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May 2023
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May 19 2023 This Week in Cardiology

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When to use an ICD, risk stratification for HCM, blending EP and structural cardiology to improve care in post-TAVI patients, and hsTroponins are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only.

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I. ICD in Patients with NICM

Simple Risk Score Predicts VT in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/992018

- Declining Risk of Sudden Death in Heart Failure    https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1609758

- Defibrillator Implantation in Patients with Nonischemic Systolic Heart Failure    https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1608029

- Reduction in mortality from implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy patients is dependent on the presence of left ventricular scar https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehy437

- RCT of Implantable Defibrillators in Patients With Non Ischemic Cardiomyopathy, Scar and Severe Systolic Heart Failure (BRITISH)   https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05568069

II. Risk Stratification in HCM

- Changing Risk Stratification in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/992014

- NOAH–AFNET 6 trial terminates ahead of time (NOAH AFNET 6 trial)   https://dzhk.de/en/news/latest-news/article/noah-afnet-6-trial-terminates-ahead-of-time-noah-afnet-6-trial/

III. Blending EP and Structural to Improve TAVI Care

- Impact of Right Ventricular Pacing in Patients With TAVR Undergoing Permanent Pacemaker Implantation   https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jcin.2023.02.003

IV. Troponins

- Age-Specific Cut-Offs Needed for Cardiac Troponin Tests? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/992167

- Myocardial Injury Thresholds for 4 High-Sensitivity Troponin Assays in U.S. Adults https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.03.403

- What Is a Normal Troponin Anyway? https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.03.404

- Updating Our Thinking on Troponin Use and Interpretation    https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2777967

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