Reader feedback on LGE pre-ICDs, PFA for AF ablation, CTO-PCI, endovascular ablation of the greater splanchnic nerve in HFpEF, and data sharing are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers this week.

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I. Listener Feedback

Sept 27, 2024 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1001666

• JAMA Meta-analysis https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2823869/

II. Pulsed Field Ablation for AF

Feb 02, 2024 This Week in Cardiology Podcast https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/999995

• ADMIRE Trial https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.070333
• ADVENT Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2307291

III. PCI for CTO

• EuroCTO One Year SAQ Results https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehy220
• EuroCTO Hard Outcomes https://eurointervention.pcronline.com/article/three-year-outcomes-of-eurocto-a-randomized-multicentre-trial-comparing-revascularization-and-optimal-medical-therapy-for-chronic-total-coronary-occlusions
• Faith Healing and Subtraction Anxiety https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.004665
• DECISION CTO trial https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.031313
• ISCHEMIA CTO Rationale and Design https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2022.11.016

IV. Greater Splanchnic Nerve Ablation for HFpEF

• REBALANCE HF https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2823999

V. Data Sharing

The Pros and Cons of Clinical Trial Data Sharing

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/862815

• Kramer and Nallamothu, Caution in Data Sharing https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.124.010257
• Nosek, Variability in Analytic Methods https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2515245917747646
• Zeraatker, Variability in Analytic Methods

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Surgical clearance, NICM assessment, dueling perspectives on PCI as first-line therapy for angina, GDMT in HFrEF are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

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I. New ACC Peri-operative Guidelines Released

• ACC Guideline document https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.06.013
• J Vasc Surg https://www.jvascsurg.org/article/S0741-5214(21)00335-9/fulltext
• McFalls and colleagues; CARP https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa041905

II. NICM – We may be doing it wrong in Selecting ICDs

• JAMA Meta-analysis https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2823869/
• German CMR ICD Trial https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04558723
• BRITISH CMR trial https://www.hra.nhs.uk/planning-and-improving-research/application-summaries/research-summaries/britishusing-cmr-scar-as-risk-indication-tool-in-nicm-and-severe-lvsd/

III. When Should PCI be Used in Chronic Stable CAD?

• Rajkumar and Al-Lamee; PCI First https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.124.011201

• Boden and De Caterina; Meds First https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.124.011268
• ORBITA 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32714-9
• ORBITA 2 trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2310610

IV. GDMT Underuse in HFrEF

• Greene and colleagues https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2024.08.002
• DAPA HF https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1911303
• RALES https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199909023411001

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Listener feedback, K levels post cardiac surgery, cardiac device safety, disparities in preventive care, stopping trials early, and a SHAM-PVI update are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers this week.

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I. Listener Feedback

Sep 13, 2024 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1001596

• Sripal Bangalore Tweet on Yusef Meta-analysis https://x.com/SripalBangalore/status/1750116964893094125

II. Post Cardiac Surgery AF

• TIGHT K Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2823246

III. Evidence Base for New Cardiac Devices

• Annals of IM Survey Observational Study https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-24-00724

IV. Disparities in Care

• JAMA Network Open Paper on Insurer Denials of Preventive Care https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2823677

V. Stopping Trials Early

• Kaul and Butler; Insights on Recent CKD Trials https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.07.026
• Bassler Systematic Review https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/185591

VI. Sham PVI

AF Ablation Works…But: The Positive SHAM-PVI Trial

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/af-ablation-works-positive-sham-pvi-trial-2024a1000gzl?&icd=login_success_email_match_fpf

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