Aug 04 2023 This Week in Cardiology

Listener feedback re observational studies, surgeons’ dissent from recent guidelines, aspirin for primary prevention, and fish oil are the topics discussed by John Mandrola.MD in this week's podcast.

This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only.

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I. Heart Surgeons Dissent

Surgical Groups Push Back Against New Revascularization Guidelines

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/966153

New Revascularization Guidelines: Key Points and Navigating Controversies

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/972014

- AHA Guidelines - https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001168

- AATS statement 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.03.001

- Yusef and colleagues 1994 Meta-analysis - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(94)91963-1

- 10-year SYNTAXES https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31997-X

- Surgeons’ argument 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.12.003

- FAME 3 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2112299

- Gaudino Meta-analysis of Medical Therapy vs CABG https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.06.003

- NOBLE https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32972-1

- EXCEL 5 years https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1909406

II. ASA for Primary Prevention

Daily Aspirin Challenged in Primary Stroke Prevention: ASPREE

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/994963

- ASPREE – All-cause mortality

- ASPREE (MACE and Bleeding) https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1805819

- ASPREE (disability) https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1800722

- JAMA Network Open Subanalysis  https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2807630

III. Fish Oil

- OMEMI Substudy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2023.07.002

- Gencer and colleagues Meta-analysis - https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.055654

- OMEMI Main Trial https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.052209

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