This Week in Cardiology16 Aug 2024

Aug 16 2024 This Week in Cardiology

Diuretic therapy in HFrEF, AF ablation, TACT 2 and the story of subgroups, and SGLT2 inhibitor underuse are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

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I. Diuretic Therapy in HF

Dapa vs Metolazone Trial https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad341
ADVOR https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2203094

II. Rapid Medication Titration for Acute HF

ACC Decision Pathway https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.06.002

III. SGLT2 Inhibitor Use in the US

Shin and Colleagues; JACC https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0735109724076332
Editorial https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.07.001

IV. AF Ablation: General Anesthesia vs Conscious Sedation

Da Riis-Vestergaard and Colleagues https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euae203

V. TACT 2 Published

TACT 1 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1672238
TACT 1 DM https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000663
TACT 2 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2822472

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