Jan 09 2026 This Week in Cardiology

The limits of knowing coronary artery disease anatomy, fish oil and AF risk, a new drug for PSVT, and maybe I was wrong about a drug for AF conversion (the RAFF4 trial). These 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 Prediction of CAD is hard — even if you have anatomy

• CCTA in Prediction of First Coronary Events https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2841255

II Fish Oil and AF (and as a bonus we learn again about analytic flexibility)

• Are Fish Oils on the Hook for AF Risk?

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995290

• Omega-3 and Fish Oil Use With Risk of AF https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/JAHA.125.043031
• Effect of Long-Term Marine Omega-3 Fatty Acids on the Risk of AF https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.055654
• RESPECT-EPA Trial https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.065520
• Association Between Omega-3 Fatty Acids and AF: Meta Analysis https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10557-021-07204-z
• Fish Oil Supplements and Risk of AF https://academic.oup.com/eurjpc/article/29/14/1911/6679610
• Editorial: Fish Oil Supplements and AF Risk https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.057464

III A New Drug for PSVT

• FDA Approval https://www.fda.gov/drugs/news-events-human-drugs/fda-approves-drug-type-abnormally-fast-heart-rhythm
• RAPID trial https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)00776-6/fulltext

IV AF Conversion with Vernakalant

• RAFF4 Trial https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj-2025-085632.long
• Editorial: Rapid Cardioversion for Acute AF https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj.r2264

VI A Quick Note on HFpEF

Med Op-Ed: Avalanche Survival, HFpEF Skepticism, and More

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/med-op-ed-avalanche-survival-hfpef-skepticism-and-more-2026a1000012

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