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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