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 for atrial fibrillation are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only.

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I HTN Guidelines

• BP Meds Should Begin Promptly, New ACC/AHA Guidelines Say

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/bp-meds-should-begin-promptly-new-acc-aha-guidelines-say-2025a1000lms

• Guideline for Management of High Blood Pressure https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001356
• BPROAD trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2412006
• Trial Score Framework https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6459598/

II UltraProcessed Foods

• AHA statement on Ultraprocessed Foods and Cardiometabolic Health
• https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001365

III Refractory Angina and the Coronary Sinus Reducer – A Lesson in EBM

• Coronary Sinus Reducer Shows Promise, With Caveats https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/coronary-sinus-reducer-shows-promise-caveats-2025a1000l76

• Coronary Sinus Reducer — Meta-analysis https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jcin.2025.06.012
• COSIRA II Trial https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05102019

IV Pulsed Field Ablation Still Looking Strong

• Management of OACs After PFA 10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.03.1952 External Link

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