Mar 20 2026 This Week in Cardiology

Listener feedback, the huge CLOSURE-AF trial of LAAC vs best medical therapy, previews of CHAMPION AF, and the controversial ACC/AHA lipid treatment guidelines are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

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• COBRRA Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2510703

Closure AF published in NEJM

• CLOSURE-AF Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2513310
• CHAMPION AF Rationale - Watchman FLX vs DOACs in Patients With AF https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37279840/

LIPID Guidelines

• ACC/AHA Joint Committee Guideline on Management of Dyslipidemia https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2025.11.016

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