Jul 17 2026 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

DAPT back in the news, a practice-changing trial in VTE therapy, new knowledge in sudden cardiac death, heart failure definitions updated, and a dumb decision by NICE in the UK are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week's podcast.
This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only.
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I Antiplatelet Therapy After Stenting
DAPT-MVD Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2517588
HOST-EXAM Trial at 2 years https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34010616/
HOST-EXAM Trial at 10 years 10.1016/S0140-6736(26)00422-8 External Link
Nick Kurzen on X https://x.com/ncurzen/status/2077676739463922151
II Aspirin Proves Its Mettle After Hip and Knee Replacement
EPCAT III Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2603649
CRISTAL Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2795528
III New (and old) Knowledge in Sudden Cardiac Death
Sudden Cardiac Death and its Relation to Cardiac Disease at Autopsy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2026.01.029
Sudden Cardiac Death Due to MI With Obstructive and Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2026.01.030
Frequency of Sudden Cardiac Death and Profiles of Risk https://www.ajconline.org/article/S0002-9149(97)00477-3/fulltext
IV Heart Failure Diagnosis
AHA/ACC/ESC/WHF Expert Consensus Document http://jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2026.05.036
V NICE Makes a Dumb Decision
NICE Recommends New Nonsteroidal MRA for Heart Failure
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/nice-recommends-new-nonsteroidal-mra-heart-failure-2026a1000nzv
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