This Week In Cardiology

Early rhythm control in AF, treating coronary artery disease before transcatheter aortic valve implantation, and an ESC 2022 preview are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers 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. Early Rhythm Control - Early AF Rhythm-Control Advantage Climbs With Comorbidity Burden: EAST-AFNET4 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/979627 - Early Rhythm Control in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and High Comorbidity Burden https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/suppl/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.060274 Early Rhythm-Control Therapy in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2019422 II. CAD and Aortic Stenosis - No Survival Gains Seen From Pre-TAVR PCI of Complex CAD https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/979408 - The Effect of Coronary Lesion Complexity and Preprocedural Revascularization on 5-Year Outcomes After TAVR https://doi.org/10.1