Feb 27 2026 This Week in Cardiology

Feb 27 2026 This Week in Cardiology

From This Week in Cardiology by Medscape

February 27, 2026 · 29 min

About this episode

John Mandrola, MD discusses various topics including CPR, DNR orders, statin preferences, GLP-1s, LAAC, and PFA cautionary notes.

A superb note on CPR and DNR orders, patients' vs doctors' preferences for statins, more on GLP-1s, another LAAC story, and some closing cautionary notes on PFA 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 Listener Feedback Addressing Inadequate Documentation of Unilateral DNR https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2829203 Video: Can We Talk About CPR? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTCRfY3ETvI Personal Reminiscences of CPR's Origin https://www.ajconline.org/article/S0002-9149(03)00977-9/pdf II Public Preferences for Statin Therapy Measuring Public Preferences for Statin Therapy https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2844660 III GLP-1 RA News ACHIEVE Trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(26)00202-3 IV New Trial in GLP-1 for Patients with AF Seminal-AF Trial https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06499857 V Relationship between Spontaneous Echo Contrast and LAAC Outcomes OCEAN-LAAC Trial https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2025.09.028 News Release on Upcoming LAAOS-4 trial…

People in this episode

Host: John Mandrola, MD

Topics covered

  • CPR
  • DNR orders
  • statins
  • GLP-1
  • LAAC
  • PFA

Keywords

  • CPR
  • DNR
  • statins
  • GLP-1
  • LAAC
  • PFA
  • healthcare professionals

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Medscape, JAMA Network, AJC, ACHIEVE Trial, Seminal-AF Trial, OCEAN-LAAC Trial, LAAOS-4 trial, AHA Journals

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