Sep 05 2025 This Week in Cardiology

The big beta-blocker story from ESC, dual pathway therapy with aspirin and OAC, stopping OAC after successful AF ablation, and DANCAVAS II trial are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses on this week's podcast. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic I Listener Feedback This Week in Cardiology Podcast – August 29 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1002877 II The Big Beta-blocker Story from ESC Beta-Blockers Post-MI: A Clear Clinical Message https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/beta-blockers-post-mi-clear-clinical-message-2025a1000mz0 REBOOT https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2504735 BETAMI-DANBLOCK https://www.nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1056/NEJMoa2505985 REDUCE AMI https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2401479 CAPITAL RCT https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0199347 Post Hoc Analysis From REBOOT Trial https://eurointervention.pcronline.com/article/effect-of-beta-blocker-withholding-or-withdrawal-after-myocardial-infarction-without-reduced-ejection-fraction-on-ischaemic-events-a-post-hoc-analysis-from-the-reboot-trial Beta-Blockers After MI With Mildly Reduced Ejection Fraction https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01592-2 CAPRICORN 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04560-8 External Link BHAT https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/370103 ISIS 1 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2873379/ III Aspirin and OAC Combination Clearly Dangerous Aspirin Plus Oral Anticoagulants Raises Mortality, Bleeding https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/aspirin-plus-oral-anticoagulants-raises-mortality-bleeding-2025a1000nam AQUATIC https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2507532 AFIRE https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1904143 EPIC CAD https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2407362 OAC-ALONE https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30586700/ IV Stop or Continue OAC after Successful AF Ablation ALONE-AF https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2838294 OCEAN trial protocol https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2017.12.007 V DANCAVAS II Trial DANCAVAS II https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf704 DANCAVAS I https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2208681 You may also like: 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 Questions or feedback, please contact news@medscape.net