MDedge Cardiocast

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 [email protected] or following us on Twitter at @MDedgeTweets. 

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.

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