Health and income, high BP in the hospital, and more on subclinical AF and when to use anticoagulants are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic   I. Health and Income  A Cash Giveaway to Improve Health https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/cash-giveaway-improve-health-2024a1000dhf?form=fpf JAMA RCT https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2821454 NBER RCT https://www.nber.org/papers/w32711 Have We Missed t ..read more

Vulnerable plaque and scientific method; industry payments to trainees; tirzepatide or semaglutide; trial interpretation; and PFA are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in today’s podcast. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic I. Non-invasive Imaging for Vulnerable Plaque   PET Imaging Finds Vulnerable Plaques That Cause MI https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/pet-imaging-finds-vulnerable-plaques-cause-mi-2024a1000cm2 JACC paper https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.03.419 Original ..read more

Venous closure devices, GLP1-s linked to blindness and cancer, resisting the urge to do an ECG, and transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) for secondary mitral regurgitation are the topics discussed this week. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic I Listener Feedback Venous vascular closure system vs. figure-of-eight suture following atrial fibrillation ablation: the STYLE-AF Study https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euae105 II GLP1-s and Blindness Risk of Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemi ..read more

Screening echo, multivitamins, wasteful research, another PA sensor for HF, vascular closure devices, and GLP-1 marketing as science research are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses this week. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic I. Screening for Valvular HD in the Elderly EHJ-CV Imaging Paper https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jeae127 II. Vitamins and Wasteful Research Is Red Meat Healthy? Multiverse Analysis Has Lessons Beyond Meat   https:// www.medscape.com/viewarticle/re ..read more

MRAs in HF with renal dysfunction, coronary autoregulation, the hubris of US doctors, NSTEMI in older patients, survival after STEMI, and new leaders at JACC are discussed by John Mandrola, MD. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic I Listener Feedback Combined analysis (Matsumoto) II Coronary artery autoregulation with increasing stenosis NEJM Paper https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2402216 III RECOVER IV Trial Gregg Stone, MD Tweet https://x.com/GreggWStone/status/18035835 ..read more

Listener feedback, statin eligibility and Yogi Berra, evidence-based medicine and heterogenous treatment effects, and MRAs in HF are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic I. Listener Feedback ASPIRE AF https://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03968393 Butala paper: Stroke After TAVR With and Without EPD https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.123.013697 PROTECTED TAVR Heuts meta-analysis: EPD Dur ..read more

Cannabis and CV outcomes, post-CABG AF, embolic protection devices, emulation of randomization, and a preview heterogenous treatment effects are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers this week. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic I. Cannabis It Sure Looks Like Cannabis Is Bad for the Heart, Doesn't It? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1000250 Cannabis Use Tied to Increased Cardiovascular Risk https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/cannabis-use-tied-increased-cardiovascular-risk-2024a1 ..read more

The FLOW trial of semaglutide, the DANCAVAS CV screening trial, non-invasive tests for chest pain, and conflicts of interest on social media are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses this week. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic I. Semaglutide for CKD Semaglutide Significantly Improves Chronic Kidney Disease https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/semaglutide-significantly-improves-chronic-kidney-disease-2024a10009w9 FLOW Trial II. CV Screening Judicious CVD Screening May Work in Men ..read more

Clues in SCAF, a DOAC antidote trial, another negative lytic trial in stroke, JAMA changes to observational studies, and BP in stroke care are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in this week’s podcast. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic I. ARTESIA Substudy Sadly, ARTESIA Doesn't Answer a Common Question in Cardiology  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/998215 ARTESIA Substudy NOAH https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2303062 ARTESIA https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NE ..read more

Inclisiran, sodium-channel blocker safety, analytic flexibility, the work-up of patients with HF, and BP in older patients are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in this week’s podcast. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic I. Inclisiran Update ORION 4 https://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03705234 II. Sodium-Channel AADs UPenn Paper https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2024.01.021 Three Questions Editorial https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/circoutcomes.110.957381 EAS ..read more