Jun 05 2026 This Week in Cardiology

Chemical cardioversion in the ED, HF monitoring, weight loss in AF, and surgical LAA excision are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

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I Chemical Cardioversion of AF in the ED: The FLECA-ED Trial

FLECA-ED Rationale paper https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10299428/
FLECA-ED ESC Slides https://esc365.escardio.org/presentation/321209
Review on Flecainide Use Despite CAST https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.08.034
RACE 7 ACWAS Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1900353

II Heart Failure Monitoring – The ALLEVIATE-HF Trial

ALLEVIATE-HF Trial https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2026.03.075
CHAMPION Trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60101-3
GUIDE HF Trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01754-2
ALLEVIATE-HF Editorial: Alerts Are Not Treatment https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2026.04.014

Steve Stiles Medscape report on CHAMPION https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/755189

III A Negative Weight Loss Study in AF

LOSE-AF Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2849335

IV Surgical LAA Excision

OPINION Trial https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf674
LAAOS 3 trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2101897

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