Feb 27 2026 This Week in Cardiology
This Week in Cardiology · Medscape Podcasts
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Show Notes
A superb note on CPR and DNR orders, patients' vs doctors' preferences for statins, more on GLP-1s, another LAAC story, and some closing cautionary notes on PFA are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.
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- Addressing Inadequate Documentation of Unilateral DNR https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2829203
- Video: Can We Talk About CPR? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTCRfY3ETvI
- Personal Reminiscences of CPR's Origin https://www.ajconline.org/article/S0002-9149(03)00977-9/pdf
II Public Preferences for Statin Therapy
- Measuring Public Preferences for Statin Therapy https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2844660
III GLP-1 RA News
- ACHIEVE Trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(26)00202-3
IV New Trial in GLP-1 for Patients with AF
- Seminal-AF Trial https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06499857
V Relationship between Spontaneous Echo Contrast and LAAC Outcomes
- OCEAN-LAAC Trial https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2025.09.028
- News Release on Upcoming LAAOS-4 trial https://www.phri.ca/watchman/
- Reading the "Smoke" -- Editorial on OCEAN-LAAC https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacep.2025.10.029
VI Concluding Remarks on My Talk at Western AF
- Delayed Myocardial Ischemia and Malignant Arrhythmias After PFA https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.125.077983
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