Sep 25 2026 This Week in Cardiology

Listener feedback, pulmonary embolism intervention, simple vs complex in BiV pacing, exercise in AF, and TAVR for paradoxical low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

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I Listener Feedback LBBP ICD Lead

• LEADR LBBAP Trial https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41110529/

TRIC-I-HF trial

• TRIC-I-HF Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2606934
• Growth of Tricuspid Interventions in Germany https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jcin.2025.05.030

II Treatment of Acute Intermediate-High Risk PE – the PRAGUE-26 Trial

• PRAGUE-26 Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2608012

III Targeting CS leads in CRT devices – DANISH-CRT Trial

• DANISH-CRT Trial 10.1016/S0140-6736(26)01597-7

IV Exercise for AF, Especially When There Is LA Disease

• Physical Activity and Risk of Incident AF in Atrial Cardiomyopathy https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacadv.2026.102999

V Paradoxical Low-Flow, Low-Gradient AS – REBOOT-PARADOX

• REBOOT-PARADOX trial 10.1016/j.jacc.2026.08.017
• ROTAS Trial https://heart.bmj.com/content/110/20/1223

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

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