This episode Mike and John review 4 papers related to the latest and greatest in cardiovascular medicine.

Check it out here:

1. What is the efficacy and safety for using colchicine in myocardial infarction? (00:00 – 04:15)

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1912388

2. Do lower LDL targets improve outcomes for TIA or stroke? (04:15 – 10:50)

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1910355

3. Does Preop-BNP help predict cardiovascular outcomes in non-cardiac surgery? (10:50 – 19:08)

https://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/2758032/preoperative-n-terminal-pro-b-type-natriuretic-peptide-cardiovascular-events

4. Does lowering alcohol consumption reduce the burden of atrial fibrillation? (19:10 – 24:20)

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1817591?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3dpubmed

And for the good stuff (24:25 to 26:46):

John talks about a case-report straight from outer space – management of a DVT on the International Space Station:

         o   https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1905875

Mike talks about a great website that provides local antibiotic resistance rates:

         o   https://resistanceopen.org/ 

Questions? Comments? Feedback? We’d love to hear from you. @roundstable

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