Jun 05 2026 This Week in Cardiology

Chemical cardioversion in the ED, HF monitoring, weight loss in AF, and surgical LAA excision are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

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I Chemical Cardioversion of AF in the ED: The FLECA-ED Trial

• FLECA-ED Rationale paper https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10299428/
• FLECA-ED ESC Slides https://esc365.escardio.org/presentation/321209
• Review on Flecainide Use Despite CAST https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.08.034
• RACE 7 ACWAS Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1900353

II Heart Failure Monitoring – The ALLEVIATE-HF Trial

• ALLEVIATE-HF Trial https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2026.03.075
• CHAMPION Trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60101-3
• GUIDE HF Trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01754-2
• ALLEVIATE-HF Editorial: Alerts Are Not Treatment https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2026.04.014

• Steve Stiles Medscape report on CHAMPION https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/755189

III A Negative Weight Loss Study in AF

• LOSE-AF Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2849335

IV Surgical LAA Excision

• OPINION Trial https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf674
• LAAOS 3 trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2101897

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