Jan 13, 2023
FOURIER authors’ response, a possible practice-changing paper in
electrophysiology, and the ATLAS and CAPLA trials 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. FOURIER Authors Respond
Recount of FOURIER Data Finds Higher Mortality With
Evolocumab; Trialists Push Back
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/986634
- Restoring mortality data in the FOURIER cardiovascular
outcomes trial of evolocumab in patients with cardiovascular
disease: a reanalysis based on regulatory data
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/12/e060172
- Letter to the Editor RE: "Restoring mortality data in
the FOURIER cardiovascular outcomes trial of evolocumab in patients
with cardiovascular disease: a reanalysis based on regulatory
data". BMJ Open
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/12/e060172.responses#letter-to-the-editor-re-restoring-mortality-data-in-the-fourier-cardiovascular-outcomes-trial-of-evolocumab-in-patients-with-cardiovascular-disease-a-reanalysis-based-on-regulatory-data-bmj-open-2022123060172
- Risk of selection bias assessment in the NINDS rt-PA
stroke study
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9202115/
- Methodological survey of missing outcome data in an
alteplase for ischemic stroke meta-analysis
https://doi.org/10.1111/ane.13656
II. A Potential Practice-Changing Paper in Cardiac
Pacing
Novel 'Cure' May Avert Lead Extraction in CIED Pocket
Infections https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/986762
- Regional Antibiotic Delivery for Implanted
Cardiovascular Electronic Device Infections
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2022.10.022
- Treatment of Localized Implantable Cardiac Device
Pocket Infections
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2022.11.018
III. ATLAS Trial
- Perioperative Safety and Early Patient and Device
Outcomes Among Subcutaneous Versus Transvenous Implantable
Cardioverter Defibrillator Implantations
https://doi.org/10.7326/M22-1566
- Subcutaneous or Transvenous Defibrillator Therapy
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1915932
- Subcutaneous or Transvenous Defibrillator Therapy
https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMc2034917
IV. CAPLA Published
CAPLA Shows Limits of Further Ablation Post PVI in
Persistent AF
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/986901
- Effect of Catheter Ablation Using Pulmonary Vein
Isolation With vs Without Posterior Left Atrial Wall Isolation on
Atrial Arrhythmia Recurrence in Patients With Persistent Atrial
Fibrillation
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2800186
- Catheter Ablation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2800200
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