Oct 18 2024 This Week in Cardiology
This Week in Cardiology
Medscape Podcasts
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🗓️ 18 October 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Listener feedback on the c-statistic, atherosclerotic plaque imaging, WATCHMAN implant decisions in the US, and deprescribing are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.
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I.Listener Feedback
Oct 11, 2024 This Week in Cardiology Podcast
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1001735
- Nancy Cook; C-statistic https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.672402
II. Plaque Imaging
New Evidence That Plaque Buildup Shouldn't Be Ignored
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/new-evidence-plaque-buildup-shouldnt-be-ignored-2024a1000ihw
- Fuster and colleagues; Imaging vs CAC
III. WATCHMAN Decisions
- Zeitler and colleagues. Long-term Outcomes
IV. Deprescribing
Cognitive Decline and Antihypertensive Use: New Data
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/cognitive-decline-and-antihypertensive-use-new-data-2024a1000isw?form=fpf
- Jing and colleagues.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to this week in cardiology from the heart |
| 0:03.4 | org medscape cardiology this podcast is intended for health care |
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| 0:44.0 | Hi everyone this is John Mandrola from the heart |
| 0:47.2 | org medscape and this is this week in cardiology for October 18th 2024 this week |
| 0:55.0 | listener feedback on the C statistic |
| 0:58.0 | Athrosclerotic plaque imaging |
| 1:00.0 | Watchman implant decisions in the United States and |
| 1:04.8 | deep prescribing. |
| 1:07.1 | First a few notes before I start. |
| 1:09.4 | I am in the most amazing city of Vancouver, Canada. I'm here actually for two lectures. |
| 1:14.5 | Thanks first to the University of British Columbia Cardiology Group, |
| 1:19.0 | especially Jason Andrade for the invitation to give cardiology rounds. |
| 1:25.0 | I also want to thank the Therapeutics Initiative group here in BC for the invite to give a critical |
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