Arrhythmia & EP Perspective

• Apr 11 2025 This Week in Cardiology  
  theheart.org on Medscape, April 11, 2025
• Rare Cor Triatriatum Case in Patient With HIV Uncovered A 34-year-old woman with HIV presents with dyspnoea, revealing a rare congenital heart defect.
  Medscape UK, April 11, 2025
• ACC 2025 Little Learned From Trials That Are Positive by Design Dapagliflozin after TAVI? Semaglutide for claudication? Two trials designed to be positive should not warrant new indications for these drugs writes John Mandrola, MD.
  theheart.org on Medscape, April 10, 2025
• The Management of Hypercalcemia in Primary Care   Primary hyperparathyroidism and malignancy account for around 90% of all cases of hypercalcemia in primary care.
  Medscape Family Medicine, April 09, 2025
• How Migraine Treatment Guidelines Differ: ACP vs AHS   Dr Neil Skolnik explains the ACP's new clinical guideline for the prevention of episodic migraines — and how it differs from the recent AHS position statement.
  Medscape Family Medicine, April 08, 2025
• Should Medicine Be Boring? Heroic high-stakes medicine should be left to TV doctors, because the most effective care is performed with a level of precision bordering on the mechanical and the mundane.
  Medscape UK, April 01, 2025
• Mar 28 2025 This Week in Cardiology   Stopping oral anticoagulation after AF ablation, the core problem with paradoxes like the smoker’s paradox, chronic total occlusion PCI, and an ACC/EHRA preview are discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, March 28, 2025
• Whorls and Warnings: A Neonatal Scalp Puzzle
  Medscape Dermatology, March 26, 2025
• ACC 2025 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from ACC 2025
  theheart.org on Medscape, March 25, 2025
• ACC 2025 Mandrola’s 5 Picks for ACC 25 Trials on cerebral protection in TAVR, fluid restriction in heart failure, and risk factor management in AF are among John Mandrola’s picks from the upcoming ACC Scientific Sessions.
  theheart.org on Medscape, March 25, 2025
• Mar 21 2025 This Week in Cardiology   A large trial in cardiac pacing finally published, PVCs and cardiomyopathy, cannabis, CV risk and the danger of observational studies, and the tale of two disparate statin trials are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, March 21, 2025
• ECG Challenge: Possible Problems With a Pacemaker A 76-year-old woman presents with a persistently rapid heart rate that she attributes to her pacemaker. What does the ECG show?
  Medscape Cardiology, March 21, 2025
• Statins Work — Don't Let Anyone Tell You Otherwise   In this installment of On Second Thought, Dr Christopher Labos addresses statin naysayers and cholesterol denialism.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, March 19, 2025
• Mar 14 2025 This Week in Cardiology   Listener feedback, resistant hypertension, K-binders for MRA use in heart failure, nutritional epidemiology, and a positive study for vitamin D are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, March 14, 2025
• Mar 07 2025 This Week in Cardiology   Listener feedback on asymptomatic aortic stenosis (AS), transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) vs surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR), coronary artery calcium (CAC), and revascularization for patients with ischemic LV dysfunction are discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in today's podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, March 07, 2025
• The Interpretation and Management of Hypocalcemia   Mood change, neuropsychiatric symptoms, muscle cramps, or spasm are common in patients with this condition.
  Medscape Family Medicine, March 06, 2025
• Feb 28 2025 This Week in Cardiology   The treatment of asymptomatic aortic stenosis, the move to composite endpoints in trials, IFR vs FFR and high-frequency low tidal volume ventilation for AF ablation are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in today's podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, February 28, 2025
• Are We Inflating the Success Rate of AF Ablation? Not counting recurrent arrhythmias that occur during the 3-month blanking period after ablation for atrial fibrillation is fudging the numbers, writes electrophysiologist John Mandrola, MD.
  theheart.org on Medscape, February 26, 2025
• Syncope: Uncovering the Etiology   Focusing the history can help hospitalists hone in on the cause of an episode of syncope.
  The Curbsiders, February 25, 2025
• Hot Topics From the International Stroke Conference   Prof Christoph Diener picks his top trials from the 2025 International Stroke Conference covering thrombectomy for distal stroke, thrombolysis timing, and anticoagulation options in AF.
  Medscape Neurology, February 24, 2025