Mar 1 2024 This Week in Cardiology

This Week in Cardiology

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The Western AF meeting, aspirin, cannabis use, LVEF in athletes, and shared decision making before ICD implantation are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

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I. ASA in Primary Prevention

Campbell Meta-analysis https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.065420 Swedish Observational study https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.028321 ASPREE https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1805819

II. Cannabis

Cannabis Use Tied to Increased Cardiovascular Risk

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/cannabis-use-tied-increased-cardiovascular-risk-2024a10003yr

It Sure Looks Like Cannabis Is Bad for the Heart, Doesn’t It?

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1000250

Journal of the AHA Observational Study https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/JAHA.123.030178

III. Low EF in Athletes

Reduced Ejection Fraction in Elite Endurance Athletes: Clinical and Genetic Overlap With Dilated Cardiomyopathy https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.063777

IV. ICDs and Shared Decision-Making

Association of a Medicare Mandate for Shared Decision-Making With Cardiac Device Utilization https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2815017