Aug 18 2023 This Week in Cardiology

ICD generator change, less is more in VT management, co-morbidity in HF, and SGLT2i after AF ablation 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. ICD Gen Change

- Patients’ Perspectives Regarding Generator Exchanges of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.122.009827

- DEFINITE https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/nejmoa033088

- SCD-HeFT https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa043399

- DANISH https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1608029

- Poole and colleagues; 11-year follow-up of  SCD-HeFT https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2020.05.061

- Editorial – Howell/Stecker https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.123.010266

II. VT Therapy

Crossed Wires: Ischemia Testing and Monomorphic VT Storm

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995401

- Cleveland Clinic Study

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2023.04.030

III. Co-Morbidity in HF

- Hospital admissions in the last year of life of patients with heart failure

  https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcad047

- Four Horsemen of Apocalypse Lecture

  http://www.louisvillelectures.org/imblog/2017/10/5/whw8sf0m1k0wi6lm6kvjsx4nxzzjg5

IV. SGLT2i After Ablation for AF

SGLT2 Inhibitors Curb AF Post-Ablation Recurrences in Diabetes

  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995415

- Observational Study – Abu-Qaoud et al

  https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacep.2023.06.008

- Meta-analysis SGLT2i and AF

  https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/JAHA.121.022222

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