Comparing PFA and Thermal Ablation for Paroxysmal AFib

ESC Wrap-up 1: Obesity, heart failure with preserved EF and reduced EF, AF, frailty, evidence translation, and catheter ablation are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast.

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I. FRAIL AF

   -FRAIL-AF Study

   https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.066485

   -The Most Important Study From ESC: FRAIL-AF

   https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/996063

II. STEP-HFpEF

Wegovy Scores HFpEF Benefits in People With Obesity

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995844

GLP-1 Agonist Semaglutide in HFpEF Cleared Low Bar

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995872

Semaglutide’s Big Step in HFpEF With Obesity: Investigator Inteview

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995673

   -Semaglutide in Obese Patients With  HFpEF

   https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2306963

III. NOAH AFNET 6

Anticoagulation No Benefit in Presumed AF Detected by Cardiac Devices

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995861

How Much AF Warrants Anticoagulation? NOAH-AFNET 6 Provides Clues

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995871

   -NOAH AFNET-6 – NEJM

   https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2303062

IV. ADVENT

Pulsed Field Ablation Challenges Conventional Devices in AF

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995884

Pulsed Field Ablation Noninferior but Underwhelming in ADVENT

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995898

   -PPFA vs Thermal Ablation for PAF

   https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2307291

V. BUDAPEST CRT

Impact of RV Pacing in Heart Failure, CRT Benefit Shown in BUDAPEST-CRT

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/996035

Supporting Evidence for a Common Practice: BUDAPEST CRT

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995880

   -BUDAPEST CRT Study: European Heart Journal

   https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad591

VI. CASTLE HTx

Advanced HF No Obstacle to AF Ablation Success: CASTLE-HTx

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995897

AF Ablation in End-Stage HF: Is CASTLE-HTx Too Good to Be True?

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995974

   -CASTLE AF (2018)

   https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1707855

   -CASTLE HTx

   https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2306037

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