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Nov 2023
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Nov 03 2023 This Week in Cardiology

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About this episode

Tricuspid regurgitation therapy, two more left atrial appendage trials, and reflections on being too soft on medical science 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. Tricuspid Regurgitation

Trilogy TAVR Safe, Effective in Aortic Regurgitation

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/997782

The TRILUMINATE Transcatheter Tricuspid Repair Trial: Positive but No Benefit?

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989105

Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Repair Effective, Safe for Regurgitation: TRILUMINATE

https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/989103

- TRILUMINATE NEJM https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2300525

II. LAA Occlusion

Different Strengths for LAA Closure Devices?

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/962893

- Swiss Apero – Original paper https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.057859

- Swiss Apero – One-year https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.067599

Peri-device Leaks After Watchman https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35902169/

TAVR With Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Non-inferior to TAVR Plus Medical Therapy https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/997725

- WATCH TAVR Trial https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.067312

You may also like:

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

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