
About this episode
Vulnerable plaque and scientific method; industry payments to trainees; tirzepatide or semaglutide; trial interpretation; and PFA are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in today's podcast.
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I. Non-invasive Imaging for Vulnerable Plaque
PET Imaging Finds Vulnerable Plaques That Cause MI
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/pet-imaging-finds-vulnerable-plaques-cause-mi-2024a1000cm2
- JACC paper https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.03.419
- Original JAMA-Card paper https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2806690
II. Industry Payments to Fellows
- JAMA Network Letter https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2821267
III. GLP-1a Class Effect?
Semaglutide Significantly Improves Chronic Kidney Disease
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/semaglutide-significantly-improves-chronic-kidney-disease-2024a10009w9
Mounjaro Beats Ozempic, So Why Isn't It More Popular?
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/mounjaro-beats-ozempic-so-why-isnt-it-more-popular-2024a1000ckd
- JAMA-Internal Medicine: Semaglutide vs Tirzepatide https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2821080
- SELECT trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2307563
- FLOW trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2403347
- SURPASS-CVOT – Rationale https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2023.09.007
IV. Colchicine and Trial Interpretation in the Lancet
- CONVINCE https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00968-1
V. PFA
Pulsed Field Ablation for AF: Are US Electrophysiologists Too Easily Impressed?
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/pulsed-field-ablation-af-are-us-electrophysiologists-too-2024a1000d2v
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