This Week in Cardiology
Kanaal Besonderhede
This Week in Cardiology
This podcast delivers Dr. John Mandrola's summary and perspective on top news of the week that cardiologists can't miss. This podcast is intended for US health professionals only.
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381 episodes
Nov 07, 2025 This Week in Cardiology
Listener feedback on non-culprit PCI in STEMI, a major cardiac result in patients on hemodialysis, news on GLP-1 agonists, a dubious stroke trial, and...
Oct 31 2025 This Week in Cardiology
Four pillars of cardiology today, stable coronary artery disease, severe aortic stenosis, the evaluation of chest pain, and best therapies for atrial...
Oct 24 2025 This Week in Cardiology
The PREVENT score in hypertension, GLP-1 mechanism of action in cardiovascular disease, CAD type and statin benefit, and the problem with hospitalizat...
Oct 17 2025 This Week in Cardiology
Another knock against the antiplatelet/anticoagulant combo, polypills in HF, the physical exam of the future, and the problem of underpowered trials t...
Oct 10 2025 This Week in Cardiology
GLP-1 use in HFrEF, left atrial posterior wall isolation during AF ablation, peri-device leaks for LAAO, new findings in post-cardiac surgery AF, and...
Oct 03 2025 This Week in Cardiology
Two great stories of translation science leading to beneficial drugs in terrible diseases of the heart and the Sisyphean task of predicting the need f...
Sep 26 2025 This Week in Cardiology
A bold trial in valvular heart disease, a CV prevention trial whose message is humility, VTE dogma challenged, more news on oral GLP-1 agonists, and a...
Sep 19 2025 This Week in Cardiology
More trials at ESC, including PARACHUTE HF, DAPA ACT HF-TIMI 68, AMALFI, and a super-interesting modeling study of when to start oral anticoagulants i...
Sep 12 2025 This Week in Cardiology
More from ESC including: Valvular HD guidelines, a new drug class for HTN, myosin inhibition in HCM, vericiguat, and digoxin are the topic discussed b...
Sep 05 2025 This Week in Cardiology
The big beta-blocker story from ESC, dual pathway therapy with aspirin and OAC, stopping OAC after successful AF ablation, and DANCAVAS II trial are t...
Aug 29 2025 This Week in Cardiology
CAC 0 takes a gut punch, ICD therapies cannot be surrogates for benefit, and two important trials from ESC are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses...
Aug 22 2025 This Week in Cardiology
John Mandrola discusses conduction system pacing vs standard pacing, withdrawing HF meds when AF is corrected and patient selection in LAAO.
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Aug 15 2025 This Week in Cardiology
Big new hypertension guidelines, ultraprocessed foods, coronary sinus reduction and evidence-based medicine, and more news on pulsed field ablation fo...
Aug 08 2025 This Week in Cardiology
Listener feedback on SURPASS CVOT, AF ablation and the limits of meta-analyses, a Watchman alert from FDA, and oral anticoagulation choices in elderly...
Aug 01 2025 This Week in Cardiology
Exercise and CV outcomes, aldosterone modulation, AI for ECG reading, GLP-1 comparisons, end-of-life decisions, and another well-meaning policy that c...
July 25 2025 This Week in Cardiology
The VENTOUX study of endurance athletes, the 10,000 step myth was not busted, rate vs rhythm control for AF, and GLP1 drugs and observational studies...
Jul 18 2025 This Week in Cardiology
Finerenone, what not to consider when choosing treatment of AS, brain health after atrial fibrillation ablation, early rhythm control for AF, and Watc...
Jul 11 2025 This Week in Cardiology
Approval of first-generation devices, the ticagrelor controversy, ICD longevity, the PRAGUE-25 trial (one of the most important trials of the year), a...
Jun 27 2025 This Week in Cardiology
FDA approves triple-drug polypill, a change of opinion, a deep dive into invasive pulmonary embolism therapies, heart disease trends, and diabetes car...
Jun 20 2025 This Week in Cardiology
A big, deep dive into CTA and fractional flow reserve CT, and a sobering report on the new EVOQUE valve are discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this we...
Jun 13 2025 This Week in Cardiology
Listener feedback on cardiac sarcoidosis, SA node ablation, surgical AF ablation, chronic kidney disease protection, and recruiting for clinical trial...
Jun 06 2025 This Week in Cardiology
Listener feedback on cardiac sarcoidosis, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, less is more when it comes to post-stent antiplatelets, lipoprotein(a), and...
May 30 2025 This Week in Cardiology
Listener feedback, CRT vs CSP, important clues on the ECG, beta-blocker interruption after myocardial infarction, novel approaches to LDL-C lowering,...
May 23 2025 This Week in Cardiology
Listener feedback on sports "disqualification," big digoxin news, Brugada syndrome, another positive finerenone study, and unblinded transcatheter tri...
May 16 2025 This Week in Cardiology
The BedMed trial of nighttime BP meds, SURMOUNT-5, Troponin URL, gene tests in patients with no disease, and guideline-directed medical therapy for HF...
May 09 2025 This Week in Cardiology
The controversial KETO-CTA study, tough decisions in subclinical AF, and another potentially huge benefit for GLP-1 agonist drugs are discussed by Joh...
May 02, 2025 This Week in Cardiology
The FDA approval of TAVR for asymptomatic AS, digital health, subcutaneous vs transvenous ICD, and cryptogenic stroke in young adults are discussed by...
Apr 25 2025 This Week in Cardiology
AI and ECGs, novel ways to treat hypertension, combined lipid-lowering therapy after myocardial infarction, PFA and silent stroke, a move toward accou...
Apr 18 2025 This Week in Cardiology
The FAME 3 trial 5-year results, TAVR at 5 years, pacers after TAVR, and mavacamten not a wonder drug are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in t...
April 11, 2025 This Week in Cardiology Podcast
The TAP-IT, STRIDE, FreshUP, and SINGLE SHOT CHAMPION trials are discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week's podcast.
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Apr 04 2025 This Week in Cardiology
Trials from the 2025 American College of Cardiology scientific sessions, including the WARRIOR, PROTECT TAVI, DAPATAVI, and SOUL are reviewed by John...
Mar 28 2025 This Week in Cardiology
Stopping oral anticoagulation after AF ablation, the core problem with paradoxes like the smoker's paradox, chronic total occlusion PCI, and an ACC/EH...
Mar 21 2025 This Week in Cardiology
A large trial in cardiac pacing finally published, PVCs and cardiomyopathy, cannabis, CV risk and the danger of observational studies, and the tale of...
Mar 14 2025 This Week in Cardiology
Listener feedback, resistant hypertension, K-binders for MRA use in heart failure, nutritional epidemiology, and a positive study for vitamin D are th...
Mar 07 2025 This Week in Cardiology
Listener feedback on asymptomatic aortic stenosis (AS), transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) vs surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR), cor...
Feb 28 2025 This Week in Cardiology
The treatment of asymptomatic aortic stenosis, the move to composite endpoints in trials, IFR vs FFR and high-frequency low tidal volume ventilation f...
Feb 21 2025 This Week in Cardiology
Blanking period after AF ablation, periprocedural MI after PCI in non-STEMI, predicting AF after ischemic stroke, and the proper standards for mitral...
Feb 14 2025 This Week in Cardiology
Silent cerebral embolism after LAAC, AI in ECG rhythm analysis, anti-thrombotic strategies in patients with AF and CAD, and subclinical AF are the top...
Feb 07 2025 This Week in Cardiology
Sugar-sweetened beverages, the epidemiology of driving after an ICD, BP measurements, and massive EBM lesson in EVT for acute stroke are the topics Jo...
Jan 31 2025 This Week in Cardiology
Another negative AF ablation trial, predicting AF after stroke, the value of RCTs, troponin testing in the ED and surgical aortic valve choice are the...