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Aug 16 2024 This Week in Cardiology

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Diuretic therapy in HFrEF, AF ablation, TACT 2 and the story of subgroups, and SGLT2 inhibitor underuse 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. Diuretic Therapy in HF

  • Dapa vs Metolazone Trial https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad341 ADVOR https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2203094

II. Rapid Medication Titration for Acute HF

  • ACC Decision Pathway https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.06.002

III. SGLT2 Inhibitor Use in the US

  • Shin and Colleagues; JACC  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0735109724076332
  • Editorial  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.07.001

IV. AF Ablation: General Anesthesia vs Conscious Sedation

  • Da Riis-Vestergaard and Colleagues  https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euae203

V. TACT 2 Published

  • TACT 1 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1672238
  • TACT 1 DM https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000663
  • TACT 2 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2822472

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