Cardiology

Geriatric Cardiology

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What are your top takeaways from ACC 2024?

When would you consider initiating GDMT for new onset HF in the geriatric population?

Is there any benefit in maintaining statin or aspirin therapy in patients >75 years old with stable, multivessel ischemic heart disease in light of challenges encountered with polypharmacy?

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What is your approach to considering geriatric patients for complex PCI given their overall frailty and increased risk of complications such as bleeding and stroke?

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What are your top takeaways from AHA 2023?

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What is your approach to counseling an octogenarian on the risks and benefits of LHC in the context of NSTEMI complicated by new-onset heart failure and AKI on CKD?

If LHC is deferred, would you consider loading with plavix and treating for ACS for 48 hours (assuming acceptable bleeding risk) and optimizing GDMT p...

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Should we routinely include geriatric functional assessments to determine candidacy for TAVR?

(ie., assessing gait speed, cognition, physical function, fall history, orthostatic vital signs, etc.)

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What is a reasonable blood pressure goal for refractory HTN in the geriatric population?

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Papers discussed in this category

JAMA, 2016-06-28

Intensive vs Standard Blood Pressure Control and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes in Adults Aged ≥75 Years: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

JAMA, 2019-02-12

Effect of Intensive vs Standard Blood Pressure Control on Probable Dementia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Circulation, 2016-11-22

Recommendations for Management of Clinically Significant Drug-Drug Interactions With Statins and Select Agents Used in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

JAMA, 2022 Apr 26

Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2023 Nov 21

Long-Term Outcomes of Invasive vs Conservative Strategies for Older Patients With Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes.

The New England journal of medicine, 2023 Aug 26

Complete or Culprit-Only PCI in Older Patients with Myocardial Infarction.

JACC. Cardiovascular interventions, 2014-07

Futility, benefit, and transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

The New England journal of medicine, 2001-08-16

Effects of clopidogrel in addition to aspirin in patients with acute coronary syndromes without ST-segment elevation.

Circulation, 2023 Nov 13

Sudden Cardiac Death in National Collegiate Athletic Association Athletes: A 20-Year Study.

Circulation, 2023 Nov 11

Arrhythmic Risk In Biventricular Pacing Compared with Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing: Results From The International LBBAP Collaborative Study (I-CLAS).

Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes, 2023 Nov 06

Off-Label Dosing of Direct Oral Anticoagulants Among Inpatients with Atrial Fibrillation in the United States.

American heart journal, 2017 Apr 24

Rationale and design of the Apixaban for the Reduction of Thrombo-Embolism in Patients With Device-Detected Sub-Clinical Atrial Fibrillation (ARTESiA) trial.

The New England journal of medicine, 2023 Nov 11

Semaglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Obesity without Diabetes.

American heart journal, 2023 Mar 25

Screening for peripartum cardiomyopathies using artificial intelligence in Nigeria (SPEC-AI Nigeria): Clinical trial rationale and design.

JAMA, 2023 Nov 11

Aspirin and Hemocompatibility Events With a Left Ventricular Assist Device in Advanced Heart Failure: The ARIES-HM3 Randomized Clinical Trial.

American heart journal, 2020 Oct 13

Rationale and design of ApoA-I Event Reducing in Ischemic Syndromes II (AEGIS-II): A phase 3, multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study to investigate the efficacy and safety of CSL112 in subjects after acute myocardial infarction.

The New England journal of medicine, 2024 Apr 07

Microaxial Flow Pump or Standard Care in Infarct-Related Cardiogenic Shock.

Circulation, 2016-12-13

Safety and Tolerability of CSL112, a Reconstituted, Infusible, Plasma-Derived Apolipoprotein A-I, After Acute Myocardial Infarction: The AEGIS-I Trial (ApoA-I Event Reducing in Ischemic Syndromes I).

American heart journal, 2022 May 17

Empagliflozin in patients post myocardial infarction rationale and design of the EMPACT-MI trial.

The New England journal of medicine, 2024 Apr 06

Semaglutide in Patients with Obesity-Related Heart Failure and Type 2 Diabetes.

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