Oct 1, 2021 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

Coronary artery calcification and exercise, translating clinical trials, the question of metabolically healthy obesity, and Watchman complications are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic I - CAC and Physical Activity - Physical Activity Paradoxically Tied to Higher Coronary Calcium https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/959366 - Physical activity and the progression of coronary artery calcification http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2021-319346 II - Translating Clinical Trials - SYNTAX Score II 2020 Wobbles in Real-World Validation https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/958834 - Redevelopment and validation of the SYNTAX score II to individualise decision making between percutaneous and surgical revascularisation in patients with complex coronary artery disease: secondary analysis of the multicentre randomised controlled SYNTAXES trial with external cohort validation https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32114-0 - External Validation of the SYNTAX Score II 2020 https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacc.2021.07.027 III - Healthy and Obesity - 'Metabolically Healthy Obesity' Has Heart Risks. Is it a Misnomer? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/959994 - Metabolically healthy obesity and cardiovascular events: A nationwide cohort study https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.14492 - Relation of Obesity to New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter in Adults https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29501206/ - Paediatric obesity appears to lower the risk of diabetes if selection bias is ignored https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29374028 IV - Watchman Complications - FDA Investigating Potential Sex Differences in LAAO Adverse Outcomes https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/959806 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