Apr 15, 2022 This Week in Cardiology

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

This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only.

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I – VT ablation

VT Ablation After First ICD Shock Boosts Survival: PARTITA

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

• 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

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

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

II – HF Care

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

• 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

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

III – Three-Vessel Disease

FAME 3 Subanalysis Adds Twist to Negative Primary Results

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

• Fractional Flow Reserve–Guided PCI as Compared with Coronary Bypass Surgery https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2112299

• Quality of Life After Fractional Flow Reserve-Guided PCI Compared with Coronary Bypass Surgery https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.060049

IV – 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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