Two studies of cardiac device infections, observational studies, RCTs, and our ways of knowing in Medicine are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD in this week’s podcast.
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I. Cardiac Device Infection
Mortality Climbs When CIED Infections Are 'Delayed' After Implant
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/990692
- Association of the Timing and Extent of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections With Mortality
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2803627
- Low Utilization of Lead Extraction Among Patients With Infective Endocarditis and Implanted Cardiac Electronic Devices https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.02.042
- Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices and Infective Endocarditis: A Call to Arms...∗ https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.02.043
II. Can RCTs be Emulated with Real World Evidence?
- Emulation of Randomized Clinical Trials With Nonrandomized Database Analyses https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2804067
- Randomized Trials vs Real-world Evidence https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2804092
- Reanalyses of Randomized Clinical Trial Data
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1902230
III. Multi-Morbidity Effects in Trials
Pivotal CV Trials May Not Apply to Complex Patients
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989129
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