May 21, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast
This Week in Cardiology
Medscape Podcasts
4.9 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2021
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
John Mandrola, MD, presents an ACC 2021 recap. https://www.medscape.com/twic
ACC 2021 Reveiw
I -- Left Atrial Appendage Closure
LAAOS III: Surgical LAA Closure Cuts AF Stroke Risk by One Third https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951232
- Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion during Cardiac Surgery to Prevent Stroke https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2101897
Watchman Registry: 1-Year Stroke Estimates Reassuringly Low https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951235
II - Angiotensin-Neprilysin Inhibition
PARADISE-MI: Sacubitril/Valsartan Can't Beat Ramipril in Patients With Acute MI https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951236
Life Trial
Rationale Paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2020.05.005
III - Renal Denervation
Ultrasound Renal Denervation Drops BP in Patients on Triple Therapy https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951248
IV -- Clopidogrel vs ASA post Stent
HOST-EXAM: Clopidogrel Beats Aspirin as Monotherapy After Stenting https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951294
- Aspirin versus clopidogrel for chronic maintenance monotherapy after percutaneous coronary intervention (HOST-EXAM): an investigator-initiated, prospective, randomised, open-label, multicentre trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01063-1
V -- AF Ablation in HF
RAFT-AF, Despite Itself, Hints at Advantage for Ablation Rhythm Control in Heart Failure With AF. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951326
VI -- Rivaroxaban in COVID-19 – ACTION Trial
Therapeutic Rivaroxaban Dose: Risk Outweighs Benefit in Stable COVID https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951475
VII -- REHAB-HF Trial
Novel Rehab Program Fights Frailty, Boosts Capacity in Advanced HF https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951244
- Physical Rehabilitation for Older Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2026141
VIII – ASA 81 vs 325 – ADAPTABLE Trial
ADAPTABLE: Low-Dose Aspirin as Good as High-Dose in CHD? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951230
- Comparative Effectiveness of Aspirin Dosing in Cardiovascular Disease https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2102137
Perspectives:
Eight Things to Know About the Surgical Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion (LAAOS III) Trial https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951229
PARADISE-MI Makes Me Question the Benefits of Sacubitril/Valsartan https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951239
Sacubitril/Valsartan: Trending Toward PARADISE Post MI https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/950300
Renal Denervation for Resistant Hypertension Is Not Back on Track https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951497
Acute Alcohol Consumption Raises Risk for Atrial Fibrillation https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/950938
Does ADAPTABLE Inform Aspirin Dosing for Secondary Prevention? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/950969
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| 0:38.6 | Hi everyone, this is John Mandrola from the Heart.org medscape |
| 0:43.9 | cardiology and this is this week in cardiology for May 21 2021. This week an |
| 0:50.8 | announcement and a fast and furious review of ACC 21. First an |
| 0:58.4 | announcement I'm heading off for holiday for two weeks this week in |
| 1:02.3 | cardiology will return June 11th. Thank you for your |
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| 1:14.0 | A brief comment on COVID, nearly every day in my clinic. |
| 1:18.3 | It's a cardiac clinic, mind you, people marvel at the vaccines. Our hospital nearly empty of COVID cases and Eric Tobel |
| 1:26.4 | tweeted yesterday that the US case numbers and case positivity is as low as |
| 1:31.0 | they've been in more than a year. |
| 1:33.0 | Three weeks ago, we had 51,000 people at Churchill Downs here in Louisville for the Kentucky Derby, |
| 1:39.0 | and we haven't seen it a spike in cases. |
| 1:42.0 | The front page of the Wall Street Journal... haven't seen in a spike in cases. |
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