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/985900
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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 dot org medscape cardiology and this |
| 0:49.9 | is this week in cardiology for February 3rd 2023 this This week a possible major breakthrough in the thinking about diastolic dysfunction and heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction. |
| 1:03.2 | MRI scans and cardiac devices |
| 1:06.9 | and the relationship between atrial fibrillation and dementia. |
| 1:10.6 | First topic, boom, what a big finding. |
| 1:15.0 | Jama Cardiology has published a fascinating RCT this week. |
| 1:20.0 | The My Pace trial leads me to believe that I and perhaps the entire |
| 1:25.1 | cardiology community have been wrong about a core concept in cardiology and for |
| 1:30.3 | decades. Pause there yes turn down the pace of the treadmill, |
| 1:35.2 | back off on the watts if you're on your bike. |
| 1:37.8 | Seriously, my friends, this could be big. |
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