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Mar 2023
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Mar 24 2023 This Week in Cardiology

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Exercise, sudden cardiac death in sports, new TAVI data, behavioral psychology, EHR doing good things, maybe, and coffee 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. Fitness and Longevity

Even Small Changes in Fitness Tied to Lower Mortality Risk https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989906

- Changes in Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Survival in Patients With or Without Cardiovascular Disease https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.01.027

II. SCD in Sports

Sports-Related Sudden Cardiac Arrest 'Extremely' Rare in Women https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/990025

- Incidence of Cardiac Arrest During Sports Among Women in the European Union https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.01.015

- Sex-Related Differences in Sports-Related Sudden Cardiac Death Should Be Reflected in Guideline Screening Recommendations∗   https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.01.014

- Association between physical activity and risk of incident arrhythmias in 402 406 individuals: evidence from the UK Biobank cohort https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehz897

III. EVOLUT Three Year Data

Encouraging 3-Year Data for TAVR in Low-Risk Patients: EVOLUT

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989144

- Three-Year Outcomes After Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients with Aortic Stenosis https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.02.017

- Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement with a Self-Expanding Valve in Low-Risk Patients

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1816885

- Outcomes 2 Years After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients at Low Surgical Risk https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2020.12.052

IV. Behavioral Psychology

NUDGE-FLU: Electronic 'Nudges' Boost Flu Shot Uptake in Seniors https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989108

- The Effect of Electronic Nudges on Influenza Vaccination Rate in Older Adults With Cardiovascular Disease: a Prespecified Analysis of the NUDGE-FLU Trial https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.064270

- Influenza Vaccination After Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Trial https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.057042

EHR Alerts Boosted MRA Prescribing in HFrEF: BETTER CARE-HF https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989110

- Cluster-Randomized Trial Comparing Ambulatory Decision Support Tools to Improve Heart Failure Care https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.02.005

- The Effect of Spironolactone on Morbidity and Mortality in Patients with Severe Heart Failure https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm199909023411001

V. Coffee

- Acute Effects of Coffee Consumption on Health among Ambulatory Adults https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2204737

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