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MDedge Cardiocast is the weekly podcast from Cardiology News. The information in this podcast is provided for informational and educational purposes only.
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This week in cardiology: PCSK9 inhibition cuts events in very-high-risk groups ODYSSEY OUTCOMES analyses peg prior CABG and polyvascular disease as targets for alirocumab. Cardiovascular cost of smoking may last up to 25 years Past smokers face an elevated cardiovascular risk for up to 25 years after they quit. Impact of climate change on mortality underlined by global study This may be the largest study ever to assess the effects of inhalable particulate matter around the world. HCV coinfection adds to the cardiovascular risk in HIV-infected patients Hepatitis C virus and other injections were independently linked to the risk of having a cardiovascular event in HIV-infected patients. You can contact the MDedge Cardiocast by emailing us at podcasts@mdedge.com or following us on Twitter at @MDedgeTweets. 
ESC 2018: Part II

ESC 2018: Part II

2018-09-2155:43

The MDedge cardiology team is back for the second edition of their debrief on the 2018 annual congress of the European Society of Cardiology. The team includes MDedge editor Catherine Hackett and MDedge reporters Bruce Jancin and Mitchel Zoler.
A new definition in myocardial infarction. Also today, aspirin and fish oil flap in patients with diabetes, CT angiography cuts MI in patients with stable chest pain, and rivaroxaban is no help for heart failure outcomes.
ESC 2018

ESC 2018

2018-08-3134:41

The MDedge Cardiology team unpacks one of the world’s largest cardiology meetings from a Munich beer garden. Join MDedge reporters Bruce Jancin and Mitchel Zoler alongside MDedge Cardiology editor Catherine Hacket as they discuss practice-changing data as well as what the world’s leading cardiologists are talking about. Some of the stories discussed in this episode are: ASCEND: Aspirin, fish oil flop in diabetes Rivaroxaban no help for heart failure outcomes Rivaroxaban superior to aspirin for extended VTE treatment
New data from an observational study show that breastfeeding was linked with a lower risk of stroke later in life. Also today, a new Valsalva maneuver is tops at converting supraventricular tachycardia to sinus rhythm, and a warning about the growing occurrence of finding about a key component of some artificial hearts
Cardiologists in states with payment limits for medical malpractice claims practice less defensive medicine. Also this week, Herceptin is linked to doubling heart failure risk in women with breast cancer, Sapien 3 performs mostly well in bicuspid aortic stenosis, and PhRMA leads the way in healthcare lobbying.
Female authorship in cardiology journals has increased over the last 20 years. However, it still lags behind other specialties and academic medicine overall. Also this week, valsartan recall and risk, synergy DES shines in acute MI, and incident heart failure is linked to HIV infection.
ISCHEMIA trial hailed as practice changing The largest-ever RCT of initial invasive versus conservative management of stable ischemic heart disease makes waves. DAPA-HF: Dapagliflozin’s HFrEF efficacy confirmed in nondiabetics Further analyses from the DAPA-HF trial showed dapagliflozin cut death and heart failure events in HFrEF patients with no diabetes. Colchicine cut post-MI CVD events Colchicine fulfilled the promise first seem in CANTOS that anti-inflammatory treatment can reduce cardiovascular disease events. Getting high heightens stroke, arrhythmia risks Cannabis use or abuse among the young was associated with adverse cardiovascular consequences in two studies. Editor's note: This is the final episode of the MDedge Cardiocast. On behalf of Dr. Jim Dwyer and all of us at MDedge, thank you for supporting Cardiocast. For more MDedge podcasts, go to www.mdedge.com/podcasts.  Email the show: podcasts@mdedge.com Interact with us on Twitter: @MDedgeTweets
Vascepa approved for cardiovascular risk reduction The FDA’s decision on cutting events in high-risk patients was based primarily on the REDUCE-IT trial. ENGAGE AF-TIMI: Insulin linked to greater risk for stroke, CV death, bleeding Novel oral anticoagulants may be preferred over warfarin in patients with diabetes and AFib. HHS drug importation proposals aim to address high costs Trump administration drops key health care proposal on day of impeachment vote. End ‘therapeutic nihilism’ in care of older diabetic patients, says expert ‘It’s not hyperglycemia that’s killing people; it’s heart disease and renal disease.’ *  *  *   For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts Email the show: podcasts@mdedge.com Interact with us on Twitter: @MDedgeTweets
Women have fewer cardiovascular events after non–ST-segment elevation ACS But they also remain undertreated with guideline-directed therapies. *  *  *   Help us make this podcast better! Please take our short listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/podcastsurveyOct2019 *  *  *   FDA panel rejects vernakalant bid for AFib cardioversion indication Eleven years after the first attempt of the antiarrhythmic agent, the FDA panel voted resoundingly against approval. Bariatric surgery tied to fewer cerebrovascular events The incidence of cerebrovascular events was 65% lower in obese people who underwent bariatric surgery compared with those without surgery Intensive BP control cut dementia but increased brain atrophy and hurt cognitionThe small but significant ill effects worried some researchers at the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease conference. *  *  *   For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts Email the show: podcasts@mdedge.com Interact with us on Twitter: @MDedgeTweets
Icosapent ethyl cost effective in REDUCE-IT analysis Treatment with the fish-derived drug Vascepa for CV event reduction is more effective and less costly than placebo. *  *  *   Help us make this podcast better! Please take our short listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/podcastsurveyOct2019 *  *  *   DAPA-HF: Dapagliflozin benefits regardless of age, HF severity The SGLT2 inhibitor had similar efficacy in the elderly and across the spectrum of baseline symptom status. Colchicine cut post-MI CVD events Colchicine fulfilled the promise first seem in CANTOS that anti-inflammatory treatment can reduce cardiovascular disease events. Cardiac arrests peak with pollution in Japan The incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Japan increased on days when counts of particulate matter spiked from the day before. *  *  *   For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts Email the show: podcasts@mdedge.com Interact with us on Twitter: @MDedgeTweets
This week’s Cardiocast is devoted entirely to Card Talk with cardiologist brothers Jim and Jerry Dwyer. They welcome two structural interventionalists at the Structural Heart and Valve Center at Emory Healthcare, Kendra J. Grubb, MD, and Isida Byku, MD. Both followed a unique track, training in both cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology and practicing in the fast-moving field of structural heart disease. *  *  *   Help us make this podcast better! Please take our short listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/podcastsurveyOct2019 *  *  *   From the “picture that went around the world” of an all-female transcatheter aortic valve replacement team at Emory to advances in structural heart disease treatment, this interview includes expanding TAVR beyond the aortic valve and interventional heart failure treatment using “hooks and anchors and pulleys” to reshape the heart. Dr. Grubb is assistant professor in surgery and medicine at Emory University in Atlanta and surgical director of the Structural Heart and Valve Center at Emory Healthcare. On Twitter @KendraGrubb. She is an adviser, consultant, and/or speaker for Boston Scientific, Edwards, and Medtronic. She is also a principal investigator in Medtronic’s Optimize PRO trial and Ancora’s CorCinch PMVI studies. Dr. Isida Byku is an assistant professor at Emory University. On Twitter @IsidaByku. She has no disclosures.  *  *  *   For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts Email the show: podcasts@mdedge.com Interact with us on Twitter: @MDedgeTweets
In this special meeting edition of the Cardiocast, MDedge Cardiology editor Catherine Hackett is joined by MDedge reporters Mitchel L. Zoler, Bruce Jancin, and Richard Mark Kirkner.  The MDedge cardiology team reviews three big stories from the 2019 annual scientific sessions of the American Heart Association in Philadelphia.  * * *  Help us make this podcast better! Please take this short listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/podcastsurveyOct2019 * * * ISCHEMIA trial hailed as practice changing The results of the ISCHEMIA trial were emphatically declared practice changing by interventional cardiologists and noninterventionalists alike at the AHA meeting.  Bruce Jancin discusses the story. DAPA-HF: Dapagliflozin's HFrRF efficacy confirmed in nondiabetes The results in nondiabetics from the practice-changing DAPA-HF trial gives clinicians strong evidence that the diabetes drug dapagliflozin is equally effective at reducing cardiovascular death and acute exacerbations in heart failure patients regardless of diabetes status.  Mitchel L. Zoler discusses this report.  Weakness exposed in valsartan recall ED visits for hypertension in the month after the 2018 recall spiked 55%. The 2018 recall of generic forms of the antihypertensive drug valsartan exposed weaknesses in the recall systems for generics in both the U.S. and Canada that caused many patients who were on the drug to fall through the cracks.  Richard Mark Kirkner goes deeper into this story.  *  *  *   For full coverage of AHA 2019 visit MDedge Cardiology For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts Email the show: podcasts@mdedge.com Interact with us on Twitter: @MDedgeCardio
ISCHEMIA trial hailed as practice changing The largest-ever RCT of initial invasive versus conservative management of stable ischemic heart disease makes waves. *  *  *   Help us make this podcast better! Please take our short listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/podcastsurveyOct2019 *  *  *   DAPA-HF: Dapagliflozin’s HFrEF efficacy confirmed in nondiabetics Further analyses from the DAPA-HF trial showed dapagliflozin cut death and heart failure events in HFrEF patients with no diabetes. The TWILIGHT of aspirin post-PCI for ACS? Patients do better post-PCI for non-ST-elevation ACS with ticagrelor monotherapy Weaknesses exposed in valsartan recall ED visits for hypertension in month after the 2018 recall spiked 55% *  *  *   For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts Email the show: podcasts@mdedge.com Interact with us on Twitter: @MDedgeTweets
Getting high heightens stroke, arrhythmia risks Cannabis use or abuse among the young was associated with adverse cardiovascular consequences in two studies. *  *  *  Help us make this podcast better! Please take our short listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/podcastsurveyOct2019 *  *  *  Bempedoic acid cuts LDL by 15% in patients with high levels despite maximal treatment CLEAR Wisdom may fill a niche for patients who can't get levels down. Low LDL-C and blood pressure can reduce lifetime risk of CVD by 80% The effects were seen in those with genetic variants linked with low LDL cholesterol and systolic blood pressure. Statins in children cut long-term CVD risk in familial hypercholesterolemia There were no cardiovascular-related deaths and one event in treated patients who were followed for 20 years
Closing the missing link between childhood risk factors and adult cardiovascular outcomes Prescient childhood cohort studies launched in the 1970s are paying off.  * * * Help us make this podcast better! Please take our short listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/podcastsurveyOct2019 * * * Metabolic signs of adult diabetes apparent in very young children Disturbed HDL cholesterol metabolism may be one of the earliest features of type 2 diabetes. Sacubitril/valsartan suggests HFpEF benefit in neutral PARAGON-HF The primary endpoint was neutral, but desperation for a HFpEF therapy highlights a subgroup analysis.  * * * For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts Email the show: podcasts@mdedge.com Interact with us on Twitter: @MDedgeTweets
Patients frequently drive too soon after ICD implantation Many patients didn’t recall ever receiving instruction about when to drive again. * * * Help us make this podcast better! Please take our short listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/podcastsurveyOct2019 * * * One-third of CVD disease in blacks linked to hypertension A large analysis suggests intervention throughout all ages could have substantial impact. Cancer overtakes CVD as cause of death in high-income countries The balance is shifting because cardiovascular deaths are way down in high-resource nations. Virtual visits may cut no-show rate for follow-up HF appointment No-show rates cut by about one-third for patients who met their clinician via video.   For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts Email the show: podcasts@mdedge.com Interact with us on Twitter: @MDedgeTweets
Strong showing for TAVR after 5 years in PARTNER 2ATranscatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement had similar rates of death or disabling stroke. *   *   * Help us make this podcast better! Please take our short listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/podcastsurveyOct2019 *   *   * Patiromer allows more CKD patients to continue on spironolactone After 12 weeks, 86% of the patiromer patients remained on spironolactone, vs. 66% of the placebo patients. Native Americans appear to be at increased risk for AFib Atrial fibrillation was significantly more common among Native Americans than in other racial and ethnic groups. Certain diabetes drugs may thwart dementia Intriguing findings from a Danish national registry study   For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts Email the show: podcasts@mdedge.com Interact with us on Twitter: @MDedgeTweets
MDedge reporters discuss the latest in practice-changing data from the 2019 annual congress of the European Society of Cardiology in Paris. Join Mitchel L. Zoler, Bruce Jancin, Kari Oakes, and MDedge Cardiology editor Catherine Hackett as they discuss what they reported from the annual meeting.
Statin use linked to risk of skin and soft tissue infections Use of statins was associated with increased risk of SSTIs at an average of 91, 182, and 365 days. Rivaroxaban trends toward higher thrombotic risk than vitamin K antagonists in APS Patients who took rivaroxaban experienced almost two times as many thrombotic events as patients who took dose-adjusted vitamin K antagonists. HHS floats Stark/anti-kickback revisions to support value-based care Health law attorneys say reforms should remove some of the risk in value-based care arrangements that exist under current law. * * * Card Talk: Cardiologist brothers Jim and Jerry Dwyer welcome Jennifer N. Avari Silva, MD, and Berk Tas, to talk about an investigational system for electrophysiology procedures that displays holograms of patients’ anatomies in real time. The SentiAR system uses an augmented-reality head-mounted display that allows physicians to manipulate the data and enhance their understanding of the case.  Dr. Avari Silva, MD,  is assistant professor of pediatrics at Washington University in St. Louis and director of pediatric cardiac electrophysiology at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, where she leads the largest pediatric electrophysiology program in the midwest. Dr. Avari Silva has published numerous papers bringing new technologies to pediatric patients. Berk Tas is CEO and president of SentiAR. He has led development of emerging technologies and companies in Fortune 500, private equity, venture capital funded and privately held organizations.   For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts Email the show: podcasts@mdedge.com Interact with us on Twitter: @MDedgeCardio
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