Listener feedback on SURPASS CVOT, AF ablation and the limits of meta-analyses, a Watchman alert from FDA, and oral anticoagulation choices in elderly patients are discussed by John Mandola, 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 SURPASS CVOT <ul> <li>This Week in Cardiology Podcast, August 1 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1002781</li> <li>Mounjaro Appears More Heart Protective Than Trulicity in Trial Of Eli Lilly Diabetes Drugs</li> </ul> https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/mounjaro-proves-more-heart-protective-than-trulicity-trial-2025a1000kct II Catheter and Surgical AF ablation <ul> <li>Catheter and Surgical Ablation for AF: Meta-Analysis https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-25-00253</li> </ul> III Watchman Air Embolism Alerts <ul> <li>Looming Pay Cut to LAAO Triggers Objection From Card Groups</li> </ul> https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/looming-pay-cut-laao-triggers-objection-card-groups-2025a1000l0j <ul> <li>FDA Alert https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/medical-device-recalls/early-alert-watchman-access-system-issue-boston-scientific</li> </ul> IV Switching Oral Anticoagulants in Frail Older Adults Patients <ul> <li>FRAIL AF Trial https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.066485</li> <li>COMBINE AF Substudy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2025.05.060</li> <li>The Most Important Study From ESC: FRAIL-AF https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/996063</li> </ul> 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 news@medscape.net

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