Feb 17, 2023
Bradyarrhythmia during AF screening, thrombolysis in stroke, NP vs MD care, and the most biased paper this year — on LAAO — are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast.
This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only.
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I. Screening with ILR
- Ade Adamson Tweet https://twitter.com/AdeAdamson/status/1625878856820482048?s=20
- The Rapid Rise in Cutaneous Melanoma Diagnoses
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsb2019760
- Loop Trial https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01698-6/fulltext
- Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of Bradyarrhythmias in Patients Screened for Atrial Fibrillation vs Usual Care https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2801362
II. Thrombolysis in Mild Stroke
Thrombolysis Not Necessary in Mild Nondisabling Stroke: ARAMIS
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/988381
- PRISMS Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2687354
- Risk of selection bias assessment in the NINDS rt-PA stroke study https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35705913/
- Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Acute Ischemic Stroke https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199512143332401
- Effects of alteplase for acute stroke; Hacke et al meta-analysis https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1747493017744464
- Methodological survey of missing outcome data in an alteplase for ischemic stroke meta-analysis
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ane.13656
- ECASS; Thrombolysis with Alteplase 3 to 4.5 Hours after Acute Ischemic Stroke https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa0804656
- Thrombolysis with alteplase 3-4.5 hours after acute ischaemic stroke: trial reanalysis adjusted for baseline imbalances https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32430395/
III. NP vs MD Care
This Doc Still Supports NP/PA Led Care ... With Caveats https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/967073
- The Productivity of Professions: Evidence from the Emergency Department https://www.nber.org/papers/w30608
- Independent Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants: A Doc's View https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/924047
IV. LAAO vs OAC
- Comparative Effectiveness of Left Atrial Appendage Occlusio Versus Oral Anticoagulation by Sex
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.062765
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