Apr 24 2026 This Week in Cardiology

PCSK9 inhibitors in high-risk diabetes without ASCVD, the CAAN-AF trial, conduction system pacing vs biventricular pacing, PFA and stroke, and therapeutic fashion infects expert consensus are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.
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I VESALIUS-CV
VESALIUS-CV Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2514428
JAMA Substudy https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2847162
II How Best to Maximize CRT Benefit in Patients with AF
CAAN-AF Trial https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehag206/8654625?searchresult=1
Role of AV Node Ablation: Meta-analysis of Observational Studies https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2011.10.891
III Stroke Rates in PFA vs Thermal Ablation
Comparative Safety of RF versus PFA for AF in a High-Volume US Medical Center https://esc365.escardio.org/Ehra-congress/sessions/18281
IV Five New CSP Studies Presented and Published
HeartSync-LBBP Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2845803
PhysioSync-HF Trial
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2845802
LEFT-BUNDLE-CRT Trial https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehag225
Long-Term Follow-up of His-Alternative I Trial https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacep.2026.02.016
LECART Trial https://esc365.escardio.org/Ehra-congress/sessions/17140
V New EP Training Document Published
Advanced Training Statement on Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2026.01.074
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