Jun 05 2026 This Week in Cardiology

Jun 05 2026 This Week in Cardiology

From This Week in Cardiology by Medscape

June 5, 2026 · 32 min

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This episode discusses chemical cardioversion, heart failure monitoring, weight loss in AF, and surgical LAA excision.

Chemical cardioversion in the ED, HF monitoring, weight loss in AF, and surgical LAA excision 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 Chemical Cardioversion of AF in the ED: The FLECA-ED Trial FLECA-ED Rationale paper https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10299428/ FLECA-ED ESC Slides https://esc365.escardio.org/presentation/321209 Review on Flecainide Use Despite CAST https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.08.034 RACE 7 ACWAS Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1900353 II Heart Failure Monitoring – The ALLEVIATE-HF Trial ALLEVIATE-HF Trial https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2026.03.075 CHAMPION Trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60101-3 GUIDE HF Trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01754-2 ALLEVIATE-HF Editorial: Alerts Are Not Treatment https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2026.04.014 Steve Stiles Medscape report on CHAMPION https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/755189 III A Negative Weight Loss Study in AF LOSE-AF Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2849335 IV Surgical…

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Host: John Mandrola, MD

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Organizations: Medscape, FLECA-ED Trial, ALLEVIATE-HF Trial, LOSE-AF Trial, OPINION Trial, LAAOS 3 trial

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