Arrhythmia & EP Perspective

• 'It's Not You, It's Me' - Is it Time to Break Up With Aspirin? Aspirin has been one of the mainstays of CVD prevention for decades. Before decisions are made about this complex topic, it is important to understand details of recent trials and how they fit in the context of the prior aspirin research.
  ACC.org, July 25, 2019
• Malpractice Case: Dangers When Transitioning to Electronic Records When moving from paper to electronic records, make sure that important patient information isn't left behind.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, July 23, 2019
• Why Students Become Neurologists   Dr Stephen Krieger discusses a project evaluating the neurology residency personal statement to determine why students want to become neurologists.
  Medscape Neurology, July 12, 2019
• Is Cardiology Overly Enamored of New Unproven Therapies? A review of many cases where study data reversed a common medical practice highlights the need to be slow to embrace unproven therapies and faster to de-adopt ineffective ones, says John Mandrola, MD.
  theheart.org on Medscape, July 12, 2019
• 3 Top Controversial Guidelines Directing Inpatient Care   Drs Alok Patel, Daniel Dressler, and Leonard Feldman discuss controversial guidelines related to diabetes, transfusion thresholds, and echocardiograms in patients with syncope.
  Medscape Hospital Medicine, July 08, 2019
• Malpractice Case: When a Curbside Consult Becomes Patient Care Beware not taking a 'curbside consult' seriously enough, especially because it can lead to your involvement in a malpractice case should something go wrong.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, July 05, 2019
• Topol and Verghese on Where the Physical Exam Is Going   In this Medicine and the Machine podcast, Eric Topol and Abraham Verghese discuss the ritual and evolution of the physical exam and its inevitable--and exciting--integration with technology.
  Medscape, July 03, 2019
• ECG Challenge: Runner With an Irregular Beat A 45-year-old runner has an irregular pulse. What do the irregular rhythms of her ECG reveal?
  Medscape Cardiology, July 01, 2019
• Just Say No to the ICD in Patients With Kidney Disease Little evidence supports the use of ICDs in patients with kidney disease. A bold new study in patients on dialysis suggests that the devices should be avoided. John Mandrola, MD, weighs in.
  theheart.org on Medscape, June 17, 2019
• On Twitter, and in Life, Aim to Persuade the Swing Voter Vinay Prasad talks about the ways in which #MedTwitter shines, as well as how medical debates, both online and at medical conferences, could be improved.
  Medscape Oncology, June 13, 2019
• TTR vs AL Cardiac Amyloidosis: Don't Rely on Imaging Alone   Drs Acharya, Grogan and Abou-Ezzeddine from Mayo discuss amyloid and TTR cardiac amyloidosis, with particular focus on diagnostic challenges and use of the pyrophosphate (PYP) scan.
  Mayo Clinic, June 05, 2019
• ECG Challenge: Beating at a Fast Clip Whether it's related to his COPD, inhalers, neither, or both, this patient's ECG reveals why his pulse is so fast.
  Medscape Cardiology, June 03, 2019
• Conveyor Belt Medicine: Where Are the Brakes? Regional systems of care help streamline urgent care but make it difficult to halt false-positive activations in their tracks. Jaya Mallidi, MD, asks for some checkpoints along the way.
  theheart.org on Medscape, June 03, 2019
• AF Management: Are Clinicians in Agreement? Medscape/ACC Survey The Medscape/ACC survey reveals differences in how cardiologists and other clinicians approach the management of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).
  American College of Cardiology & Medscape , May 30, 2019
• Electroconvulsive Therapy and Cardiac Events   Dr Peter Yellowlees on an important new meta-analysis of one of the main proposed risks of using ECT to treat depression.
  Medscape Psychiatry, May 30, 2019
• No One Here Gets Out Alive: DNR Code Status Do healthcare professionals take enough time to communicate with patients about their do-not-resuscitate (DNR) wishes? Some recent experiences have raised concerns for Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD.
  theheart.org on Medscape, May 22, 2019
• HRS 2019Should ICDs in Primary Prevention Go the Way of Aspirin? Do historic recommendations on ICD use for primary prevention in patients with ischemic heart failure still hold as background therapies and the patient population evolve, asks John Mandrola, MD.
  theheart.org on Medscape, May 19, 2019
• HRS 2019From Medical Skeptic to Researcher: The View From the Other Side Critiquing studies is all very well until you’re one of the co-authors. John Mandrola, MD feels the heady joy of having a late-breaking clinical trial at a major meeting and the temptation to ‘spin’.
  theheart.org on Medscape, May 13, 2019
• HRS 2019We Still Need a Sham-Controlled Trial for AF Ablation Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation has yet to be put to the ultimate test of a sham-controlled trial. John Mandrola, MD, makes the case for doing one now.
  theheart.org on Medscape, May 10, 2019
• Severe Malaria: Only One Drug Option Remains   Patient with severe malaria? Call the CDC, rather than the pharmacy, to obtain artesunate.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, May 06, 2019