This Week in Cardiology Medscape

An Impella update, another TAVI vs SAVR trial, two studies on angina and PCI, another null substudy from REVIVED-BCIS, and semaglutide are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in this week’s podcast.
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I. Impella Update
CHRIP BCIS 3 https://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05003817 Danger-Shock Podcast https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1000675 II. TAVI vs SAVR
Notion 2 Trial EHJ https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae331 DEDICATE-DZHK6 III. Angina and PCI
Orbita 2 Sub-analysis Orbita Star https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.04.001 IV. Complete Revascularization
Main REVIVED trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2206606 JACC Substudy https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.04.043 V. Semaglutide
Semaglutide CV Benefits Irrespective of Weight Loss: 4-Year SELECT Data
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/semaglutide-cv-benefits-irrespective-weight-loss-4-year-2024a100095z
Nature Med substudy https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-02996-7 SELECT Main paper https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2307563 You may also like:
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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.
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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 EAST Post-hoc Review https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euae121 III. Analytic Flexibility
 
Is Red Meat Healthy? Multiverse Analysis Has Lessons Beyond Meat
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/red-meat-healthy-multiverse-analysis-has-lessons-beyond-meat-2024a10008qv
Specification Curve Analysis of Red Meat Data https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111278 IV. The Work-up of Patients With HF
Durstenfeld and colleagues, UCSF https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.123.010800 REVIVED BCIS2 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2206606 V. BP Therapy in Older Patients
Haring and colleagues; Women’s Health  Initiative BP Study https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.067302 SPRINT Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1511939 You may also like:
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The DEDICATE trial of TAVR vs SAVR, more on renal denervation, inclisiran, and marketing disguised as science are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in today’s podcast.
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I. TAVR vs SAVR
TAVI Comparable With SAVR in Lower-Risk Aortic Stenosis
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/tavi-comparable-savr-lower-risk-aortic-stenosis-2024a100074o?form=fpf
DEDICATE https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2400685 Partner 3 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1814052 Evolut Low Risk https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1816885 Barili meta-analysis https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab516 II. Renal Denervation
Alcohol-Mediated Renal Denervation Promising in Hypertension
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/alcohol-mediated-renal-denervation-promising-hypertension-2024a10007eg
TARGET 1 https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.069291 III. Inclisiran
Earlier Inclisiran Gives Better Long-Term LDL Reductions
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/earlier-inclisiran-gives-better-long-term-ldl-reductions-2024a10007d6
VICTORIAN INITIATE Trial https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.03.382 You may also like:
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A listener defends colored boxes in guidelines; mysteries of non-culprit coronary lesions during PCI, and of AF ablation; and surrogate markers are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in this week's podcast.
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I. Mystery of What to Do in the Cath Lab after Fixing the Culprit Lesion – The FULL REVASC Trial
Complete Revascularization Not Superior to Culprit-Only PCI After MI
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/complete-revascularization-not-superior-culprit-only-pci-2024a10007ik
FULL REVASC Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2314149 FIRE Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2300468 COMPLETE Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1907775 Cohen Tweet on FULL REVASC https://x.com/djc795/status/1781361606238085532 II. AF Ablation Mysteries
New Expert Consensus on Ablation Strategies for AF
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/new-expert-consensus-ablation-strategies-af-2024a1000851
Bern Study of Remapping https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2024.02.026 Natural History of SCAF https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2019.09.050 Liverpool Study: Thermal PV Isolation in Persistent AF https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2024.04.061 III. Surrogate Markers
JAMA: Surrugate Markers and Clinical Outcomes https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2817850 BP Surrogate Meta-analysis https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00590-0 JAMA: Nonfatal MI as Surrogate for Mortality https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2785560 You may also like:
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ACC Part 2: The TACT2 trial of chelation, inter-atrial shunts for HF, and triglyceride lowering; plus diltiazem and Factor Xa anticoagulants are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers this week.
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I. TACT 2
Chelation Therapy Provides No Benefit Post-MI
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/chelation-therapy-provides-no-benefit-post-mi-2024a10006l5
Chelation Therapy and CV Risk: Why TACT2 Showed No Benefit https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/chelation-therapy-and-cv-risk-why-tact2-showed-no-benefit-2024a1000761?src=
JAMA TACT 1 paper https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1672238 Diabetes Subgroup paper https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24254885/ A New Look at P-values https://evidence.nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1056/EVIDoa2300003 PARAGON HF https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1908655 II. Interatrial Shunts for HF
No Net HF Benefit for Interarterial Shunt Device
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/no-net-hf-benefit-interarterial-shunt-device-2024a10006kk
REDUCE LAP HF II https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00016-2 III. Triglyceride Lowering
Early Olezarsen Results Show 50% Reduction in Triglycerides
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/early-olezarsen-results-show-50-reduction-triglycerides-2024a10006oz
Is It Time to Stop Treating High Triglycerides?
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/990126
NEJM https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2402309 Substantial Triglyceride Reduction With Plozasiran
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/substantial-triglyceride-reduction-plozasiran-2024a10006wf?icd=login_success_email_match_norm
JAMA Cardiology https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/article-abstract/2817469 IV. Diltiazem and Factor Xa inhibitors
JAMA Vanderbilt University Paper https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2817546 You may also like:
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ACC Recap #1: DanGer Shock (plus a sobering JAMA research letter on Impella use), REDUCE-AMI, PREVENT, and EMPACT-MI are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in this week’s podcast.
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I. DanGer-Shock Trial
Impella CP Improves Survival in STEMI, Cardiogenic Shock https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/impella-cp-improves-survival-stemi-cardiogenic-shock-2024a10006kz
Impella Saves Lives in Cardiogenic Shock, but Patient Selection Key https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1000659
Published DanGer Shock Study  https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2312572 JAMA Research letter https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2817457 II. REDUCE-AMI Trial
New Data Question Beta-Blockers Post-MI With Preserved EF https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/new-data-question-beta-blockers-post-mi-preserved-ef-2024a10006y8
Beta-Blockers Post-MI Past Their Expiration Date: REDUCE-AMI https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1000663
REDUCE-AMI paper https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2401479 Meta-analysis: Beta Blockers for MI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.05.032 III. PREVENT Trial
Preventive PCI for Vulnerable Plaques Reduces Cardiac Events
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/preventive-pci-vulnerable-plaques-reduces-cardiac-events-2024a10006tc
Preventive Coronary Stents: Not There Yet
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/preventive-coronary-stents-not-there-yet-2024a10006yr
PREVENT https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00413-6 IV. EMPACT MI trial of Empagliflozin in the Post-MI setting
Empagliflozin Fails to Reduce Events After Acute MI
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/empagliflozin-fails-reduce-events-after-acute-mi-2024a10006kn
EMPACT-MI: Another SGLT2 Inhibitor Miss in Post-MI Care  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1000684 EMPACT MI https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2314051 DAPA MI https://evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/EVIDoa2300286 PARADISE MI https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2104508 Kaul thread https://x.com/kaulcsmc/status/1776611935842165029 Kaul paper https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/circulationaha.116.022537 You may also like:
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