This Week in Cardiology

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July 2, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast Jul 02, 2021

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COVID-19, mRNA-vaccine-induced myocarditis, type 2 diabetes in kids, optimal medical therapy for CAD, and Alcohol are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week's podcast. https://www.medscape.com/twic

1-COVID

- Fast-spreading Delta Variant, Vaccination Rates, Reintroduction of Indoor Masks: COVID-19 Global Weekly Highlights https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/940446

- Health care 'breaking point': Cox confirms some Springfield COVID-19 patients transferred to St. Louis, Kansas City https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2021/06/29/springfield-covid-delta-variant-missouri-hospitals-cox-some-patients-transferred-vaccines/7787970002/

2- COVID Vaccine-Induced Myocarditis

- New Details of Myocarditis Linked to COVID Vaccines https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/954061

- Myocarditis Following Immunization With mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines in Members of the US Military https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2781601

- Patients With Acute Myocarditis Following mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2781602

3- Diabetes in the Clinic

- 'Staggering' Doubling of Type 2 Diabetes in Kids During Pandemic https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953816

4- Optimal Medical Therapy

- OMT 'Best Insurance' for Extended Survival After Revascularization https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953959

- Impact of Optimal Medical Therapy on 10-Year Mortality After Coronary Revascularization https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2021.04.087

- Defining the Proper SYNTAX for Long-Term Benefit of Myocardial Revascularization With Optimal Medical Therapy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2021.04.088

- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention versus Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting for Severe Coronary Artery Disease. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa0804626

- Percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with three-vessel or left main coronary artery disease: 10-year follow-up of the multicentre randomised controlled SYNTAX trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31997-X

5- Alcohol

- The Sick-Quitter Effect: How Alcohol Can Seem Cardioprotective When It Isn't https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953696

Features:

- Vaccine-Induced Myocarditis Concerns Demand Respect, Not Absolutism https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/954038

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Jun 25, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast Jun 25, 2021

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Myocarditis and the COVID vaccine, lipid lowering guidelines, financial toxicity, and deprescribing statins are the topics covered by John Mandrola, MD, in this week's podcast. https://www.medscape.com/twic

1 – COVID

Varied COVID Vaccination Rates May Lead to 'Two Americas' https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953658

Nearly All COVID Deaths in US Are Now Among Unvaccinated https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953703

2 - COVID Vaccine Myocarditis

FDA to Add Myocarditis Warning to mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953647

3 – Lipid Guidelines

Clinicians Slow to Implement Lipid-Lowering Guidelines: GOULD Registry https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953688

- Use of Lipid-Lowering Therapies Over 2 Years in GOULD, a Registry of Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in the US https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2780713

4 - Financial Toxicity

Financial Burden Higher With CVD Than Cancer https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953687

- Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, and Financial Toxicity Among Adults in the United States https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jaccao.2021.02.006

5 - Deprescribing Statins

Stopping Statins Linked to Death, CV Events in Elderly https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953545

- Cardiovascular Outcomes and Mortality Associated With Discontinuing Statins in Older Patients Receiving Polypharmacy https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2780952

- Effect of rosuvastatin in patients with chronic heart failure (the GISSI-HF trial): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(08)61240-4/fulltext

- Rosuvastatin in Older Patients with Systolic Heart Failure https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa0706201

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June 18, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Jun 18, 2021

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COVID vaccine myocarditis, Christian Eriksen and sudden cardiac death, therapeutic hypothermia, and revascularization of stable CAD are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

https://www.medscape.com/twic

1- COVID-Vaccine-Myocarditis

AHA: Don't Delay COVID Shot While CDC Reviews Myocarditis Cases https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953233

Myocarditis after BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 Vaccination https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.055913

2- Christian Eriksen

Christian Eriksen: un survivant qui doit nous inspirer

https://francais.medscape.com/voirarticle/3607279

Danish Soccer Player Suffered Cardiac Arrest During Euro Match

https://www.webmd.com/news/20210614/danish-soccer-player-suffered-cardiac-arrest-during-euro-match

Point/Counterpoint on Halting Implantation of the Subcutaneous ICD https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacep.2021.03.006

3- Therapeutic Hypothermia

Trial Supports Therapeutic Hypothermia in Nonshockable Cardiac Arrest https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/919855

Hypothermia versus Normothermia after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2100591

PulmCrit – A history of hypothermia for cardiac arrest, 2002-2021 (RIP)

https://emcrit.org/pulmcrit/ttm2/

4 - Revascularization of Stable CAD

Meta-analysis Muses Over ISCHEMIA Message Had Trial Lasted Longer https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951498

Cardiac mortality in patients randomised to elective coronary revascularisation plus medical therapy or medical therapy alone: a systematic review and meta-analysis https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab246

Impact of revascularisation on outcomes in chronic coronary syndromes: a new meta-analysis with the same old biases?

https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab330

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June 11, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast Jun 11, 2021

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COVID vaccine myocarditis, AF post-stroke, semaglutide, and iPhones and cardiac devices are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast. https://www.medscape.com/twic

COVID-Vaccine-Myocarditis

More Evidence Links COVID Vaccines to Rare Cases of Myocarditis in Youth https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/952905

- Symptomatic Acute Myocarditis in Seven Adolescents Following the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccination https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2021/06/04/peds.2021-052478

- At Least 18 Cases of Apparent Heart Problems in Young People in CT After COVID-19 Vaccine https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/coronavirus/connecticut-confirms-at-least-18-cases-of-apparent-heart-problems-in-young-people-after-covid-19-vaccination/2494534/

- C.D.C. Is Investigating a Heart Problem in a Few Young Vaccine Recipients https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/22/health/cdc-heart-teens-vaccination.html

- EMA Statement: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/meeting-highlights-pharmacovigilance-risk-assessment-committee-prac-3-6-may-2021

- Is the Second Shot Giving Young Men a Dangerous Heart Condition? https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/06/israel-detects-link-between-myocarditis-and-covid-vaccine.html

- Report to FDA https://www.fda.gov/media/150054/download

AF and Stroke

Evidence Mounts for Implantable AF Monitoring After Stroke https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/952325

- The STROKE-AF Randomized Clinical Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2780490

- The PER DIEM Randomized Clinical Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2780491

Obesity

FDA Approves 'Game Changer' Semaglutide for Weight Loss https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/952441

iPhone 12 and Cardiac Device

Evidence Builds for iPhone 12 Interference With Cardiac Devices https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/952780

- Magnetic Interference on Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices From Apple iPhone MagSafe Technology https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.121.020818

- Letter to the Editor—Lifesaving therapy inhibition by phones containing magnets https://www.heartrhythmjournal.com/article/S1547-5271(20)31227-3/fulltext

- Smart wearable device accessories may interfere with implantable cardiac devices https://www.heartrhythmcasereports.com/article/S2214-0271(20)30274-8/fulltext

Features:

Feb 26, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/946476

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May 21, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast May 21, 2021

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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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May 14, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast May 14, 2021

Show notes

The upcoming ACC meeting, polypharmacy, finerenone, and ethics and professionalism are the topics covered by John Mandrola, MD, in this week's podcast. https://www.medscape.com/twic

ACC Preview:

ACC.21 Looks to Repeat Success Despite Pandemic Headwinds https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/950836

- Level and Prevalence of Spin in Published Cardiovascular Randomized Clinical Trial Reports With Statistically Nonsignificant Primary Outcomes: A Systematic Review https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31050775/

Polypharmacy

Hypertension Worsened by Commonly Used Prescription Meds https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/950724

Finerenone

Finerenone Scores Second Pivotal-Trial Success in Diabetic Kidney Disease https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951027

- Effect of Finerenone on Chronic Kidney Disease Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2025845

Ethics and Professionalism

AHA/ACC Guidance on Ethics, Professionalism in Cardiovascular Care https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951018

- 2020 American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology Consensus Conference on Professionalism and Ethics: A Consensus Conference Report https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000963

Features:

Mandrola Previews the 2021 (Virtual) American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/950797

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May 7, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast May 07, 2021

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COVID-19 and BMI, TAVR vs SAVR, subcutaneous ICD, SGLT2 inhibitors, and physician-Moms are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast. https://www.medscape.com/twic

COVID-19

COVID-19 Severity Starts in Normal BMI Range, Especially in Young https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/950568

- Associations between body-mass index and COVID-19 severity in 6·9 million people in England: a prospective, community-based, cohort study https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(21)00089-9/fulltext

TAVR vs SAVR

VARC-3 Sets Goalpost for Future Aortic Valve Trials https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/950012

- Valve Academic Research Consortium 3: updated endpoint definitions for aortic valve clinical research https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa799/6237954

TAVR Availability

Patchy Growth of TAVR Programs Leaves Poorer Communities Behind https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/950316

S-ICD

Trade-offs Between Subcutaneous, Transvenous ICDs on Display in EFFORTLESS https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/950328

- Implant and Midterm Outcomes of the Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Registry: The EFFORTLESS Study https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2017.06.040

- Reduction in Inappropriate Therapy and Mortality through ICD Programming https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1211107

- Low inappropriate shock rates in patients with single- and dual/triple-chamber implantable cardioverter-defibrillators using a novel suite of detection algorithms: PainFree SST trial primary results https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.01.017

Dapagliflozin and CKD

FDA Approves Dapagliflozin (Farxiga) for Chronic Kidney Disease https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/950329

Features

New Physician Moms Need More Resources and Less Guilt in the Workplace https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/949765

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Apr 30, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast Apr 30, 2021

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COVID-19 and global vaccinations, AF screening, conduction-system pacing, FDA ban on menthol tobacco, and a heartfelt essay are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast. https://www.medscape.com/twic

COVID-19

Indians Rush for COVID-19 Vaccines as Death Toll Passes 200,000 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/950095

- Vaccine Breakthrough Infections with SARS-CoV-2 Variants https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2105000

AF Screening:

Modest Clinical Gain for AF Screening of Asymptomatic Elderly: STROKESTOP https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/949950

- Mass Screening for Untreated Atrial Fibrillation

The STROKESTOP Study https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.014343

- Does screening for disease save lives in asymptomatic adults? Systematic review of meta-analyses and randomized trials https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25596211/

- Toward evidence-based medical statistics. 2: The Bayes factor https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10383350

Conduction System Pacing

Keeping Pace: His-Bundle CRT for Heart Failure Impresses in Second Randomized Trial https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/950037

- A Randomized Trial of His pacing versus Biventricular pacing in Symptomatic Heart Failure Patients with left bundle branch block (His-Alternative) https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacep.2021.04.003

- His Corrective Pacing or Biventricular Pacing for Cardiac Resynchronization in Heart Failure https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacc.2019.04.026

FDA

FDA Moves to Ban Menthol in Tobacco Products https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/950223

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Apr 23, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast Apr 23, 2021

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Cardiac status post COVID-19 in athletes, AF ablation, and bias against procedural doctors are the topics covered by John Mandrola, MD, in this week's podcast https://www.medscape.com/twic

COVID-19

COVID-19 Outbreak Associated with a SARS-CoV-2 R.1 Lineage Variant in a Skilled Nursing Facility After Vaccination Program — Kentucky, March 2021 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7017e2.htm

Professor Zeynep Tufekci Newsletter: https://www.theinsight.org/p/facts-are-pieces-of-a-puzzle-not

Post-COVID-19 Cardiac Involvement in NCAA athletes

SARS-CoV-2 Cardiac Involvement in Young Competitive Athletes https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.054824

AF and Durable PV isolation

Paroxysmal AF Can Recur but Burden Plunges After 'Durable' Ablation https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/949566

Radiofrequency vs. Cryoballoon Catheter Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: Durability of Pulmonary Vein Isolation and Effect on AF Burden: The RACE-AF Randomized Controlled Trial https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCEP.120.009573

Bias Against Procedures:

Apr 9, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/949000

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Apr 16, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast Apr 16, 2021

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COVID-19 vaccine-related clotting, vitamin D, anticoagulation strategies before PCI, and a good intervention at end of life are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast. https://www.medscape.com/twic

COVID-19:

How Some COVID-19 Vaccines Could Cause Rare Blood Clots https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/949262

FAQ: What to Know About the J&J Vaccine Pause https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/949231

Vitamin D Screening:

Don't Screen for Vitamin D in General Population, Says US Task Force https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/949167

Pre-PCI AC Decisions:

Parity Whether Anticoagulation Is Halted or Not for Unplanned Cath https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/949064

Uninterrupted Oral Anticoagulant Therapy in Patients Undergoing Unplanned Percutaneous Coronary Intervention https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2021.01.022

Pacemaker or Defibrillator Surgery without Interruption of Anticoagulation https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1302946

Continued vs. interrupted direct oral anticoagulants at the time of device surgery, in patients with moderate to high risk of arterial thrombo-embolic events (BRUISE CONTROL-2) https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehy413

A Superb Intervention at End of Life:

Use of Comfort Care Increasing After Stroke, May Reduce Costs https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/949297

Decade‐Long Nationwide Trends and Disparities in Use of Comfort Care Interventions for Patients With Ischemic Stroke https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.120.019785

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