Apr 8, 2022 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

ACC Recap: John Mandrola, MD, provides part 1 of an ACC recap 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 – HTN in Pregnancy

- Hypertension Control During Pregnancy Validated in Large Trial https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/971486

- Treatment for Mild Chronic Hypertension during Pregnancy https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2201295

II – Prevention of Bleeding in Non-Cardiac Surgery

- POISE-3 Backs Wider Use of Tranexamic Acid in Noncardiac Surgery https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/971483

- Tranexamic Acid in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2201171

III – HCM

- VALOR-HCM: Novel Drug May Delay, Avert Invasive Therapy in OHCM https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/971484

IV – Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion

- Small Leaks After LAAO Linked to Thromboembolism, Bleeding https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/971709

V – Low Sodium Diet for HF

- Low-Sodium Diet Did Not Cut Clinical Events in Heart Failure Trial https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/971482

- Reduction of dietary sodium to less than 100 mmol in heart failure (SODIUM-HF): an international, open-label, randomised, controlled trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00369-5

VI – Flu Vaccine and Heart Failure

- Flu Vaccines Cut Seasonal Death in Patients With Heart Failure https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/971619

VII – New Anticoagulant?

- Less Bleeding With Factor XI Inhibitor Anticoagulant? PACIFIC-AF https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/971702

Features:

- Sodium Restriction in Heart Failure: Another Dogma Felled by Randomization https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/971697

- Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: ACC Data Challenge Promise vs Reality https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/971512

- Mavacamten in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Reasons for Both Optimism and Caution https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/971485

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