May 22 2026 This Week in Cardiology

Three more digoxin trials, yet another GLP-1 drug on the horizon, vagal nerve stimulation, trial inside baseball, and more on lipid guidelines are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only.

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I More About Low-dose Digoxin in HF — The DECISION Trial(s)

• DECISION Trial https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-026-04406-6
• Digitalis Glycosides in HF — JAMA Meta-Analysis https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2848972
• DIGIT-HF Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2415471
• RADIANCE Trial (1993) https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199307013290101
• DECISION Withdrawal Study https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehag385
• Digoxin Discontinuation vs Continuation in Chronic HF https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.02.099

II Yet another GLP-1 Drug Announced this Week

Lillly News Release on Retatrutide https://investor.lilly.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lillys-triple-agonist-retatrutide-delivered-powerful-weight-loss

III A Big Story in HF Science – Vagal Nerve Stimulation in HFrEF

• ANTHEM HFrEF trial https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2026.03.040
• Editorials

An Unfinished ANTHEM https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2026.04.033

When Trials Stop Prematurely https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2026.03.039

IV Lipid Guideline News

Lipid Guidelines: Four Major Concerns

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/lipid-guidelines-four-major-concerns-2026a1000fim

• Editorial: Time to Move Beyond the Statin Nocebo Effect  https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2026.04.002
• Correspondence: SAMSON N-of-1 Trial of Statin, Placebo, or No Treatment https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2031173

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