Aug 14 2026 This Week in Cardiology

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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