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. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic 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 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