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. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic I Oral Anticoagulation after Successful AF Ablation Iwawakie et al https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2831851 OCEAN protocol paper https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2017.12.007 II Smoker’s Paradox Presch et al https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jcin.2024.12.028 Gupta et al https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.003370 III CTO PCI Main sub-analysis paper Bangalore et al https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2025.01.029 DECISION CTO https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.031313 Main EURO CTO trial https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehy220 3-year MACE of EURO CTO https://eurointervention.pcronline.com/article/three-year-outc