FOURIER authors’ response, a possible practice-changing paper in electrophysiology, and the ATLAS and CAPLA trials are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

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I. FOURIER Authors Respond

Recount of FOURIER Data Finds Higher Mortality With Evolocumab; Trialists Push Back https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/986634

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
Letter to the Editor RE: "Restoring mortality data in the FOURIER cardiovascular outcomes trial of evolocumab in patients with cardiovascular disease: a reanalysis based on regulatory data". BMJ Open https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/12/e060172.responses#letter-to-the-editor-re-restoring-mortality-data-in-the-fourier-cardiovascular-outcomes-trial-of-evolocumab-in-patients-with-cardiovascular-disease-a-reanalysis-based-on-regulatory-data-bmj-open-2022123060172
Risk of selection bias assessment in the NINDS rt-PA stroke study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9202115/
Methodological survey of missing outcome data in an alteplase for ischemic stroke meta-analysis https://doi.org/10.1111/ane.13656

II. A Potential Practice-Changing Paper in Cardiac Pacing

Novel 'Cure' May Avert Lead Extraction in CIED Pocket Infections https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/986762

Regional Antibiotic Delivery for Implanted Cardiovascular Electronic Device Infections https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2022.10.022
Treatment of Localized Implantable Cardiac Device Pocket Infections https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2022.11.018

III. ATLAS Trial

Perioperative Safety and Early Patient and Device Outcomes Among Subcutaneous Versus Transvenous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Implantations https://doi.org/10.7326/M22-1566
Subcutaneous or Transvenous Defibrillator Therapy https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1915932
Subcutaneous or Transvenous Defibrillator Therapy https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMc2034917

IV. CAPLA Published

CAPLA Shows Limits of Further Ablation Post PVI in Persistent AF https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/986901

Effect of Catheter Ablation Using Pulmonary Vein Isolation With vs Without Posterior Left Atrial Wall Isolation on Atrial Arrhythmia Recurrence in Patients With Persistent Atrial Fibrillation https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2800186
Catheter Ablation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2800200

Jan 13 2023 This Week in Cardiology