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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.
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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
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