Feb 4, 2022 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

Feb 4, 2022

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Interatrial shunt therapy, the power of the RCT, chronic stress, anxiety and cardiometabolic risk, and TAVR, are the topics covered 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 - Interatrial Shunt

- Interatrial Shunt Falters in Preserved, Mid-Range LVEF Heart Failure: REDUCE LAP-HF 2 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/967792

- Atrial shunt device for heart failure with preserved and mildly reduced ejection fraction (REDUCE LAP-HF II): a randomised, multicentre, blinded, sham-controlled trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00016-2

II - Chronic Stress

- Chronic Stress Accelerates Aging: Epigenetic Evidence https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/967828

- Psychological and biological resilience modulates the effects of stress on epigenetic aging https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-021-01735-7

- DNA methylation GrimAge strongly predicts lifespan and healthspan https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6366976/

III – Anxiety, Neuroticism, and CardioMetabolic Risk Factors

- Anxiety in Men Tied to Risk Factors for CVD, Diabetes https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/967811

- Neuroticism, Worry, and Cardiometabolic Risk Trajectories: Findings From a 40‐Year Study of Men https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/JAHA.121.022006

IV - TAVR Implant Success

- VARC-3 TAVR Technical Failure Definition 'Highly Clinically Relevant https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/967717

- Validation of the Valve Academic Research Consortium 3 Technical Success Definition in Patients Undergoing TAVR https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jcin.2021.11.013