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Hi everyone, this is John Mandrola from the Heart.org Medscape Cardiology and this is this week in

Cardiology for October 11th 2019.

This week cautionary notes on the use of Left main PCI and TAVR for patients with

AS. First of all I'm sorry for missing a week there is just no way for me to

maintain a quality podcast while traveling in two cities in Europe.

First a comment on the Venice Arrhythmia conference, which is notable for three reasons

and one is the quality of the science presented.

Thanks, Professor Rivale. and one is the quality of the science presented.

Thanks, Professor Rivale, Natale, and Themestocles for inviting a contrarian.

The second notable of Venice Arithmy, it was the beauty of the venue. And third and most crucially, get this, and I hope my friend

Vanai Prasad is listening. Swas of faculty presenting at Venice Arithmia have paid own way so the take-home is that

scientific meetings can occur without lavishing benefits on the faculty.

Now a note on the 14th annual PQRST conference in Shejive Poland.

My friend, Dr Pietor Futima's project to bring EP science to southern Poland seems to be working.

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