May 20, 2022 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

Another positive digoxin trial, another classic coronary physiology study from Imperial College London (ORBITA-FIRE), news in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and TAVR done in the wrong patients are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast. This podcast is inten ...  Show more

Listener feedback from the DanGer Shock investigators, complete vs staged revascularization, polygenic risk scores, and quality improvement failure in an RCT are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals ...  Show more

Menopause and age raise our cardiovascular disease risk. Athletes and highly active people also tend to have a higher prevalence of coronary artery calcium and atherosclerotic plaque (though it tends to be the benign kind). But what does that all mean? How can we know what’s real ...  Show more

The November 2023 replay of past episodes showcases five interviews on topics in stroke. The episode begins with an interview with Dr. Imogene Scott on prehospital telestroke ...

So this time we're going to be looking at the HUGE topic of acute coronary syndrome (ACS)! ACS ranges from patients who appear well at the time of their presentation, to those that have arrhythmias, haemodynamic instability, to those that are in cardiac arrest!

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To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit: https://wwww.medscape.com/viewarticle/953633 The culture of medicine is an invisible force with the strength of gravity that keeps the profession stuck, Robert Pearl says. To move forward, physicians have to ow ...  Show more