Jul 18 2025 This Week in Cardiology

Finerenone, what not to consider when choosing treatment of AS, brain health after atrial fibrillation ablation, early rhythm control for AF, and Watchman reimbursement cuts are discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week's podcast.

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I Finerenone
FDA Widens Indication of Finerenone for Heart Failure Patients

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/fda-widens-indication-finerenone-heart-failure-patients-2025a1000ive

• FDA finerenone approval https://bayer2019tf.q4web.com/news/news-details/2025/U-S--FDA-Approves-KERENDIA-finerenone-to-Treat-Patients-With-Heart-Failure-With-Left-Ventricular-Ejection-Fraction-40-Following-Priority-Review/default.aspx
• FINEARTS-HF trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2407107

II Choosing TAVI or Surgical AVR

Carbon Emission when treating AS

• EHJ study https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf379

III Brain Lesions and Visual Migraine After Left-Sided Ablations
Post-Ablation Visual Auras a Sign of Transient Brain Injury?https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/post-ablation-visual-auras-sign-transient-brain-injury-2025a1000iro

• TRAVERSE Trial https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.071352
• TRAVERSE Migraine Substudy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.06.035

IV Early Rhythm Control for AF

• EHJ Rapid Communication https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf397
• EAST-AFNET 4 Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2019422

V Watchman Cuts

CMS Reduces LAAO Value in Proposed Fee Schedule https://www.acc.org/Latest-in-Cardiology/Articles/2025/07/15/20/08/CMS-Reduces-LAAO-Value-in-Proposed-2026

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