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Venous closure devices, GLP1-s linked to blindness and cancer, resisting the urge to do an ECG, and transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) for secondary mitral regurgitation are the topics discussed this week.
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Venous vascular closure system vs. figure-of-eight suture following atrial fibrillation ablation: the STYLE-AF Study https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euae105 II GLP1-s and Blindness
Risk of Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy in Patients Prescribed Semaglutide https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/fullarticle/2820255 Locke Twitter  https://x.com/doc_BLocke/status/1808972226655629610 When to Start a Statin Is a Preference-Sensitive Decision https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.029808 III GLP1-s and Cancer
Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonists and 13 Obesity-Associated Cancers in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2820833 IV Screening ECG
Routine Electrocardiogram Screening and Cardiovascular Disease Events in Adultshttps://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2820721 Clinical outcomes in systematic screening for atrial fibrillation (STROKESTOP)  https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01637-8 Implantable loop recorder detection of atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke (The LOOP Study) https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01698-6 IV TEER for Secondary Mitral Regurgitation
Randomized investigation of the MitraClip device in heart failure: Design and rationale of the RESHAPE-HF2 trial design https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.3247 Percutaneous repair of moderate-to-severe or severe functional mitral regurgitation in patients with symptomatic heart failure: Baseline characteristics of patients in the RESHAPE-HF2 trial and comparison to COAPT and MITRA-FR trials https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ejhf.3286 Jun 21, 2024 This Week in Cardiology Podcast https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1001237 Stats Blog https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/07/the-benjamini-hochberg-procedure-fdr-and-p-value-adjusted-explained/ You may also like:
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Screening echo, multivitamins, wasteful research, another PA sensor for HF, vascular closure devices, and GLP-1 marketing as science research are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses this week.
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I. Screening for Valvular HD in the Elderly
EHJ-CV Imaging Paper https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jeae127 II. Vitamins and Wasteful Research
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
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https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1000772
Multivitamin Paper https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2820369 Physicians Health Study II https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1389615 III. FDA Has Approved Another PA Sensor
Link to slides https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4104690-1&h=4197477262&u=https%3A%2F%2Fendotronix.com%2FEndotronix-PROACTIVE-HF-LBCT-THT-2024.pdf&a=here IV. Vascular Closure Devices in Electrophysiology.
Vascular Closure Devices Study  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jce.16345 V. SURMOUNT-OSA
SURMOUNT OSA Paper https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2404881 SELECT https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2307563 June 21, 2024 This Week in Cardiology Podcast https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1001237 JAMA Systematic Review and Meta-analysis https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2643307 SAVE https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1606599 Norwegian study https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.06.016 You may also like:
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MRAs in HF with renal dysfunction, coronary autoregulation, the hubris of US doctors, NSTEMI in older patients, survival after STEMI, and new leaders at JACC are discussed by John Mandrola, MD.
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Combined analysis (Matsumoto) II Coronary artery autoregulation with increasing stenosis
NEJM Paper https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2402216 III RECOVER IV Trial
Gregg Stone, MD Tweet https://x.com/GreggWStone/status/1803583552354742416 DANGER-Shock Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2312572 Impella Saves Lives in Cardiogenic Shock, but Patient Selection Key https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1000659 IV NSTEMI Elderly
Main Paper Datamethods https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/random-vs-fixed-effects-meta-analysis/7361 O’Fee Paper https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2785560 V MI Survival
Danish Paper https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.04.025
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Listener feedback, statin eligibility and Yogi Berra, evidence-based medicine and heterogenous treatment effects, and MRAs in HF are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast.
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ASPIRE AF https://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03968393 Butala paper: Stroke After TAVR With and Without EPD https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.123.013697 PROTECTED TAVR Heuts meta-analysis: EPD During TAVR https://heart.bmj.com/content/110/11/757 II. Statin Eligibility
JAMA-IM: Data Analytic Choices and Predicting Vascular Events https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2819821 Zeraatker Specification Analysis Paper https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111278 PCE https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/3398/ascvd-atherosclerotic-cardiovascular-disease-2013-risk-calculator-aha-acc III. Heterogenous Treatment Effect
Weisberg and Dailey-Higgs DANISH IV. Heart Failure and MRAs 
RALES https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199909023411001 EMPHASIS https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1009492 Combined analysis (Matsumoto) You may also like:
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Cannabis and CV outcomes, post-CABG AF, embolic protection devices, emulation of randomization, and a preview heterogenous treatment effects are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers this week.
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I. Cannabis
It Sure Looks Like Cannabis Is Bad for the Heart, Doesn't It?
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1000250
Cannabis Use Tied to Increased Cardiovascular Risk
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/cannabis-use-tied-increased-cardiovascular-risk-2024a10003yr
Medical Cannabis for Chronic Pain Tied to Arrhythmia Risk
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/medical-cannabis-chronic-pain-tied-arrhythmia-risk-2024a10000sc
Cannabis for Chronic Pain and CV Safety https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad834 Editorial  https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/45/6/485/7500073 Response to Letter  https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae314 UCLA paper https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2819559 Lifetime Cannabis Use and Mortality https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2819635 II. Post Cardiac Surgery AF
Meta-analysis https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae267 III. Embolic Protection devices
Clear Stroke Benefit Eludes Embolic Protection: PROTECTED TAVR
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/980978
Embolic Protection and Stroke Prevention With TAVR https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.123.013697 PROTECTED TAVR https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2204961 IV. Preview of HTE
Paper https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2024.04.020
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The FLOW trial of semaglutide, the DANCAVAS CV screening trial, non-invasive tests for chest pain, and conflicts of interest on social media are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses this week.
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I. Semaglutide for CKD
Semaglutide Significantly Improves Chronic Kidney Disease
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/semaglutide-significantly-improves-chronic-kidney-disease-2024a10009w9
FLOW Trial II. CV Screening
Judicious CVD Screening May Work in Men: DANCAVAS
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/980153
DANCAVAS 6-Year Outcomes https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004403 DANCAVAS Main Trial NEJM https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2208681 III. Non-invasive Cardiac Testing in Chest Pain
Circulation Outcomes Paper https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.123.010457 Scot Heart https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1805971 IV. COI and Social Media
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