Apr 24 2026 This Week in Cardiology

PCSK9 inhibitors in high-risk diabetes without ASCVD, the CAAN-AF trial, conduction system pacing vs biventricular pacing, PFA and stroke, and therapeutic fashion infects expert consensus are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic I VESALIUS-CV  VESALIUS-CV Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2514428 JAMA Substudy https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2847162 II How Best to Maximize CRT Benefit in Patients with AF CAAN-AF Trial https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehag206/8654625?searchresult=1 Role of AV Node Ablation: Meta-analysis of Observational Studies https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2011.10.891 III Stroke Rates in PFA vs Thermal Ablation Comparative Safety of RF versus PFA for AF in a High-Volume US Medical Center https://esc365.escardio.org/Ehra-congress/sessions/18281 IV Five New CSP Studies Presented and Published HeartSync-LBBP Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2845803 PhysioSync-HF Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2845802 LEFT-BUNDLE-CRT Trial https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehag225 Long-Term Follow-up of His-Alternative I Trial https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacep.2026.02.016 LECART Trial https://esc365.escardio.org/Ehra-congress/sessions/17140 V New EP Training Document Published Advanced Training Statement on Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology  https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2026.01.074 You may also like: The Bob Harrington Show with the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine, Robert A. Harrington, MD. https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington Questions or feedback, please contact news@medscape.net