Apr 21 2023 This Week in Cardiology
This Week in Cardiology
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🗓️ 21 April 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
John Mandrola, MD discusses early vs delayed AF ablation, a report on a devastating complication of AF ablation, and a potential crosswind for a major therapeutic fashion in electrophysiology.
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I Early Vs Delayed Ablation
- Impact of Early Versus Delayed Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation on Atrial Arrhythmia Recurrences
https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad247
- Diagnosis-to-Ablation Time and Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation Following Catheter Ablation
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCEP.119.008128
- Cryoablation or Drug Therapy for Initial Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa2029980
- Progression of Atrial Fibrillation after Cryoablation or Drug Therapy
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2212540
II Atrial-Esophageal Fistula
CT and Surgery Best Diagnose and Manage Esophageal Fistula
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/990933
- A worldwide survey on incidence, management and prognosis of oesophageal fistula formation following atrial fibrillation catheter ablation: The POTTER-AF study https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad250
- Oesophageal Probe Evaluation in Radiofrequency Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation (OPERA): results from a prospective randomized trial https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa209
- Temperature monitoring and temperature-driven irrigated radiofrequency energy titration do not prevent thermally induced esophageal lesions in pulmonary vein isolation: A randomized study controlled by esophagoscopy before and after catheter ablation https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2021.02.003
III High-Power Short-Duration Ablation
Short, High-Power Ablation on Par With Standard AF Ablation
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/972087
- Power-Fast Trial
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04153747
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| 0:44.5 | Hi everyone this is John Mandrola from the heart dot org bedscape and this is this |
| 0:50.8 | week in cardiology for April 21, |
| 0:53.4 | 2023. |
| 0:55.4 | This week, a recap of the European Heart Rhythm Association, |
| 0:59.7 | including a big study on early versus delayed oblation of a fib, a report on the most devastating |
| 1:06.2 | complication of a fib, and a potential crosswind for a major therapeutic fashion in electrophysiology. |
| 1:15.0 | I want to first say thank you to the Portuguese Society of Cardiology |
| 1:20.0 | for inviting me to speak at this excellent meeting. For the second time, it was impressive to see |
| 1:26.7 | such robust discussion about the many gray areas in cardiology. I don't know if it's something about Portugal, but I felt a strong sense of critical |
| 1:35.9 | appraisal. And I love that because you don't always get that same sense at some of the major |
| 1:41.6 | cardiology meetings. |
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