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Oct 17 2025 This Week in Cardiology

Oct 17 2025 This Week in Cardiology

This Week in Cardiology · Medscape Podcasts

October 17, 202532m 1s

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Show Notes

Another knock against the antiplatelet/anticoagulant combo, polypills in HF, the physical exam of the future, and the problem of underpowered trials that even Bayesian analyses cannot rescue 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 Listener Feedback

  • Trends Study https://www.heartrhythmjournal.com/article/S1547-5271(11)00496-6/fulltext

II Another knock against the Antiplatelet/Anticoagulation combination

"Antiplatelet Plus Oral Anticoagulant Lowers Stroke, Raises Bleeding Risk" https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/antiplatelet-plus-oral-anticoagulant-lowers-stroke-raises-2025a1000re0

  • ATIS-NVAF Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2839511
  • AQUATIC trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1056/NEJMoa2507532

III Polypill for HFrEF

  • A Multilevel Polypill for Patients With HFrEF https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.102195

IV The Physical Exam of the Future

  • Point-of-Care Ultrasound https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2025.102707

V More on Underpowered Trials – GA vs Moderate Sedation in IV stroke

  • SEGA Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2839838
  • Bayesian Analyses of CV Trials https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2021.03.014

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