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Apr 2023
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Apr 07 2023 This Week in Cardiology

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About this episode

Chat GPT, a relatively unknown therapy for HFpEF, and two fun studies on statins and secondary prevention 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. Artificial Intelligence and CHAT GPT

Can ChatGPT Replace Diabetes Educators? Perhaps Not Yet

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/990381

- Potential and Pitfalls of ChatGPT and Natural-Language Artificial Intelligence Models for Diabetes Education

https://doi.org/10.2337/dc23-0197

II. Exercise and HFpEF

AHA, ACC Advocate Supervised Exercise Training in HFpEF

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/990351

- Supervised Exercise Training for Chronic Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.02.012

III. Statins and Muscles

Statins Don't Worsen Muscle Injury From Moderately Intense Exercise

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/990473

- Prolonged Moderate-Intensity Exercise Does Not Increase Muscle Injury Markers in Symptomatic or Asymptomatic Statin Users https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.01.043

IV. Statins in Secondary Prevention

Treat to LDL Target or High-Intensity Statin for All With Clinical CAD: LODESTAR

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989884

- Treat-to-Target or High-Intensity Statin in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2802214

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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

Questions or feedback, please contact: news@medscape.net

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