Feb 23 2024 This Week in Cardiology

Reading incidental CAC on chest CT scans, exercise benefits in women vs men, PCI with or without imaging, and trial non-reporting are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

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I. Incidental CAC on Chest CT

• Incidental CAC
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• When Does a Calcium Score Equate to Secondary Prevention?: Insights From the Multinational CONFIRM Registry https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2023.03.008

II. Exercise

Health Gains of Exercise Greater in Women?

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/health-gains-exercise-greater-women-2024a10003fv

• Sex Differences in Association of Physical Activity With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality

III. PCI With or Without Imaging

Intravascular Imaging in PCI: Time for a Guideline Update?

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995677

• Meta-analysis paper Lancet https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02454-6
• Imaging uptake paper https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad430

IV. Trial Non-reporting

The Ghost Research Haunting Nordic Medical Trials

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/ghost-research-haunting-nordic-medical-trials-2024a10003gz

• Manuscript/preprint https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.04.24301363v1#T10
• Nissen (Rosiglitazone) https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa072761

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