Description

A big, deep dive into CTA and fractional flow reserve CT, and a sobering report on the new EVOQUE valve are discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week's podcast.

This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only.

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I Listener Feedback and Correction

• CRAAFT HF https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06505798

II Imaging and Behavior Change

• SCOT HEART 1 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1805971
• Five Reasons I Don't Believe an Imaging Test Improves Outcomes https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/901204
• SCOT HEART 2 https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jcmg.2024.05.016

III. More on Imaging and CT FFR
Symptoms Don't Always Indicate the Severity of Coronary Artery Disease https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/symptoms-dont-always-indicate-severity-coronary-artery-2025a1000ge6

• ADVANCE Registry Protocol https://www.journalofcardiovascularct.com/article/S1934-5925(16)30288-X/abstract

• Research Letter JACC CV Imaging  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2025.05.002
• ADVANCE Registry Paper 2018 https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehy530
• Cook et al JAMA Card https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2629072
• Low diagnostic yield Patel paper NEJM https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa0907272
• Venk Murthy thread https://x.com/venkmurthy/status/1033379922679660544

IV EVOQUE Real World Data

JACC has published a sobering research letter on the Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement called EVOQUE valve.

• Lupu et al JACC IV https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2025.03.019
• TRISCEND II https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2401918

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