Apr 24 2026 This Week in Cardiology

Apr 24 2026 This Week in Cardiology

From This Week in Cardiology by Medscape

April 24, 2026 · 33 min

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This episode discusses various topics including PCSK9 inhibitors, the CAAN-AF trial, and pacing techniques in cardiology.

PCSK9 inhibitors in high-risk diabetes without ASCVD, the CAAN-AF trial, conduction system pacing vs biventricular pacing, PFA and stroke, and therapeutic fashion infects expert consensus 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 VESALIUS-CV VESALIUS-CV Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2514428 JAMA Substudy https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2847162 II How Best to Maximize CRT Benefit in Patients with AF CAAN-AF Trial https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehag206/8654625?searchresult=1 Role of AV Node Ablation: Meta-analysis of Observational Studies https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2011.10.891 III Stroke Rates in PFA vs Thermal Ablation Comparative Safety of RF versus PFA for AF in a High-Volume US Medical Center https://esc365.escardio.org/Ehra-congress/sessions/18281 IV Five New CSP Studies Presented and Published HeartSync-LBBP Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2845803 PhysioSync-HF Trial…

People in this episode

Host: John Mandrola, MD

Topics covered

  • PCSK9 inhibitors
  • CAAN-AF trial
  • conduction system pacing
  • biventricular pacing
  • PFA and stroke
  • therapeutic fashion

Keywords

  • PCSK9 inhibitors
  • CAAN-AF trial
  • conduction system pacing
  • biventricular pacing
  • PFA
  • stroke
  • therapeutic fashion

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Organizations: Medscape

Products: PCSK9 inhibitors, conduction system pacing, biventricular pacing, PFA, stroke, therapeutic fashion

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