Aug 09 2024 This Week in Cardiology

Prediction models vs clinical judgement, CCTA quantification of atherosclerosis, AF ablation plus LAAO, atrial shunt devices, and HF medical therapy are topics John Mandrola, MD, covers this week. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic I.Clinical Prediction Models vs Clinical Judgement Did Statin Decision-Making Just Get Harder?  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/did-statin-decision-making-just-get-harder-2024a1000egl Colunga-Lozano and colleagues https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.10.016 Aug 02, 2024 This Week in Cardiology Podcast https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1001429 II. CCTA Quantification of Atherosclerosis Atherosclerosis Quantification and Cardiovascular Risk: the ISCHEMIA Trial https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae471 Circulation ISCHEMIA sub study 2021 – Severity of CAD and Outcomes https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.049755 ISCHEMIA Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1915922 III. Combined AF Ablation and LAAO Review from Mills and colleagues https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcm.2023.11.003 Link to CMS Rule on AF Ablation and LAAO https://hrs2.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT05MjU3ODgyJnA9MSZ1PTkwMDQ2MTk4MCZsaT04NTU1OTQxMg/index.html IV. Atrial Shunt Devices No Net HF Benefit for Interatrial Shunt Device https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/no-net-hf-benefit-interarterial-shunt-device-2024a10006kk Original REDUCE-LAP-HF-II https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00016-2 Two-year results of REDUCE-LAP-HF-II https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2024.04.011 Apr 19, 2024 This Week in Cardiology Podcast V. Optimal HF Therapy Rao and colleagues; CHAMP HF https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2024.05.026 You may also like: The Bob Harrington Show with the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine, Robert A. Harrington, MD. https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington Questions or feedback, please contact news@medscape.net