Comparison of a Pure Plug-Based versus a Primary Suture-Based Vascular Closure Device Strategy for Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: The CHOICE-CLOSURE Randomized Clinical Trial
🥸 Nice review in JAMA on AF by @darae_ko and team; congratulations.
😱 20-points here
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🥸 1️⃣ Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects ~10.55 million US adults. It increases the risk of stroke, heart failure (HF), myocardial infarction, chronic kidney disease, dementia, and death.
😱Managing AF effectively is critical to improving CV outcomes.
🥸 2️⃣ AF symptoms range from palpitations, shortness of breath, chest pain, presyncope, and fatigue to being completely asymptomatic.
😱About 10-40% of people with AF don’t notice symptoms, which makes screening and incidental detection critical.
Tirzepatide for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Obesity: @NEJM
🥸The SUMMIT trial - @AHAScience
😱 Summary
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🥸 1️⃣ Obesity drives heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) through systemic inflammation and visceral adiposity. Tirzepatide, a dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist, offers weight loss and potential cardiovascular benefits.
🥸 2️⃣ The SUMMIT trial evaluated 731 HFpEF patients with obesity (BMI ≥30), randomized to tirzepatide or placebo for 52 weeks. Primary outcomes were a composite of cardiovascular death or worsening HF events and improvement in health status (KCCQ-CSS).
Left Atrial Appendage Closure after Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: @NEJM
🥸The OPTION trial: @AHAScience
😱 Summary
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🥸 1️⃣ Oral anticoagulation is standard after atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation for stroke prevention but comes with bleeding risks and patient burdens. Left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) offers an alternative, but data comparing these strategies post-ablation have been limited.
🥸 2️⃣ The OPTION trial evaluated 1,600 patients post-AF ablation, randomized to LAAC (device group) or oral anticoagulation (anticoagulation group). Patients had a CHA2DS2-VASc score ≥2 (men) or ≥3 (women), indicating moderate-to-high stroke risk.
Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement for Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis: @NEJM
🥸 I was at #TCT2024 all day - just got to a desk @TCTMD
😱 Summary of EARLY TAVR trial
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🥸1️⃣ The EARLY TAVR trial focused on patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis and preserved LV function to see if early transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) outperformed standard surveillance.
🥸2️⃣ 901 patients (75.8 years average) were randomly split: 455 received early TAVR, 446 were under clinical surveillance per current guidelines, with close monitoring for worsening symptoms or health declines.