Mar 28 2025 This Week in Cardiology

Mar 28, 2025

Stopping oral anticoagulation after AF ablation, the core problem with paradoxes like the smoker’s paradox, chronic total occlusion PCI, and an ACC/EHRA preview are discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week's podcast.

This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only.

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I Oral Anticoagulation after Successful AF Ablation

• Iwawakie et al https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2831851
• OCEAN protocol paper https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2017.12.007

II Smoker’s Paradox

• Presch et al https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jcin.2024.12.028
• Gupta et al https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.003370

III CTO PCI

• Main sub-analysis paper Bangalore et al https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2025.01.029
• DECISION CTO https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.031313
• Main EURO CTO trial https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehy220
• 3-year MACE of EURO CTO https://eurointervention.pcronline.com/article/three-year-outcomes-of-eurocto-a-randomized-multicentre-trial-comparing-revascularization-and-optimal-medical-therapy-for-chronic-total-coronary-occlusions
• EXPLORE https://www.jacc.org/doi/abs/10.1016/j.jacc.2016.07.744
• ISCHEMIA CTO https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03563417
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IV ACC and EHRA Preview

Mandrola’s 5 Trials to Look for at the 2025 American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/mandrolas-5-trials-look-2025-american-college-cardiology-2025a10006zu

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