Dec 12 2025 This Week in Cardiology

An elegant study in post-TAVI atrioventricular block, a PSA for my structural colleagues, revascularization in women, and a CTO PCI trial are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

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I AV Block After TAVR

Heart Blocks During vs After TAVR Show Distinct Patterns

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/heart-blocks-during-vs-after-tavr-show-distinct-patterns-2025a1000ypp

• Mechanisms Underlying Alterations in Cardiac Conduction After TAVR https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2842748

II Related PSA Announcement to My Structural Colleagues

III Revascularization Strategies in Women with Severe Chronic CAD

Women With Chronic Severe CAD Fare Better With CABG vs PCI

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/women-chronic-severe-cad-fare-better-cabg-vs-pci-2025a1000ygd

• PCI vs CABG in Women With Chronic CAD https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf806
• PCI vs CABG - Meta-Analysis of 4 RCTs https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02334-5/abstract
• CABG vs Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation for CAD - Meta-Analysis https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jcin.2016.10.008
• RECHARGE trial https://therechargetrial.com/

IV A CTO PCI RCT – But don't get your hopes up

• Early vs Late-Staged PCI After Subintimal Tracking and Re-entry for CTO https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2025.09.1598
• DECISION CTO trial https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30813758/
• National Inpatient Sample Database PCI CTO Associated With Higher Mortality https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37356643/

V Mandrola's Top 10 Stories

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