This Week In Cardiology

The Apple Watch EKG, ablate/pace strategies, chronic total occlusion-PCI, assisted reproduction strategies and CV health, and remembering Ron Victor, MD are the topics for this week’s podcast.

High sensitivity troponin, radial access (a good news story!), stroke care, rivaroxaban in CAD and PAD, and the components of a healthy diet are discussed in this week’s podcast.

The salt wars, drug costs and vaule, Takotsubo syndrome, carb intake, and the upcoming European Society of Cardiology congress are discussed in this week’s podcast

Screening athletes, AF ablation complications, physician gender and MI mortality, the rise of chronic kidney disease, and the rosuvastatin lawsuit are discussed in this week's podcast.

AF screening, atrial flutter, palliative care in heart failure, and LDL-C lowering are discussed in this week's podcast

Aspirin dosing, a potential new drug for SVT, apixaban in patients with ESRD, TAVR, and saunas, are discussed in this week's podcast

Leadless pacing, AF detection, coronary calcium, BP control and omega-3 fatty acids are discussed in this week's podcast.

Questionable ICD use, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, multivitamins and cardiovascular health, and end-of-life care are discussed in this week's podcast

Dr John Mandrola discusses controversy over the ISCHEMIA trial, AAA screening, PCSK9i in diabetes, cardiac arrest and Twitter in this week’s podcast

PREDIMED (again), malpractice concerns in CAD testing, alcohol, stroke care in the elderly, and genetic testing are the topics discussed by Dr John Mandrola in this week’s podcast

Nutrition education for docs, PREDIMED retraction, recommendations for ECG screening of healthy adults, and MOC studies are discussed in this week's podcast.

Better equations for CV risk prediction, a drug for bradycardia, illicit drugs and MI in the young, EHR woes, and vitamins for CV risk reduction are discussed in this week's podcast.

Surgical left atrial appendage occlusion, renal denervation, a substudy of ORBITA, FFR and hypertension guidelines are discussed in this week's podcast.

Device-related thrombosis with Watchman left atrial appendage closure, debulking atrial fibrillation after ablation, rivaroxaban for stroke prevention, alteplase, and Lp(a) are discussed this week.

The CABANA trial on catheter ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation is discussed in this week’s podcast recorded at the Heart Rhythm Scientific Sessions.

AHA rescinds sections of the stroke guidelines, thrombectomy for pulmonary embolism, Mitra-clip, nuts and AF, and blood pressure measurements are discussed in this week's podcast.

Lipid-lowering and baseline LDL-C, the CV safety of NSAIDs, 'metabolically healthy' obesity, PCI for chronic total occlusions, and wearable tech are discussed in this week's podcast.

Ambulatory BP measurements, advanced practice providers, medical marijuana for sleep apnea, Barbara Bush's comfort care, and apixaban for cardioversion are the topics discussed in this week's podcast.

Atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery, long QT syndrome, exercise for CV prevention, a new risk factor for mothers, and coronary obstruction post TAVR are discussed in this week's podcast.