Apr 15, 2022 This Week in Cardiology

Published: April 15, 2022, 7:56 p.m.

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ACC Recap, Part 2: VT ablation, HF care, three-vessel disease, and patiromer are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in this week\\u2019s podcast.

This podcast is intended for healthcare\\xa0professionals only.

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I \\u2013 VT ablation

VT Ablation After First ICD Shock Boosts Survival: PARTITA

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/971969

\\u2022 Does Timing of Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation Affect Prognosis in Patients With an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator? Results From the Multicenter Randomized PARTITA Trial https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.059598

\\u2022 Substrate Ablation vs Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy for Symptomatic Ventricular Tachycardia https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2022.01.050

\\u2022 Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation versus Escalation of Antiarrhythmic Drugs https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1513614

II \\u2013 HF Care

Alerts Improve Prescribing of HF Quadruple Therapy: PROMPT-HF https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/972079

\\u2022 Electronic Alerts to Improve Heart Failure Therapy in Outpatient Practice: A Cluster Randomized Trial https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2022.03.338

\\u2022 Reassessing Quality Assessment \\u2014 The Flawed System for Fixing a Flawed System https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms2200976

III \\u2013 Three-Vessel Disease

FAME 3 Subanalysis Adds Twist to Negative Primary Results

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/971495

\\u2022 Fractional Flow Reserve\\u2013Guided PCI as Compared with Coronary Bypass Surgery https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2112299

\\u2022 Quality of Life After\\xa0Fractional\\xa0Flow Reserve-Guided PCI Compared with Coronary Bypass Surgery https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.060049

IV \\u2013 Treating Drug Side Effects with More Drugs

DIAMOND: Adding Patiromer Helps Optimize HF Meds, Foils Hyperkalemia https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/971616

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