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In this episode, Drs. Erin Michos and Leslie Cho discuss the research presented at ACC.24 related to statin intolerance and bempedoic acid. Dr. Cho’s research publication “Characteristics and Outcomes for Statin Intolerant Women Receiving Bempedoic Acid in The Clear Outcomes Trial” is discussed, as well as lipid management for women, Hispanic, Latinx, and obese patients in the CLEAR Outcomes Trial. 

This podcast is part of Bempedoic Acid: New Evidence Transforming the LDL-C Treatment Landscape grant initiative.  

  Educational grant support is provided by Esperion.  

 Related References:  

Cho L, Plutzky J, Brennan D, et al. Characteristics and outcomes for statin-intolerant women receiving bempedoic acid in the CLEAR OUTCOMES trial. J Am Coll Cardiol 2024;83:1751.  
Rodriguez F, Brennan D, Lei L, Nissen SE, Powell H, Plutzky J. Characteristics and outcomes for statin-intolerant Hispanic/Lantinx women receiving bempedoic acid: results from a CLEAR OUTCOMES pre-specified subanalysis. J Am Coll Cardiol 2024;83:1811.  
Bays HE, Bloedon L, Brennan D, et al. Bempedoic acid and cardiovascular disease outcomes in patients with obesity: a CLEAR OUTCOMES subset analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol 2024;83:1967.  
Nissen SE, Menon V, Nicholls SJ, et al. Bempedoic acid for primary prevention of cardiovascular events in statin-intolerant patients. JAMA 2023;330:131-140. 

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“Heart Vision” is a new CardiaCast podcast series stemming from the ACC Cardiovascular Imaging Section Leadership Council. This podcast series will tackle topics on emerging multimodality imaging data, trends, practice patterns, disease status and advocacy effort.  

In this episode, Drs. Jamie Bourque and Mathew Parker discuss the multimodality assessment of suspected or known cardiovascular infection, including:  

the application, strength, and limitations of echocardiography 
when additional advanced imaging can be helpful for patient management 
assessment of extracardiac manifestations of cardiovascular infection 
the role of radionuclide imaging in native valve endocarditis 

 Related References:  

Bourque J, Birgersdotter-Green U, Bravo P, et al. 18F-FDG PET/CT and radiolabeled leukocyte SPECT/CT imaging for the evaluation of cardiovascular infection in the multimodality context: ASNC imaging indications (ASNC I2) series expert consensus recommendations from ASNC, AATS, ACC, AHA, ASE, EANM, HRS, IDSA, SCCT, SNMMI, and STS. J Am Coll Cardiol Img 2024;Mar 11:[ePub ahead of print].  

“Courtside with the Chair” is a new series within CardiaCast presented by the Sports and Exercise Cardiology Member Section covering topics within the field of sports and exercise cardiology. In Part 2, Dr. Jonathan Kim continues the conversation with Drs. Maron, Harmon, and Baggish discussing the principles of shared decision-making in the context of sports participation for athletes with heart disease and ‘the why’ to do it.  

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“Courtside with the Chair” is a new series within CardiaCast presented by the Sports and Exercise Cardiology Member Section covering topics within the field of sports and exercise cardiology. In this episode, Dr. Jonathan Kim is joined by Drs. Marty Maron, Kim Harmon, and Aaron Baggish to discuss the principles of shared decision-making in the context of sports participation for athletes with heart disease and ‘the why’ to do it.  

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“PulseCheck” is a series within CardiaCast that is designed for nurses or allied healthcare professionals who are new, or new to cardiology, offering practical team-based solutions to the challenges that nurses and allied health professionals face every day. In this panel discussion, host Andrea Price MS, AACC brings together Martina Speight FNP-BC, MS(Martina), Jane Linderbaum ARNP, CNP, FACC and Bailey Estes MSN, AGNP-C to explore best practices related to structural heart disease. In this episode, the focus is on Advanced Practice Provider Updates. 

 
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“PulseCheck” is a series within CardiaCast that is designed for nurses or allied healthcare professionals who are new, or new to cardiology, offering practical team-based solutions to the challenges that nurses and allied health professionals face every day. In this panel discussion, host Andrea Price MS, AACC brings together Holly Dalton, MSN, Joan Michaels, RN, AACC,  and Bailey Estes MSN, AGNP-C, to explore best practices related to structural heart disease. In this episode, the focus is on quality in structural heart.  
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