Feb 02 2024 This Week in Cardiology

FDA approves PFA for AF ablation, flawed comparisons of TEER vs MV surgery and PCI vs CABG, and cardiologists struggling with board exams are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in this week's podcast.

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I. PFA

FDA Okays Boston Scientific PFA System for Paroxysmal AF

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/fda-okays-boston-scientific-pfa-system-paroxysmal-af-2024a1000275

Pulsed-Field Ablation for AF: The Promise and the Reality

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995675

• ADVENT Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2307291
• EU-PORIA Registry https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euad185
• Tomlinson/Mandrola Editorial https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2020.07.032

II. TEER vs MV Surgery

• EHJ Paper https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae046

III. ISCHEMIA Post-Hoc Studies

• JACC Post-Hoc ISCHEMIA Trialhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.11.002
• Main ISCHEMIA paper https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1915922
• FAME 3 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2112299

IV. Board Exams

More Cardiologists Failing the Boards, Why and How to Fix?

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/more-cardiologists-failing-boards-why-and-how-fix-2024a10001oi

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