May 10 2024 This Week in Cardiology

Inclisiran, sodium-channel blocker safety, analytic flexibility, the work-up of patients with HF, and BP in older patients are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers 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. Inclisiran Update ORION 4 https://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03705234 II. Sodium-Channel AADs UPenn Paper https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2024.01.021 Three Questions Editorial https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/circoutcomes.110.957381 EAST Post-hoc Review https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euae121 III. Analytic Flexibility   Is Red Meat Healthy? Multiverse Analysis Has Lessons Beyond Meat https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/red-meat-healthy-multiverse-analysis-has-lessons-beyond-meat-2024a10008qv Specification Curve Analysis of Red Meat Data https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111278 IV. The Work-up of Patients With HF Durstenfeld and colleagues, UCSF https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.123.010800 REVIVED BCIS2 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2206606 V. BP Therapy in Older Patients Haring and colleagues; Women's Health  Initiative BP Study https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.067302 SPRINT Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1511939 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]