Three aspects of the recent AF guideline documents and a possible new treatment of POTS are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.
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I AF Guidelines
ACC/AHA Issue Updated Atrial Fibrillation Guideline
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/998956
- Guideline doc: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001193
- CASTLE AF https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1707855
- Analysis of US Inpatient Sample https://bmccardiovascdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2261-14-73
- RAFT AF https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.057095
- Beta Blockers in AF https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25193873/
Section 2 AF Guidelines – EARLY Rhythm Control Gets Emphasis
- STOP AF https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2029554
- EARLY AF https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa2029980
- EAST https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2019422
- Natural History of AF https://www.jacc.org/doi/abs/10.1016/j.jacc.2019.09.050
Section 3 AF Guidelines – Dubious Upgrade of percutaneous LAAC
- PROTECT and PREVAIL Meta-analysis 5-year https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2017.10.021
- PINNACLE FLX https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.050117
II. Postural Orthostatic tachycardia Syndrome
Vagus Nerve Stimulation Promising In POTS
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/998913
- Stavrakis et al. Noninvasive VNS for POTS https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2023.10.015
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