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Feb 20 2026 This Week in Cardiology

Feb 20 2026 This Week in Cardiology

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EVOLUT Low Risk data, a provocative meta-analysis, DNR orders, targeted hypothermia, good news in HFpEF evidence, and GLP-1s as AF drugs are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

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I EVOLUT Low Risk 6-year Results and a 5-year Meta-Analysis of TAVR vs SAVR

  • 6-Year Outcomes of TAVR vs SAVR https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2026.02.5063
  • EVOLUT Low Risk Trial at 2 years https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1816885
  • EVOLUT Low Risk Trial at 3 years https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.02.017
  • EVOLUT Low Risk Trial at 4 years https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.09.813
  • Nonproportional Hazards for Time-to-Event Outcomes in Clinical Trials https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2019.08.1034
  • TAVR vs SAVR 5-Year Outcomes - Systematic Review https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2026/02/11/heartjnl-2025-327092
  • TAVR vs SAVR Updated Meta-Analysis of RCTs https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.12.031
  • UK TAVI Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2792251
  • Dr David Cohen on X https://x.com/djc795/status/2023556582030852172?s=46&t=zXMCUoVjSsdyemzWlzeBjA

II DNR in the Hospital

  • Inadequate Documentation of Unilateral DNR Orders https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2829203
  • GeriPal Blog Unilateral DNR Orders https://geripal.org/unilateral-dnr-gina-piscitello-erin-demartino-will-parker/

III Yet another failure of Targeted Hypothermia

  • 2-Year Follow-Up of TTM2 Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2845193
  • TTM2 Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2100591

IV Good news in HFpEF Evidence

  • ALT-FLOW II Trial https://doi.org/10.1093/ejhf/xuaf016

V GLP-1 as AF drugs

  • Semaglutide as Adjunctive Therapy in Obesity-Related PAF https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euag018

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