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Mar 10 2023 This Week in Cardiology

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ACC Recap Part 1: Sports, bempedoic acid NASCARs, tricuspid regurgitation, and more on revascularization of stable CAD. are the topics 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. Sports Cardiology

Even Vigorous Exercise Appears Safe for Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: LIVE-HCM https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989351

- Lifelong endurance exercise and its relation with coronary atherosclerosis https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad152

- Increased average longevity among the "Tour de France" cyclists https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21618162/

II. Clear Outcomes

Bempedoic Acid Cuts CV Events in Statin-Intolerant Patients: CLEAR Outcomes

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989100

- Bempedoic Acid and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Statin-Intolerant Patients https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2215024

- Bodgan Enache Tweet https://twitter.com/bogdienache/status/1632143539965509632?s=20

III. TRILUMINATE Trial

Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Repair Effective, Safe for Regurgitation: TRILUMINATE https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989103

- Transcatheter Repair for Patients with Tricuspid Regurgitation https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2300525

- New Treatment Could Help Fix the Heart's 'Forgotten Valve.' https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/health/tricuspid-valve-clip-leakage.html

- Rasha Al-Lamee Tweet https://twitter.com/rallamee/status/1632295242685612033?s=20

IV. REVIVED-BCIS

Viability-Guided PCI Doubted in Stable Severe CAD: REVIVED-BCIS2 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989101

- Percutaneous Revascularization for Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2206606

Features:

CLEAR Positives and Cautions With Bempedoic Acid for Statin Intolerance https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989098

The TRILUMINATE Transcatheter Tricuspid Repair Trial: Positive but No Benefit? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989105

Three Surprising Studies on Exercise Restriction and an Exercise Sweet Spot https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989417

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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

The Bob Harrington Show with Stanford University Chair of Medicine, Robert A. Harrington, MD.

https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington

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