May 19 2023 This Week in Cardiology
This Week in Cardiology
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When to use an ICD, risk stratification for HCM, blending EP and structural cardiology to improve care in post-TAVI patients, and hsTroponins are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.
This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only.
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I. ICD in Patients with NICM
Simple Risk Score Predicts VT in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/992018
- Declining Risk of Sudden Death in Heart Failure https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1609758
- Defibrillator Implantation in Patients with Nonischemic Systolic Heart Failure https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1608029
- Reduction in mortality from implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy patients is dependent on the presence of left ventricular scar https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehy437
- RCT of Implantable Defibrillators in Patients With Non Ischemic Cardiomyopathy, Scar and Severe Systolic Heart Failure (BRITISH) https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05568069
II. Risk Stratification in HCM
- Changing Risk Stratification in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/992014
- NOAH–AFNET 6 trial terminates ahead of time (NOAH AFNET 6 trial) https://dzhk.de/en/news/latest-news/article/noah-afnet-6-trial-terminates-ahead-of-time-noah-afnet-6-trial/
III. Blending EP and Structural to Improve TAVI Care
- Impact of Right Ventricular Pacing in Patients With TAVR Undergoing Permanent Pacemaker Implantation https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jcin.2023.02.003
IV. Troponins
- Age-Specific Cut-Offs Needed for Cardiac Troponin Tests? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/992167
- Myocardial Injury Thresholds for 4 High-Sensitivity Troponin Assays in U.S. Adults https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.03.403
- What Is a Normal Troponin Anyway? https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.03.404
- Updating Our Thinking on Troponin Use and Interpretation https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2777967
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