Jul 18 2025 This Week in Cardiology

Finerenone, what not to consider when choosing treatment of AS, brain health after atrial fibrillation ablation, early rhythm control for AF, and Watchman reimbursement cuts are discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in 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 Finerenone FDA Widens Indication of Finerenone for Heart Failure Patients https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/fda-widens-indication-finerenone-heart-failure-patients-2025a1000ive FDA finerenone approval https://bayer2019tf.q4web.com/news/news-details/2025/U-S--FDA-Approves-KERENDIA-finerenone-to-Treat-Patients-With-Heart-Failure-With-Left-Ventricular-Ejection-Fraction-40-Following-Priority-Review/default.aspx FINEARTS-HF trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2407107 II Choosing TAVI or Surgical AVR Carbon Emission when treating AS EHJ study https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf379 III Brain Lesions and Visual Migraine After Left-Sided Ablations Post-Ablation Visual Auras a Sign of Transient Brain Injury?https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/post-ablation-visual-auras-sign-transient-brain-injury-2025a1000iro TRAVERSE Trial https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.071352 TRAVERSE Migraine Substudy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.06.035 IV Early Rhythm Control for AF EHJ Rapid Communication https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf397 EAST-AFNET 4 Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2019422 V Watchman Cuts CMS Reduces LAAO Value in Proposed Fee Schedule https://www.acc.org/Latest-in-Cardiology/Articles/2025/07/15/20/08/CMS-Reduces-LAAO-Value-in-Proposed-2026 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 [email protected]