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Jan 2023
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Jan 6 2023 This Week in Cardiology

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About this episode

Damar Hamlin, obesity and semaglutide, Open Data and PCSK9 inhibitors, and TAVI vs SAVR trials 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. Damar Hamlin

Five Thoughts on the Damar Hamlin Collapse

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/986550

II. Semaglutide and Obesity in Adolescents

FDA Approves Wegovy (Semaglutide) for Obesity in Teens 12 and Up

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/986403

• Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adolescents with Obesity https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2208601

III. Open Data and PCSK9 inhibitors

Evolocumab Added to Statins Cuts CV Events in FOURIER Trial

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/877348

• Restoring mortality data in the FOURIER cardiovascular outcomes trial of evolocumab in patients with cardiovascular disease: a reanalysis based on regulatory data

https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/12/e060172

• Evolocumab and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1615664

• PCSK9 deficiency rewires heart metabolism and drives heart failure with preserved ejection fraction https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34252181/

• Bendary Tweet https://twitter.com/DrBendary/status/1609849852979986432?s=20&t=FDDhGIofS_HQ4jxf8aHwBA

IV. Open Data and TAVI vs SAVR Trials

Risk of Bias in Randomized Clinical Trials Comparing Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2799937

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