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Nov 11, 2022 This Week in Cardiology Pod...

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AHA 2022 Part 1: ISCHEMIA-EXTEND, STRONG-HF, chlorthalidone vs HCTZ, experts vs practitioners; torsemide vs furosemide; and TG lowering are discussed by John Mandrola, MD, 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. AHA Meta-comments

II. ISCHEMIA-Extended

- ISCHEMIA-EXTEND: Conservative Stable CAD Management Holds Up https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/983657

- Survival After Invasive or Conservative Management of Stable Coronary Disease https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.062714

III. STRONG-HF

- Rapidly, Fully Optimize HF Meds After Hospital Discharge: STRONG-HF https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/983870

- STRONG HF: More Beats Less After Discharge for Heart Failure https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/983698

- Safety, tolerability and efficacy of up-titration of guideline-directed medical therapies for acute heart failure (STRONG-HF): a multinational, open-label, randomised, trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02076-1

IV. DCP

- Diuretic Agents Equal to Prevent CV Events in Hypertension: DCP https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/983608

- HCTZ vs Chlorthalidone -- A Win for Practicing Doctors and Science https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/983614

V. TRANSFORM HF

- No Survival Advantage for Either Torsemide or Furosemide in HF: TRANSFORM-HF https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/983611

VI. PROMINENT

- Triglyceride Lowering Fails to Show CV Benefit in Large Fibrate Trial https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/983610

- Triglyceride Lowering with Pemafibrate to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2210645

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