Oct 31 2025 This Week in Cardiology

Four pillars of cardiology today, stable coronary artery disease, severe aortic stenosis, the evaluation of chest pain, and best therapies 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 Stable CAD Complete vs culprit-only revascularization at time of STEMI

• iMODERN Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2512918
• PRAMI Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1305520
• COMPLETE Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1907775
• FULL REVASC Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2314149
• PCI Revascularization Strategies After MI https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.04.051
• CULPRIT SHOCK Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1710261
• How a Meta-Analysis Can Mislead https://www.sensible-med.com/p/how-a-meta-analysis-can-misleadthe

II SEVERE Aortic Senosis

7-Year PARTNER 3 Results – TAVI vs SAVR

• 7-year results PARTNER 3 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2509766
• PARTNER 3 at 1 year https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1814052
• PARTNER 3 at 5 years https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2307447

III Functional vs Anatomic Assessment in Suspected CAD

• 10-year follow-up of PROMISE trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2838118
• PROMISE Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1415516
• CCTA vs Functional Stress Test – Meta-Analysis https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2655243

IV ARREST AF

• ARREST AF trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2840225

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