About this episode
Ticagrelor vs prasugrel, a new LAAC device, pulsed field ablation AF results, lifestyle intervention in AF, the term "provider" vs "doctor," and coffee 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 TUXEDO-2 Trial TUXEDO-2 Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2844869 ISAR-REACT 5 Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1908973 II VERITAS Study of Dual-Seal LAAO VERITAS Study https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2026.01.021 III PFA vs RF over 4 years Advent-LTO study https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-026-04246-4 ADVENT Study https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2307291 SPHERE PER-AF Study https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03022-6 SINGLE SHOT CHAMPION Study https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2502280 BEAT PAROX-AF Trial https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf1115/8436829 IV What's in a Name — Use of the Term "Provider" Physicians Are Not Providers: The Ethical Significance of Names https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-25-03852 V Coffee and Dementia Risk Coffee/Tea Intake and Dementia Risk https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2844764 Mandrola Commentary: Enough With the Coffee Research and Other Distractions https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/883709 VI Lifestyle interventions Post AF ablation Improving Outcomes of AF by Lifestyle Interventions https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/47/6/669/8243674 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
