The VENTOUX study of endurance athletes, the 10,000 step myth was not busted, rate vs rhythm control for AF, and GLP1 drugs and observational studies are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast.
This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only.
To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit:
https://www.medscape.com/twic
I Endurance Athletes and Arrhythmia (again)
- VENTOUX trial
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.125.018470
II Daily Step Count and Health — no myths were busted.
- Lancet Public Health: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(25)00164-1
III Rate vs Rhythm Control of AF
Medscape: Everyone Deserves a Shot at the American Dream: Sinus Rhythm
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/everyone-deserves-shot-american-dream-sinus-rhythm-2025a1000jle
- This Week in Cardiology, July 11, 2025 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1002704
- AFFIRM trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa021328
- AFFIRM substudy https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/486560
IV GLP-1 Drugs and Observational Studies
- Neurodegeneration and Stroke After Semaglutide and Tirzepatide
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2836412
- SUSTAIN-6 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1607141
- SELECT Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2307563
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The Bob Harrington Show with the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine, Robert A. Harrington, MD. https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington
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