Listener feedback on the PISCES trial, AHA news (including a big PCSK9i trial), beta-blockers post MI, LAAC, and post-AF ablation OAC use are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

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Why I Believe Fish Oil's Big CV Benefit in Dialysis Patients https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/why-i-believe-fish-oils-big-cv-benefit-dialysis-patients-2025a1000uzg

• PISCES trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2513032

II PCSK9 Inhibitor News

In Global Trial, PCSK9 Inhibitor Provides Major Protection Against First CV Event https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/global-trial-pcsk9-inhibitor-provides-major-protection-2025a1000uzp

• VESALIUS-CV trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2514428
• ODYSSEY trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1801174
• FOURIER https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1615664
• Anish Koka Tweet on LDL-lowering https://x.com/anish_koka/status/1987280506937909326?s=20

III Beta-Blockers After MI and John Cleland

• Beta-Blockers after MI with normal EF https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2512686
• REBOOT-CNIC trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2504735
• REDUCE AMI trial https://academic.oup.com/ehjcvp/article/9/2/192/6895544?login=false
• ABYSS trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2404204
• CAPITAL RCT trial https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0199347
• Beta-Blockers after MI with mildly reduced EF https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40897190/
• John Cleland Clinical Outlook https://www.nature.com/articles/s41569-025-01228-w

IV Left Atrial Appendage Closure – The CLOSURE-AF trial

Percutaneous LAAC in AF Falls Short Again in CLOSURE-AF https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/percutaneous-left-atrial-appendage-closure-af-falls-short-2025a1000uzu

• Prague-17 Trial https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2020.04.067
• OPTION trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2408308

V Oral AC after AF ablation – the OCEAN Trial

Anticoagulation After AF Ablation: The OCEAN Trial Still Leaves Questions https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/anticoagulation-after-af-ablation-ocean-trial-still-leaves-2025a1000v4t

• OCEAN Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2509688
• ALONE-AF trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2838294

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Listener feedback on non-culprit PCI in STEMI, a major cardiac result in patients on hemodialysis, news on GLP-1 agonists, a dubious stroke trial, and an AHA preview are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

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• Meta-analysis of MI as a surrogate https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34694318/
• Compare Acute Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1701067
• DANAMI-3–PRIMULTI 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60648-1 External Link
• CULPRIT-SHOCK https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1710261

II Huge Cardiac News for Patients with ESRD PISCES article EMBARGOED Till 1130 AM EST

• PISCES Trial www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2513032
• REDUCE-IT Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1812792
• STRENGTH Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2773120
• FISH trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1150094

III Obesity Agents

• White House announces deal with Lilly and Novo on GLP-1 drugs https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/novo-lilly-shares-rise-trump-obesity-drug-deal-nears-2025-11-06/

Amylin Agonists

• Amylin Analog Eloralintide Reduces Weight in Phase 2 Trial

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/amylin-analog-eloralintide-reduces-weight-phase-2-trial-2025a1000uqf

• Eloralintide Phase 2 Study https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)02155-5

GLP-1 Comparisons

• SURMOUNT-5 Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2416394
• Tirzepatide vs Semaglutide in 10-year CVD Risk Reduction https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjopen/oeaf117

IV A Problematic Trial in Stroke Care

• LAMP trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2840370

V AHA Preview

AHA 2025: Mandrola's Four Trials to Look For https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/aha-2025-mandrolas-four-trials-look-2025a1000u80

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Four pillars of cardiology today, stable coronary artery disease, severe aortic stenosis, the evaluation of chest pain, and best therapies for atrial fibrillation are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

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I Stable CAD Complete vs culprit-only revascularization at time of STEMI

• iMODERN Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2512918
• PRAMI Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1305520
• COMPLETE Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1907775
• FULL REVASC Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2314149
• PCI Revascularization Strategies After MI https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.04.051
• CULPRIT SHOCK Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1710261
• How a Meta-Analysis Can Mislead https://www.sensible-med.com/p/how-a-meta-analysis-can-misleadthe

II SEVERE Aortic Senosis

7-Year PARTNER 3 Results – TAVI vs SAVR

• 7-year results PARTNER 3 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2509766
• PARTNER 3 at 1 year https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1814052
• PARTNER 3 at 5 years https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2307447

III Functional vs Anatomic Assessment in Suspected CAD

• 10-year follow-up of PROMISE trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2838118
• PROMISE Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1415516
• CCTA vs Functional Stress Test – Meta-Analysis https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2655243

IV ARREST AF

• ARREST AF trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2840225

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