Mar 20 2026 This Week in Cardiology

Mar 20 2026 This Week in Cardiology

From This Week in Cardiology by Medscape

March 20, 2026 · 35 min

About this episode

This episode discusses listener feedback, the CLOSURE-AF trial, previews of CHAMPION AF, and the ACC/AHA lipid treatment guidelines.

Listener feedback, the huge CLOSURE-AF trial of LAAC vs best medical therapy, previews of CHAMPION AF, and the controversial ACC/AHA lipid treatment guidelines 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 COBRRA Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2510703 Closure AF published in NEJM CLOSURE-AF Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2513310 CHAMPION AF Rationale - Watchman FLX vs DOACs in Patients With AF https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37279840/ LIPID Guidelines ACC/AHA Joint Committee Guideline on Management of Dyslipidemia https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2025.11.016 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 news@medscape.net

People in this episode

Host: John Mandrola, MD

Topics covered

  • listener feedback
  • CLOSURE-AF trial
  • CHAMPION AF
  • ACC/AHA lipid treatment guidelines

Keywords

  • CLOSURE-AF
  • CHAMPION AF
  • ACC/AHA
  • lipid treatment guidelines
  • listener feedback

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CLOSURE-AF, CHAMPION AF, ACC/AHA, Medscape

Books & works: NEJM, JACC

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