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Dec 2022
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Dec 2, 2022 This Week in Cardiology Podc...

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SGLT2 inhibitors, publishing choices, second and third order effects of interventions, decision support, and patient selection for preventive procedures 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. EMPA Kidney

- EMPA-Kidney Seals SGLT2 Inhibitors as 'Foundational' for CKD https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/984439

- EMPA-Kidney Moves the Needle for SGLT2 Inhibitors in Kidney Disease https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/983521

- Empagliflozin in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa2204233

- Canagliflozin and Renal Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes and Nephropathy https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1811744

- Dapagliflozin in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2024816

- Impact of diabetes on the effects of sodium glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors on kidney outcomes: collaborative meta-analysis of large placebo-controlled trials https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02074-8

II. Publishing Choices

- Motorcycle Rallies Linked to Spike in Organ Transplants https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/984623

- Organ Donation and Transplants During Major US Motorcycle Rallies https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2798550

III. Second and Third Order Effects

- Heart Disease Deaths Spiked During COVID After 10-Year Decline https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/984605

IV. Decision Support

- Patient App Aids Decisions on Anticoagulants: ENHANCE-AF https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/984253

- A Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate an Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Prevention Shared Decision‐Making Pathway https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.122.028562

V. Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure

- Consider Life Expectancy When Referring for LAA Closure? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/981117

- Transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: A Multi-Center Real Life Experience https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/23/6944

- Incidence and Predictors of Early Death in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacep.2022.06.012

- Indications for Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in the United States and Associated In-Hospital Outcomes: Results From the NCDR LAAO Registry https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.121.008418

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Medscape editor-in-chief Eric Topol, MD, and master storyteller and clinician Abraham Verghese, MD, on Medicine and the Machine https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine

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