Jul 10 2026 This Week in Cardiology

Listener feedback on ICE vs TEE in AF ablation, fractional flow reserve without a wire or catheter, more bad news for ticagrelor, the POLY-HF trial, and oxygen targets after cardiac arrest are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

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I Listener Feedback

Oct 10, 2025 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1002990

• ICE vs TEE in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2839370

II FFR Without the Wire – Angiography-Derived FFR to Guide PCI

• ALL-RISE Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2600949
• FAST III Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2601841
• FAVOR III Trial 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)02175-5 External Link
• FAME 2 Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1205361
  
• Venk Murthy on X https://x.com/venkmurthy/status/2074849421452329456?s=20

III More Bad News for Ticagrelor

Jul 11, 2025 This Week in Cardiology Podcast https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1002704

• Prasugel, Ticagrelor, or Clopidogrel After PCI https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2849614

IV The Polypill in Heart Failure

• POLY-HF trial https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-026-04504-5

V Oxygen Targets After Cardiac Arrest

• LOGICAL Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2513814
• ICU-ROX Trial https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00134-020-06196-y
• Secondary Analysis of the PILOT Trial https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(25)00553-7/fulltext
• Oxygen Targets in Comatose Survivors of Cardiac Arrest https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2208686

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