Oct 21 Cardiology News Podcast

For This Week in Cardiology October 21, 2016, Dr John Mandrola comments on the following cardiology news and features stories:

• Pulmonary Embolism Blamed for One in Six Syncope Episodes in Italian Study

• Transcarotid TAVR Worked Well, Often Avoided General Anesthesia in French Experience

• Cut LDL-C for CV Risk-Reduction, but How Matters: Meta-Analysis

• HF Patients Steady as Rock With Short-Term High-Dose Caffeine

• Brief Atrial Arrhythmias in Cardiac-Rhythm Device Patients Don't Raise Stroke Risk: RATE Registry

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• The 2013 ACC/AHA Guidelines on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol Questions, Questions, Questions

Chief Cardiology Correspondent

John M Mandrola, MD, Clinical Electrophysiologist, Baptist Medical Associates, Louisville, Kentucky

John M Mandrola, MD has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Served as a speaker or member of a speaker's bureau for Medtronic.

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