June 3, 2022 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

Devices for HF, Twitter for disseminating science, HDL levels, and dubious post-hoc studies 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 – Interatrial Shunts for HF - Interatrial Shunt in HF Hints at Heart Structural, Functional Benefits https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/974776 - Atrial shunt device for heart failure with preserved and mildly reduced ejection fraction (REDUCE LAP-HF II): a randomised, multicentre, blinded, sham-controlled trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00016-2 - Reducing Lung CongestIon Symptoms in Advanced Heart Failure (RELIEVE-HF) https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03499236 II – Twitter for Science Communication - Twitter Promotion Boosts Visibility, Citation for CV Research https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/974653 - Twitter promotion is associated with higher citation rates of cardiovascular articles: the ESC Journals Randomized Study https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac150 - A Randomized Trial of Social Media From Circulation https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.013509 III – HDL Level - Very High HDL-C: Too Much of a Good Thing? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/974651 - Association Between High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels and Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in High-risk Populations https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/article-abstract/2792282 - Rare variant in scavenger receptor BI raises HDL cholesterol and increases risk of coronary heart disease https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4889017/ IV – Dubious Sub-Studies: Omecamtiv Mecarbil - Myosin Inhibitor May Benefit Data-Deprived Patients With Heart Failure and Low Blood Pressure https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/974960 - Cardiac Myosin Activation with Omecamtiv Mecarbil in Systolic Heart Failure https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2025797 - METEORIC-HF: Omecamtiv Mecarbil Does Not Improve Exercise Capacity in HFrEF Patients https://www.acc.org/Latest-in-Cardiology/Articles/2022/04/02/13/22/Sun-945am-METEORIC-HF-acc-2022 - Effects of Omecamtiv mecarbil in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction according to blood pressure: the GALACTIC-HF trial https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac293/6590348 You might 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]