Sept 16, 2022 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

The safety of very low LDL-C, the win-ratio analytic method, sacubitril/valsartan, SGLT2 inhibitors, and percutaneous left atrial appendage closure are discussed in this week’s podcast.

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I PCSK9I

Evolocumab Benefits Accrue With Longer Follow-up: FOURIER OLE https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/979950

- Evolocumab and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1615664

- Long-Term Evolocumab in Patients with Established Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.061620

II Analytic Methods and Re-Analysis of Old Trials

- PARADISE-MI Results Obscured As Post Hoc Analysis Finds Flaws https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/980776

- Angiotensin Receptor–Neprilysin Inhibition in Acute Myocardial Infarction https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2104508

- Impact of Sacubitril/Valsartan Versus Ramipril on Total Heart Failure Events in the PARADISE-MI Trial https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.057429

- The Year’s Most Important Study Adds to Uncertainty in Science https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/904286

III SGLT2i Post MI

- Early Signal of Benefit for Empagliflozin in Acute MI: EMMY https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/980180

- Empagliflozin in acute myocardial infarction: the EMMY trial https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac494

IV Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure

- Incidence and Predictors of Early Death in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacep.2022.06.012

- Cost‐Effectiveness of Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Stroke Reduction in Atrial Fibrillation: Analysis of Pooled, 5‐Year, Long‐Term Data https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.118.011577

- Baseline Comorbidities And Bleeding Events Of Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Among Medicare Beneficiaries https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/S0735-1097%2822%2901158-5

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