This Week in Cardiology
This Week in Cardiology
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Aug 14 2026 This Week in Cardiology
28 minutes Posted Aug 14, 2026 at 6:34 pm.
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Listener feedback, the ZEUS trial fails, a fascinating statin trial, more on GLP-1 drugs, and radiation safety in the EP lab are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

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I ZEUS Fails

Rethinking Inflammation and ASCVD: Four Lessons From the ZEUS Trial

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/rethinking-inflammation-and-ascvd-four-lessons-zeus-trial-2026a1000rlm

  • ZEUS Trial https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2025.4491

II Statins and the Elderly

  • SAGA/SITE trial 10.1016/j.lanhl.2026.100884 External Link

III GLP-1 and CV Risk

  • SURMOUNT-1 Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2206038
  • SURMOUNT-1 Post Hoc Analysis https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2026.04.044
  • Reframing GLP-1s as Cardiometabolic Health Drugs: Editorial https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2026.06.039

IV Radiation Exposure to the Uterus in the EP Lab

  • Occupational Radiation Safety in EP During Pregnancy https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/epub/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.126.080556
  • Survey: Working in Cath Lab During Pregnancy https://www.surveymonkey.com/share/d5c1edf7-6d99-49d4-a9fa-e9168f63ab55

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