Aug 04 2023 This Week in Cardiology

Listener feedback re observational studies, surgeons' dissent from recent guidelines, aspirin for primary prevention, and fish oil are the topics discussed by John Mandrola.MD 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. Heart Surgeons Dissent Surgical Groups Push Back Against New Revascularization Guidelines https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/966153 New Revascularization Guidelines: Key Points and Navigating Controversies https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/972014 - AHA Guidelines - https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001168 - AATS statement 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.03.001 - Yusef and colleagues 1994 Meta-analysis - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(94)91963-1 - 10-year SYNTAXES https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31997-X - Surgeons' argument 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.12.003 - FAME 3 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2112299 - Gaudino Meta-analysis of Medical Therapy vs CABG https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.06.003 - NOBLE https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32972-1 - EXCEL 5 years https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1909406 II. ASA for Primary Prevention Daily Aspirin Challenged in Primary Stroke Prevention: ASPREE https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/994963 - ASPREE – All-cause mortality - ASPREE (MACE and Bleeding) https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1805819 - ASPREE (disability) https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1800722 - JAMA Network Open Subanalysis  https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2807630 III. Fish Oil - OMEMI Substudy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2023.07.002 - Gencer and colleagues Meta-analysis - https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.055654 - OMEMI Main Trial https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.052209 You may also like: 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 Questions or feedback, please contact [email protected]