Nov 15 2024 This Week in Cardiology

Tirzepatide, AF screening, and an AHA preview, including VT ablation, LAAC at the time of AF ablation, BP targets, and GLP1 agonists in HF are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in today's podcast.

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I. Tirzepatide

• SURMOUNT 1 – Three-year results https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2410819

II. AF Screening

• GUARD AF https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.08.019
• LOOP 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01698-6
• STROKE STOP 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01637-8

III. LAAC with AF ablation 

Mandrola Previews the OPTION Trial, the Most Worrisome Study at AHA 2024

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/mandrola-previews-option-trial-most-worrisome-study-aha-2024-2024a1000kmz

• The OPTION Trial Rationale https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2022.05.003

IV. Blood Pressure Targets

• BPROAD https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1753-0407.13411
• ACCORD - https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1001286

V. GLP1a for HFpEF

• SUMMIT at Clinicaltrials.gov https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04847557

VI. VT Ablation

• VANISH2 Rationale https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2024.04.009
• VANISH 1 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1513614

VII. Spironolactone Results of CLEAR-SYNERGY 

Nov 08, 2024 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1001865

'No Hint of Benefit' in Large Colchicine Trial

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/no-hint-benefit-large-colchicine-trial-2024a1000ko4

• CLEAR SYNERGY Rationale https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38936755/

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