Nov 11, 2022 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

AHA 2022 Part 1: ISCHEMIA-EXTEND, STRONG-HF, chlorthalidone vs HCTZ, experts vs practitioners; torsemide vs furosemide; and TG lowering are 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. AHA Meta-comments II. ISCHEMIA-Extended - ISCHEMIA-EXTEND: Conservative Stable CAD Management Holds Up https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/983657 - Survival After Invasive or Conservative Management of Stable Coronary Disease https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.062714 III. STRONG-HF - Rapidly, Fully Optimize HF Meds After Hospital Discharge: STRONG-HF https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/983870 - STRONG HF: More Beats Less After Discharge for Heart Failure https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/983698 - Safety, tolerability and efficacy of up-titration of guideline-directed medical therapies for acute heart failure (STRONG-HF): a multinational, open-label, randomised, trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02076-1 IV. DCP - Diuretic Agents Equal to Prevent CV Events in Hypertension: DCP https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/983608 - HCTZ vs Chlorthalidone -- A Win for Practicing Doctors and Science https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/983614 V. TRANSFORM HF - No Survival Advantage for Either Torsemide or Furosemide in HF: TRANSFORM-HF https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/983611 VI. PROMINENT - Triglyceride Lowering Fails to Show CV Benefit in Large Fibrate Trial https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/983610 - Triglyceride Lowering with Pemafibrate to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2210645 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]