Sep 3, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

EMPEROR-Preserved, the LOOP study, ablate-and-pace for AF, and salt substitute and stroke: John Mandrola, MD provides a first of two ESC reviews. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic 1 - HFpEF - EMPEROR-Preserved: Empagliflozin Scores HFpEF Breakthrough https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/957405 - Empagliflozin in Heart Failure with a Preserved Ejection Fraction https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2107038 - Empagliflozin and Major Renal Outcomes in Heart Failure https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2112411 - Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes with Empagliflozin in Heart Failure https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2022190 2 - AF Screening - LOOP Trial Undercuts Value of Long-term Continuous ECG Screening for Atrial Fibrillation https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/957473 - Implantable loop recorder detection of atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke (The LOOP Study): a randomised controlled trial https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01698-6/fulltext - Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation and the Risk of Stroke https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1105575 3 - Ablate and Pace for AF and HF - APAF-CRT: 'Ablate and Pace' Cuts Mortality in Narrow-QRS HF, Permanent AF https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/957467 - A randomized controlled trial of atrioventricular junction ablation and cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation and narrow QRS https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/39/45/3999/5078460 - AV junction ablation and cardiac resynchronization for patients with permanent atrial fibrillation and narrow QRS: the APAF-CRT mortality trial https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab569 4 - Salt Substitute and Stroke - Salt Substitute Shows Clear Reduction in Stroke, CV Events, and Death https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/957472 - Effect of Salt Substitution on Cardiovascular Events and Death https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2105675 Features: - Incremental, Not Monumental, Win for Empagliflozin in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/957465 - Empagliflozin in HFpEF: Putting EMPEROR-Preserved in Context https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/957388 - Lessons on AF Screening From the LOOP Study https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/957512 - Ablate-and-Pace Delivers a Huge Win for Those Sick With AF https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/958033 - Will the Positive Findings From the SSaSS Trial on Salt Substitution Silence the Salt Skeptics? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/957510 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 Questions or feedback, please contact [email protected]