
About this episode
Listener feedback, conduction system pacing, eating fish vs fish pills, exercise, and an RCT for diet are the topics discussed by John Mandrola,.MD, in this week's podcast.
This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only.
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I. Listener Feedback Monitor HF and AHA
Jun 02, 2023 This Week in Cardiology Podcast
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/992678
- Link to the ACC Email -- https://www.acc.org/Latest-in-Cardiology/Clinical-Trials/2023/07/18/17/21/monitor-hf
- Tweet From Anthony Pearson
https://twitter.com/skepcard/status/1681288604990189574
II. Conduction System Pacing
- Clinical Outcomes in Conduction System Pacing Compared to Right Ventricular Pacing in Bradycardia https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2022.10.016
- Hormone Therapy To Prevent Disease and Prolong Life in Postmenopausal Women https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/abs/10.7326/0003-4819-117-12-1016
III. Fish Oil
Omega-3s and AF: No Added Risk From Eating Fish but High-Dose Supplement Questions Persist https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/994559
- Omega-3 Fatty Acid Biomarkers and Incident Atrial Fibrillation
https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.05.024
- Cardiovascular Risk Reduction with Icosapent Ethyl for Hypertriglyceridemia https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1812792
- Effect of Long-Term Marine ɷ-3 Fatty Acids Supplementation on the Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in Randomized Controlled Trials of Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.055654
IV. Exercise
Even Exercise by 'Weekend Warriors' Can Cut CV Risk
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/994617
- Accelerometer-Derived "Weekend Warrior" Physical Activity and Incident Cardiovascular Disease https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2807286
V. Diet
Cognitive Benefit of Highly Touted MIND Diet Questioned
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/994550
- Trial of the MIND Diet for Prevention of Cognitive Decline in Older Persons
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2302368
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Medscape editor-in-chief Eric Topol, MD, and master storyteller and clinician Abraham Verghese, MD, on Medicine and the Machine
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https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington
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