Jan 30 2026 This Week in Cardiology

Listener feedback, huge news in the rapidly expanding world of PFA AF Ablation, obesity, and a beautiful trial studying an AI-enhanced diagnostic tool in the office are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week's podcast.
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I Listener Feedback
Risk-Based TEE Omission in PVI 10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.04.056 External Link
II PFA News
BEAT PAROX-AF trial https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf1115/8436829
Life-Threatening Delayed Myocardial Ischemia and Malignant Arrhythmias Occurring After PFA https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.125.077983
Heart Rhythm TV: Life-Threatening Delayed Myocardial Ischemia and Malignant Arrhythmias https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-npoLKmRa4
MAUDE Adverse Event report https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfmaude/detail.cfm?mdrfoi__id=23733351&pc=QZI
III Obesity trends
US State-Level Obesity Trends 1990-2022 and Forecasted to 2035 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2844495
IV New Tools in the Office
TRICORDER Trial https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)02156-7/fulltext
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