Sep 24, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast
This Week in Cardiology
Medscape Podcasts
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🗓️ 24 September 2021
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Dual antiplatelet therapy after PCI, statin side effects, nightshift work and AF, and a cautionary note regarding therapeutic enthusiasm in HF care are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic
I - COVID
- Alaska Sets Record for Daily COVID Cases https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/958999
II - MASTER DAPT
- MASTER DAPT: 1 Month DAPT Enough After High-Bleeding-Risk PCI https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/957463
- Antiplatelets and Anticoagulation Post-PCI: More on MASTER DAPT https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/958002
- Dual Antiplatelet Therapy after PCI in Patients at High Bleeding Risk https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2108749
- Abbreviated Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients at High Bleeding Risk With or Without Oral Anticoagulant Therapy After Coronary Stenting: An Open-Label, Randomized, Controlled Trial https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.056680
III - Statins and Side Effects
- Most Muscle Pain on Statins Not a Drug Effect: SAMSON in Print https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/958877
- Side Effect Patterns in a Crossover Trial of Statin, Placebo, and No Treatment https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2021.07.022
IV - Nightshift Work and AF
- Regular Nightshift Work Linked to Atrial Fibrillation, CHD https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/959346?src=
- Long-term night shift work is associated with the risk of atrial fibrillation and coronary heart disease https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab505
V - Enthusiasm for HF Therapy
- Empagliflozin's HFpEF Efficacy Catalyzes Redefinition of HF https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/959249
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Transcript
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| 0:38.6 | Hi everyone, this is John Mandrola from the Heart.org Medscape Cardiology and this is this week in |
| 0:45.8 | cardiology for September 24th, 2021. |
| 0:50.0 | This week, dual anti-platelet therapy, the full Samson trial published, night shift work |
| 0:56.8 | and atrial fibrillation, and a cautionary note on therapeutic enthusiasm in the treatment of patients with heart failure. |
| 1:04.3 | First a note on COVID. Overall the US numbers are down but the story in the US is |
| 1:11.4 | geographic. Case numbers in states like Texas and Florida are dropping, |
| 1:16.0 | but places like Alaska and Idaho are still seeing high numbers. We, fortunately here in Kentucky, |
| 1:21.9 | are seeing a decrease in our numbers. |
| 1:25.0 | I really hope that after Delta and with vaccinations will see a dormant period. |
| 1:30.5 | I can't wait for the pandemic to be over, so perhaps we can all be friends again and go back to arguing |
| 1:36.6 | over anti-coagulation, Taver, and stents, and biased observational data, and even appendage closure. |
| 1:45.0 | That's it for COVID. Let's go straight to cardiology. |
| 1:50.0 | The Master DAP trial, at ESC, we learned the results of the Master DAP trial. |
| 1:54.6 | This was an RCT that compared an abbreviated and non abbreviated strategy of dual |
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