Nov 07, 2025 This Week in Cardiology

Listener feedback on non-culprit PCI in STEMI, a major cardiac result in patients on hemodialysis, news on GLP-1 agonists, a dubious stroke trial, and an AHA preview 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 Listener Feedback

• Meta-analysis of MI as a surrogate https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34694318/
• Compare Acute Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1701067
• DANAMI-3–PRIMULTI 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60648-1 External Link
• CULPRIT-SHOCK https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1710261

II Huge Cardiac News for Patients with ESRD PISCES article EMBARGOED Till 1130 AM EST

• PISCES Trial www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2513032
• REDUCE-IT Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1812792
• STRENGTH Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2773120
• FISH trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1150094

III Obesity Agents

• White House announces deal with Lilly and Novo on GLP-1 drugs https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/novo-lilly-shares-rise-trump-obesity-drug-deal-nears-2025-11-06/

Amylin Agonists

• Amylin Analog Eloralintide Reduces Weight in Phase 2 Trial

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/amylin-analog-eloralintide-reduces-weight-phase-2-trial-2025a1000uqf

• Eloralintide Phase 2 Study https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)02155-5

GLP-1 Comparisons

• SURMOUNT-5 Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2416394
• Tirzepatide vs Semaglutide in 10-year CVD Risk Reduction https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjopen/oeaf117

IV A Problematic Trial in Stroke Care

• LAMP trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2840370

V AHA Preview

AHA 2025: Mandrola's Four Trials to Look For https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/aha-2025-mandrolas-four-trials-look-2025a1000u80

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