Jun 12 2026 This Week in Cardiology

Listener feedback, transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement, a new metabolic disease called CKM, the ARISE-FLUIDS Trial, the BIHCA trial, and temporal trends in ICD therapies are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only.

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I Listener Feedback

• LOSE-AF Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2849335
• ARREST-AF Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2840225
• POP-AF Trial https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf689
• PRAGUE-25 Trial https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2025.04.042

II Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement

• TRISCEND Cost Study https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shj.2026.101049
• TRISCEND II Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2401918

III More Disease Creation – the CKM Syndrome

ACC/AHA Release First-Ever Guideline for CKM Syndrome https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/acc-aha-release-first-ever-guideline-ckm-syndrome-2026a1000jbs

• CKM Guideline in Circulation https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001447

IV Two Trials That Teach Important EBM Lessons

• ARISE-FLUIDS Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2516225
• Dr Josh Farkas Post on X https://x.com/PulmCrit/status/2065064796270022845?s=20

V  Bicarbonate for Inpatient Cardiac Arrest –The BIHCA trial

• BIHCA Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2850405

VI The Decline of VT in Heart Failure

• Trends and Outcomes in ICD Recipients: 15-Year Analysis https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euag110
• Declining Risk of Sudden Death in HF https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1609758

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