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Jun 2023
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June 9 This Week in Cardiology

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About this episode

Impella, digital health, low-value processes, are tricuspid valve interventions with pacing leads are the topics Dr. 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. Impella Class I Recall

FDA Class I Recall for Some Abiomed Impella Heart Pumps

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/992845

- A Prospective, Randomized Clinical Trial of Hemodynamic Support With Impella 2.5 Versus Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump in Patients Undergoing High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.098194

- Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support Versus Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump in Cardiogenic Shock After Acute Myocardial Infarction

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2016.10.022

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109716367675?via%3Dihub

- The Evolving Landscape of Impella Use in the United States Among Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Mechanical Circulatory Support

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.044007

- Association of Use of an Intravascular Microaxial Left Ventricular Assist Device vs Intra-aortic Balloon Pump With In-Hospital Mortality and Major Bleeding Among Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2761003

- Danish Cardiogenic Shock Trial (DanShock)

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01633502

II. Wearable Devices

- Use of Wearable Devices in Individuals With or at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease in the US, 2019 to 2020 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2805753 doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.16634

- Implantable loop recorder detection of atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke (The LOOP Study): a randomised controlled trial

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01698-6

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01698-6/fulltext

- Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of Bradyarrhythmias in Patients Screened for Atrial Fibrillation vs Usual Care

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2801362

III. The Cost of Quality Measures

- The Volume and Cost of Quality Metric Reporting

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2805705

- Goodhart's law

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law

IV. Tricuspid Valve Interventions and Pacing Leads

Leadless Dual-Chamber Pacemaker Clears Early Safety, Performance Hurdles

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/992464

- Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement With the EVOQUE System: 1-Year Outcomes of a Multicenter, First-in-Human Experience

https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jcin.2022.01.280

- Effects of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Leads on the Tricuspid Valve and Right Ventricle: A Randomized Comparison of Transvenous versus Subcutaneous Leads

https://eppro01.ativ.me/src/EventPilot/php/express/web/planner.php?id=HRS23&utm_source=heartrhythm&utm_medium=nav-button&utm_campaign=hr23-webtracking

- Management and Outcomes of Transvenous Pacing Leads in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement

https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jcin.2020.04.054

- TRILUMINATE trial -- Transcatheter Repair for Patients with Tricuspid Regurgitation

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2300525

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2300525

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