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Podcast: The Lead Podcast presented by Heart Rhythm Society
Episode: The Lead Podcast - Episode 39
Description: Jason T. Jacobson, MD, FHRS, of Westchester Med Center-New York Med College, discusses the CAST trial with David J. Callans, MD, FHRS, CCDS of Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and Gerald V Naccarelli, MD, FHRS of Pennsylvania State University Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Class IC antiarrhythmic drugs have been generally avoided in patients with any degree of coronary disease and any type of cardiomyopathy, whether or not they fit the inclusion criteria of the trial. For the past 3+ decades, the CAST trial results have been extrapolated to a broader population despite a lack of evidence. In this...