When to use an ICD, risk stratification for HCM, blending EP and structural cardiology to improve care in post-TAVI patients, and hsTroponins are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic I. ICD in Patients with NICM Simple Risk Score Predicts VT in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/992018 - Declining Risk of Sudden Death in Heart Failure    https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1609758 - Defibrillator Implantation in Patients with Nonischemic Systolic Heart Failure    https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1608029 - Reduction in mortality from implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy patients is dependent on the presence of left ventricular scar https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehy437 - RCT of Implantable Defibrillators in Patients With Non Ischemic Cardiomyopathy, Scar and Severe Systolic Heart Failure (BRITISH)   https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05568069 II. Risk Stratification in HCM - Changing Risk Stratification in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/992014 - NOAH–AFNET 6 trial terminates ahead of time (NOAH AFNET 6 trial)   https://dzhk.de/en/news/latest-news/article/noah-afnet-6-trial-terminates-ahead-of-time-noah-afnet-6-trial/ III. Blending EP and Structural to Improve TAVI Care - Impact of Right Ventricular Pacing in Patients With TAVR Undergoing Permanent Pacemaker Implantation   https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jcin.2023.02.003 IV. Troponins - Age-Specific Cut-Offs Needed for Cardiac Troponin Tests? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/992167 - Myocardial Injury Thresholds for 4 High-Sensitivity Troponin Assays in U.S. Adults https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.03.403 - What Is a Normal Troponin Anyway? https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.03.404 - Updating Our Thinking on Troponin Use and Interpretation    https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2777967 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