Sep 08 2023 This Week in Cardiology

ESC Recap Part 2: ECLS-SHOCK, FIRE, MULTISTARS-AMI, HEART FID, and DANPACE II are the trials John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast.

This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only.

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I. Cardiogenic Shock

ECMO for Shock in Acute MI Won't Help, May Harm: ECLS-SHOCK  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995882

-   ECLS-SHOCK trial  https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2307227

-   ECMO-CS trial  https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.062949

II. FIRE TRIAL

FIRE a Win for Physiology-Guided MI Complete Revascularization in Older Patients  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995875

-   FIRE Trial  https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2300468

-   COMPLETE Trial  https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1907775

III. Immediate vs Staged Revascularization

Parity for Prompt vs Staged STEMI Complete Revascularization: MULTISTARS-AMI  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995961

-   MULTISTARS AMI trial  https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2307823

-   Complete Revascularization Now Compulsory? MULTISTARS-AMI and FIRE in Context  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995676

IV. Iron-Supplementation in Heart Failure

IV Iron Shows Only Modest Benefit in HF: HEART-FID  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995874

-   HEART-FID   https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2304968

-   EHJ meta-analysis of Iron Supplementation   https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad586

V. AF Prevention with Pacing

Minimizing Atrial Pacing No Benefit in Sinus Node Disease: DANPACE II  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/996076

-   DANPACE II  https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad564

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