Mar 4, 2022 This Week in Cardiology

An update to CardioMEMs post, ARBs and cancer, troponins, empagliflozin, and low-value care 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 – Invasive Monitoring for HF - FDA Expands Eligibility for CardioMEMS Heart Failure System https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/969004 - Haemodynamic-guided management of heart failure (GUIDE-HF): a randomised controlled trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01754-2 II – ARBs and Cancer - ARBs and Cancer Risk: New Meta-Analysis Raises Questions Again https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/969510 - Risk of cancer with angiotensin-receptor blockers increases with increasing cumulative exposure: Meta-regression analysis of randomized trials https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263461 - Marciniak Meta-analysis in FDA Medical Review 206316Orig1Orig2s000 https://rb.gy/myhlvy III – Troponins and Cardiac Surgery - What Troponin Level Indicates Injury After Cardiac Surgery? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/969617?src= - High-Sensitivity Troponin I after Cardiac Surgery and 30-Day Mortality https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2000803 - Five-Year Outcomes after PCI or CABG for Left Main Coronary Disease https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1909406 IV – Empagliflozin in HFpEF - FDA Okays Empagliflozin for HF Regardless of Ejection Fraction https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/969118 - Empagliflozin in Heart Failure with a Preserved Ejection Fraction https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2107038 - Angiotensin-Neprilysin Inhibition in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1908655 V – Low-Value Care - AHA Targets 'Low-Value' Heart Care in New Scientific Statement https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/969107 - Strategies to Reduce Low-Value Cardiovascular Care: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/HCQ.0000000000000105 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]