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November 22, 2024 32 mins

An AHA review: the OPTION, SUMMIT, VANISH 2, SARAH, and CLEAR trials 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:

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I. OPTION Trial

For AF, LAA Rivals Anticoagulants After Ablation

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/af-laa-rivals-anticoagulants-after-ablation-2024a1000l7n

4 Reasons to Question Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure After AF Ablation

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/4-reasons-question-percutaneous-left-atrial-appendage-2024a1000l0u

  • OPTION in NEJM https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2408308

II. SUMMIT Trial

Tirzepatide Reduces Heart Failure Events in HFpEF With Obesity

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/tirzepatide-reduces-heart-failure-events-hfpef-obesity-2024a1000kx5

  • SUMMIT in NEJM https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2410027

III. VANISH Trial

New Trial Result Pushes Past Antiarrhythmic Therapy After MI

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/new-trial-result-pushes-past-antiarrhythmic-therapy-after-mi-2024a1000l08

  • VANISH 2 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2409501
  • VANISH 1 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1513614

IV. Cardioprotection

Common Heart Failure Drugs Ease Heart Damage During Chemo https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/common-heart-failure-drugs-ease-heart-damage-during-chemo-2024a1000l14

  • Strain Imaging Review Article https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jcmg.2024.07.011

V. CLEAR trial

Spironolactone Shows Mixed Results in Acute MI

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/spironolactone-shows-mixed-results-acute-mi-2024a1000l41

Routine Colchicine or MRA Post-MI: No CLEAR Benefit

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/routine-colchicine-or-mra-post-mi-no-clear-benefit-2024a1000la2

  • CLEAR-Spironolactone https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2405923
  • CLEAR-Colchicine https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2405922

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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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