Sep 9, 2022 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

A potential new anticoagulant, surveillance stress testing, a trial misinterpretation, an old diuretic, and AI in cardiology are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses 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. Factor XI inhibitors

- Factor XIa Inhibitor After MI, Stroke Encouraging in Early Phase 2 Studies https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/979942

- AXIOMATIC-SSP: Cautious Optimism on Factor XI Inhibitor in Stroke https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/979860

II. Surveillance Stress Testing

- No Benefit of Routine Stress Test POST-PCI in High-Risk Patients https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/979866

- Routine Functional Testing or Standard Care in High-Risk Patients after PCI https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2208335

III. New Diuretic for Acute Heart Failure

- Vintage Drug Atop IV Loop Diuretics Boosts Decongestion in ADHF: ADVOR https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/979851

- Acetazolamide in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure with Volume Overload https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2203094

IV. AI in Cardiology

- In Blinded Trial, Artificial Intelligence Beats Sonographers for Echo Accuracy https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/979857

- Video-based AI for beat-to-beat assessment of cardiac function https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2145-8

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