Sep 08 2023 This Week in Cardiology

ESC Recap Part 2: ECLS-SHOCK, FIRE, MULTISTARS-AMI, HEART FID, and DANPACE II are the trials 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. Cardiogenic Shock ECMO for Shock in Acute MI Won't Help, May Harm: ECLS-SHOCK  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995882 -   ECLS-SHOCK trial  https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2307227 -   ECMO-CS trial  https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.062949 II. FIRE TRIAL FIRE a Win for Physiology-Guided MI Complete Revascularization in Older Patients  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995875 -   FIRE Trial  https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2300468 -   COMPLETE Trial  https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1907775 III. Immediate vs Staged Revascularization Parity for Prompt vs Staged STEMI Complete Revascularization: MULTISTARS-AMI  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995961 -   MULTISTARS AMI trial  https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2307823 -   Complete Revascularization Now Compulsory? MULTISTARS-AMI and FIRE in Context  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995676 IV. Iron-Supplementation in Heart Failure IV Iron Shows Only Modest Benefit in HF: HEART-FID  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995874 -   HEART-FID   https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2304968 -   EHJ meta-analysis of Iron Supplementation   https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad586 V. AF Prevention with Pacing Minimizing Atrial Pacing No Benefit in Sinus Node Disease: DANPACE II  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/996076 -   DANPACE II  https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad564 You may also like: Medscape editor-in-chief Eric Topol, MD, and master storyteller and clinician Abraham Verghese, MD, on Medicine and the Machine.  https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine The Bob Harrington Show with Stanford University Chair of Medicine, Robert A. Harrington, MD.  https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington Questions or feedback, please contact news@medscape.net