Health and income, high BP in the hospital, and more on subclinical AF and when to use anticoagulants are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast.

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I. Health and Income 

A Cash Giveaway to Improve Health

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/cash-giveaway-improve-health-2024a1000dhf?form=fpf

• JAMA RCT https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2821454
• NBER RCT https://www.nber.org/papers/w32711
• Have We Missed the Hidden Cause of Medical Overuse? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/908309
• Mar 17, 2023 This Week in Cardiology Podcast https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989775

Other References 

• Health Care Access and Management of Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Working-Age Adults With Low Income by State Medicaid Expansion Status https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/article-abstract/2793120
• Rand Link https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3055.html
• The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hpb20150716.236899/full/
• Effect of Health Insurance in India: A Randomized Controlled Trial https://www.nber.org/papers/w29576
• Full Coverage for Preventive Medications after Myocardial Infarction https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmsa1107913
• Effect of Medication Co-payment Vouchers on P2Y₁₂ Inhibitor Use and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events Among Patients With Myocardial InfarctionThe ARTEMIS Randomized Clinical Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2720024

II. Elevated BP in the hospital

• JAMA-IM https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2821364

III. Short-duration Subclinical AF

Apixaban Cuts Stroke but Ups Bleeding in Subclinical AF: ARTESIA

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/998379

• ARTESiA https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2310234
• ARTESiA CHADSVASC Subgroup  https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.05.002
• NOAH https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2303062
• EHJ NOAH subanalysis https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae225
• Stroke: Prolonged Heart Rhythm Monitoring After Stroke https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STROKEAHA.123.045843
• EHRA Analysis https://esc365.escardio.org/EHRA-Congress/sessions/10668

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