Mar 06 2026 This Week in Cardiology

Mar 06 2026 This Week in Cardiology

From This Week in Cardiology by Medscape

March 6, 2026 · 24 min

About this episode

John Mandrola, MD discusses listener feedback and various topics related to AF ablation and heart failure management.

Listener feedback, urgent AF ablation, AF ablation as a stroke-reducing therapy, implantable loop recorder accuracy, and HF management in the setting of serious disease 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 Urgent AF ablations Urgent vs Elective AF Ablation in the US https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacep.2025.12.030 II AF Ablation Is Not Likely a Good Therapy for Stroke Reduction STABLED Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2845745 Catheter Ablation for AF Associated With Lower Incidence of Stroke https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehw087 III Loop Recorders ILR Accuracy - Multicenter, Multidevice Comparison https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2025.12.039 IV Heart Failure Therapy when there is Cancer EMPATICC Trial https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf705 You may also like: The Bob Harrington Show with the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine, Robert A. Harrington, MD. https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington Questions or feedback, please contact…

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Host: John Mandrola, MD

Topics covered

  • listener feedback
  • AF ablation
  • stroke reduction
  • implantable loop recorder
  • heart failure management
  • serious disease

Keywords

  • AF ablation
  • stroke reduction
  • loop recorder accuracy
  • heart failure
  • urgent AF ablation

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Organizations: Medscape, JACC, JAMA Network, European Heart Journal

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