Jan 13 2023 This Week in Cardiology

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. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic 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 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]