The Critical Role of Accurate Blood Pressure Measurement

Reader feedback on cardiac devices and PFA, a new paradigm in the language of MI, sudden cardiac death, and measuring blood pressure are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast.

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I. Listener Feedback

Sep 20, 2024 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1001631

• Cardiac Devices

https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-24-00724

• Impact of PFA on Intraluminal Esophageal Temperature https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jce.16096

II. Towards a New Classification of MI

• McLaren and colleagues; From STEMI to OMI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.101314

III. Sudden Death After MI.

• EHJ Paper; SCD After MI https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae326
• Barsheshet and colleagues; Risk Score to Predict Benefit of ICD https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2012.02.036
• Zegard and colleagues; Myocardial Fibrosis and SCD 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.10.046
• MADIT RIT https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1211107

IV. BP Readings

Poor Arm Position May Significantly Skew BP Readings

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/poor-arm-position-may-significantly-skew-bp-readings-2024a1000icv?form=fpf

• ARMS Crossover RCT

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