Jan 10 2025 This Week in Cardiology

Alcohol and cancer, GLP-1 trial representativeness, diagnosing CAD, changing stroke rates in patients with AF, blanking periods after AF ablation are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers this week. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic I. Surgeon General Causes Hoopla Regarding ETOH Warning Dry January: Should Doctors Make It Year-Round? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/dry-january-should-doctors-make-it-year-round-2025a100009t Surgeon General Warning https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2025/01/03/us-surgeon-general-issues-new-advisory-link-alcohol-cancer-risk.html GBD 2016 Collaboration Lancet https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31310-2 RCT Voskobonik and colleagues https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1817591 Marcus and colleagues; UCSF https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33516710/ Review of ETOH AF https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2016.08.074 II. GLP-1 Agonists for Obesity –Trial vs Real World Generalizability of Trial Results • https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2826335 HRS Document ICD http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.03.041 III. Stress Testing and CAD Severity Reynolds and colleagues. Observational ISCHEMIA Sub-analysis https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.123.013743 Foy Meta-analysis https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2655243 ISCHEMIA https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1915922 IV. Changing Stroke Rates with AF Teppo and colleagues. Finnish Study https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2024.10.029 Quinn and colleagues. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circulationaha.116.024057 V. Patients’ Lives Don’t Pause for Blanking Periods Ruzieh and colleagues. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahjo.2024.100497 You may also like: The Bob Harrington Show with the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine, Robert A. Harrington, MD. https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington Questions or feedback, please contact [email protected]