Jul 19 2024 This Week in Cardiology

Vulnerable plaque and scientific method; industry payments to trainees; tirzepatide or semaglutide; trial interpretation; and PFA are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in today'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. Non-invasive Imaging for Vulnerable Plaque   PET Imaging Finds Vulnerable Plaques That Cause MI https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/pet-imaging-finds-vulnerable-plaques-cause-mi-2024a1000cm2 JACC paper https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.03.419 Original JAMA-Card paper https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2806690 II. Industry Payments to Fellows JAMA Network Letter https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2821267 III. GLP-1a Class Effect? Semaglutide Significantly Improves Chronic Kidney Disease https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/semaglutide-significantly-improves-chronic-kidney-disease-2024a10009w9 Mounjaro Beats Ozempic, So Why Isn't It More Popular? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/mounjaro-beats-ozempic-so-why-isnt-it-more-popular-2024a1000ckd JAMA-Internal Medicine: Semaglutide vs Tirzepatide https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2821080  SELECT trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2307563 FLOW trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2403347 SURPASS-CVOT – Rationale https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2023.09.007 IV. Colchicine and Trial Interpretation in the Lancet CONVINCE https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00968-1 V. PFA Pulsed Field Ablation for AF: Are US Electrophysiologists Too Easily Impressed? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/pulsed-field-ablation-af-are-us-electrophysiologists-too-2024a1000d2v You may also like: The Bob Harrington Show with the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine, Robert A. Harrington, MD. https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington Questions or feedback, please contact [email protected]