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Plastics and heart disease, MINT trial letters-to-the-editor and Bayes theorem, and Brugada syndrome are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.
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I. Plastics and Heart Disease
Plastic Particles in Carotid Plaques Linked to CV Events
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/plastic-particles-carotid-plaques-linked-cv-events-2024a10004ge
- Plastics and ASCVD Study https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2309822
- Review https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra2300476
- Editorial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2400683
II. MINT trial LTE and Bayes Theorem
In MI With Anemia, Results May Favor Liberal Transfusion: MINT https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/998376
- The MINT Study https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2307983
- Letter-to-the-Editor https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2400982
- Likelihood Ratio https://www.cebm.ox.ac.uk/resources/ebm-tools/likelihood-ratios
III. Brugada Syndrome
The EHJ paper: https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae133/7623123
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