Oct 10 2025 This Week in Cardiology

GLP-1 use in HFrEF, left atrial posterior wall isolation during AF ablation, peri-device leaks for LAAO, new findings in post-cardiac surgery AF, and imaging before AF ablation are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

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I. Listener Feedback

HYPERION trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2508170

ZENITH trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2415160

II GLP1 Use in HFrEF

Effects of GLP-1s in Patients With HFrEF https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2025.102573

FIGHT Study https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2540402

FIGHT Study Post-hoc Analysis https://dom-pubs.pericles-prod.literatumonline.com/doi/10.1111/dom.14862

Substudy of EXSCEL Trial https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.041659

III LA Posterior Wall Isolation Saga

Failure of PW Wall Isolation by PFA with Epicardial Mapping https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2025.08.017

IV Peridevice Leaks After LAAO

IMPRESSION LAAC Study https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2025.08.014

V Post Cardiac Surgery AF

Monitoring of New-Onset AF After CABG https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2839710

PACES trial https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04045665

VI TEE vs ICE Before AF ablation

ICE vs TEE Study https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2839370

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