Diets, coronary artery calcium, statins, basic CAD knowledge, and AF ablation are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.
This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only.
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I. Diet
Some Diets Better Than Others for Heart Protection https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/990305
- Comparison of seven popular structured dietary programmes and risk of mortality and major cardiovascular events in patients at increased cardiovascular risk: systematic review and network meta-analysis https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-072003
Plant-Based Diets Not Always Healthy; Quality Is Key https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/990178
- Association of Healthful Plant-based Diet Adherence With Risk of Mortality and Major Chronic Diseases Among Adults in the UK https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2802814
II. CAC and Statins
- Using the Coronary Artery Calcium Score to Guide Statin Therapy https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000799
III. Subclinical Atherosclerosis
Subclinical CAD by CT Predicts MI Risk, With or Without Stenoses https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/990254
- Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis and Risk for Myocardial Infarction in a Danish Cohort
A Prospective Observational Cohort Study 0799 https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M22-3027
- A Prospective Natural-History Study of Coronary Atherosclerosis https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1002358?url_ver=Z39.88-2003
IV. AF ablation
- Standard vs Augmented Ablation of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation for Reduction of Atrial Fibrillation RecurrenceThe AWARE Randomized Clinical Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2802860
- Effect of Catheter Ablation Using Pulmonary Vein Isolation With vs Without Posterior Left Atrial Wall Isolation on Atrial Arrhythmia Recurrence in Patients With Persistent Atrial FibrillationThe CAPLA Randomized Clinical Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2800186
- Approaches to Catheter Ablation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1408288
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