Nov 5, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

FFR-guided PCI, ISCHEMIA trial challenged, QFR, and one of the most important studies of 2021 are discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week's podcast. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic I - FFR-Guided PCI - FFR-Guided PCI Falls Short vs CABG in Multivessel CAD: FAME 3 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/962274 - Fractional Flow Reserve–Guided PCI as Compared with Coronary Bypass Surgery https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2112299 - The fallacies of fractional flow reserve https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31889563/ II - ISCHEMIA-Trial Challenged - How Applicable is ISCHEMIA Trial to US Clinical Practice? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/962233 - Comparison of Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Contemporary U.S. Practice With ISCHEMIA Trial Population https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jcin.2021.08.047 - The Glass Is at Least Half Full https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jcin.2021.08.054 - Initial Invasive or Conservative Strategy for Stable Coronary Disease https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1915922 III - QFR - FAVOR III China: QFR-Guided PCI Shows Advantage Over Angiography https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/962328 - Angiographic quantitative flow ratio-guided coronary intervention (FAVOR III China): a multicentre, randomised, sham-controlled trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02248-0 Features: - The MI–Mortality Mismatch: When Lowering MI Doesn't Extend Life https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/962276 - Assessment of Nonfatal Myocardial Infarction as a Surrogate for All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Treatment or Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2785560 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]