May 20, 2022 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

This Week in Cardiology

Ischemia vs anatomic testing for CAD, UK-TAVI trial, TAVI for AR? and post-PCI anti-thrombotics are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic

I – Ischemic vs Anatomic Evaluation for CAD

- ISCHEMIA Substudy Data Just Don't Add Up, Cardiac Surgeons Say https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/974107

- Outcomes in the ISCHEMIA Trial Based on Coronary Artery Disease and Ischemia Severity https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.049755

- Initial Invasive or Conservative Strategy for Stable Coronary Disease https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1915922

- Forget Ischemia: It’s All About the Plaque https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.054102

- Optimal Medical Therapy With or Without Percutaneous Coronary Intervention to Reduce Ischemic Burden https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.743963

- Baseline stress myocardial perfusion imaging results and outcomes in patients with stable ischemic heart disease randomized to optimal medical therapy with or without percutaneous coronary intervention https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2012.05.018

- Outcomes of Anatomical versus Functional Testing for Coronary Artery Disease https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1415516

- Coronary CT Angiography and 5-Year Risk of Myocardial Infarction https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1805971

- Five Reasons I Don't Believe an Imaging Test Improves Outcomes https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/901204

II – UK-TAVI Trial

- UK TAVI: Similar Outcomes to Surgery in Real World https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/927729

- Effect of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation vs Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement on All-Cause Mortality in Patients With Aortic Stenosis https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2792251

III – TAVI for AI?

- JenaValve Trilogy Takes Another Step Forward in Severe AR https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/974304

IV – Post PCI DAPT

- One-Month DAPT Enough for Complex PCI if Bleeding Risk High https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/974224

- Duration of Antiplatelet Therapy After Complex Percutaneous Coronary Intervention In Patients at High Bleeding Risk: a MASTER DAPT trial sub-analysis https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac284

- Dual Antiplatelet Therapy after PCI in Patients at High Bleeding Risk https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2108749

Medscape editor-in-chief Eric Topol, MD, and master storyteller and clinician Abraham Verghese, MD, on Medicine and the Machine https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine

The Bob Harrington Show with Stanford University Chair of Medicine, Robert A. Harrington, MD. https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington

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