AudioScholar Cardiology Weekly

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Cardiology — a weekly podcast briefing of the most significant peer-reviewed cardiology literature, synthesized from PubMed and delivered as ~10-minute audio. For practicing physicians. Generated by AudioScholar at audioscholar.cc.

Episodes

  1. 2d ago

    This Week in Cardiology — Jun 30, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Cardiology. This week we are covering eight notable papers spanning major updates in heart failure definitions, evolving antithrombotic and antiplatelet strategies, and precision cardio-oncology. Let us dive in. We begin with… This week's papers: 1. AHA/ACC/ESC/WHF Expert Consensus Document: Second Universal Definition of Heart Failure (2026) — European Heart Journal 2026 2. Antiplatelet Therapy in the Management of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: 2026 ACC Scientific Statement: A Report of the American College of Cardiology — Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2026 3. Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Primary and Secondary Prevention of Thrombotic Events: 2026 ACC Scientific Statement: A Report of the American College of Cardiol… — Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2026 4. Weight loss, exercise haemodynamics, and health status with incretin therapy for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and obesity — European Heart Journal 2026 5. Cliramitug for depletion of cardiac amyloid transthyretin: long-term follow-up of the NI006-101 trial — Nature Medicine 2026 6. High serum transthyretin concentrations identify a low likelihood of advanced myocardial amyloid burden in suspected ATTR cardiomyopathy — European Journal of Heart Failure 2026 7. Cardiac remodelling and dysfunction in cancer patients receiving cardiotoxic therapies: proteomic and metabolomic profiling — European Heart Journal 2026 8. Inclusive cardiovascular care for sexual and gender minority populations — Nature Reviews Cardiology 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/ekr7nu7hjr

    12 min
  2. Jun 23

    This Week in Cardiology — Jun 22, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Cardiology. This week we're covering 9 notable papers spanning advanced heart failure management, novel interventional strategies for hypertension and arrhythmias, and critical updates in preventive cardiology and cardiovascul… This week's papers: 1. Interaction of heart failure with chronic kidney disease, liver disease and cancer: the need for systems cardiology. — European Heart Journal 2026 2. Perioperative Anemia and Patient Blood Management in Cardiac Surgery: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. — Circulation 2026 3. Adjunctive posterior wall isolation for persistent and long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation: the CORNERSTONE AF trial. — European Heart Journal 2026 4. Combined hepatorenal denervation for hypertension and cardiometabolic disease: a first-in-human study. — European Heart Journal 2026 5. Excess Cardiovascular Mortality Among Black Americans, 2000-2024: A JACC Progress Report. — Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2026 6. Coronary artery calcium on chest CT scans: from incidental finding to mandatory reporting. — Nature Reviews Cardiology 2026 7. Strategies for Optimizing Heart Failure Care in the Older Adult: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. — Circulation 2026 8. Efficacy of a Voice Biomarker for the Prediction of Heart Failure Hospitalisation: Results from the Telemedical Interventional Management in Heart Failure III… — European Journal of Heart Failure 2026 9. Clinical and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Phenotype of Probable Viral versus Probable Immune-mediated Acute Myocarditis. — European Journal of Heart Failure 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/mzaw6gzhxv

    14 min
  3. Jun 16

    This Week in Cardiology — Jun 15, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Cardiology. This week we're covering 9 notable papers spanning interventional cardiology and device updates, strategies for optimizing medical therapy and risk stratification, and a look at managing special populations with un… This week's papers: 1. Defining Cardiovascular Endpoints in Oncology Trials: Challenges and Opportunities: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. — Circulation 2026 2. Randomized Controlled Trial of Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy After Myocardial Infarction With Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries or Takotsubo S… — Journal of the American Heart Association 2026 3. Three-Year Durability of Radiofrequency Renal Denervation: SPYRAL HTN-ON MED. — Journal of the American Heart Association 2026 4. Optimal Antithrombotic Therapy for Peripheral Artery Disease: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis. — Journal of the American Heart Association 2026 5. Sex Differences in Clinical Outcomes and Loss of Life Expectancy After Aortic Valve Surgery for Infective Endocarditis: A SWEDEHEART Study. — Journal of the American Heart Association 2026 6. Great debate: surgical aortic valve replacement is first choice for aortic stenosis in patients with a life expectancy beyond 5 years. — European heart journal 2026 7. Cholesterol-lowering therapy from childhood/adolescence and long-term outcomes in familial hypercholesterolaemia: the SAFEHEART study. — European heart journal 2026 8. Sirolimus-Eluting Balloon With Provisional Stenting Versus Systematic Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation to Treat De Novo Coronary Lesions: A Randomized, Open-Lab… — Circulation 2026 9. Albuminuria and heart failure. — European heart journal 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/ege3j957nc

    11 min
  4. Jun 9

    This Week in Cardiology — Jun 8, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Cardiology. This week we're covering 9 notable papers spanning major advances in cardio-renal protection, new strategies for secondary prevention in atherosclerotic disease, and fresh insights into the lifelong management of s… This week's papers: 1. Effects of SGLT2 inhibition on incident heart failure in carriers of cardiomyopathy-associated genetic variants. — Nature medicine 2026 2. Survivors of Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease: A Review. — JAMA 2026 3. Structured Telehealth Community Health Worker-Clinician Feedback and Diabetes Outcomes: A Randomized Clinical Trial. — JAMA internal medicine 2026 4. Activation of HIF2 in Cardiac Vasculature Leads to Arterial Remodeling, Dilation, Thrombosis, and Inflammation, Recapitulating Cardiac Involvement in Kawasaki… — Circulation 2026 5. Prevalence and prognostic role of untreated moderate-to-severe tricuspid regurgitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. — European journal of heart failure 2026 6. Efficacy and safety of finerenone in patients with chronic kidney disease: an individual participant data pooled analysis (INFINITY). — Lancet (London, England) 2026 7. P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy after abbreviated dual antiplatelet therapy following percutaneous coronary intervention: a meta-analysis. — European heart journal 2026 8. Predicting lifetime cardiovascular risk and benefits of preventive treatment in patients with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: the SMART-REA… — European heart journal 2026 9. Finerenone in Persons with Chronic Kidney Disease without Diabetes. — The New England journal of medicine 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/bpmgg9pfsu

    11 min
  5. Jun 6

    This Week in Cardiology — Jun 6, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Cardiology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning the optimization of medical therapy for atherosclerotic disease, the expanding role of finerenone in chronic kidney disease, new insights from advanced imaging an… This week's papers: 1. P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy after abbreviated dual antiplatelet therapy following percutaneous coronary intervention: a meta-analysis. — European heart journal 2026 2. Predicting lifetime cardiovascular risk and benefits of preventive treatment in patients with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: the SMART-REA… — European heart journal 2026 3. Finerenone in Persons with Chronic Kidney Disease without Diabetes. — The New England journal of medicine 2026 4. Finerenone in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Due to Glomerular Diseases: A Randomized Clinical Trial. — JAMA 2026 5. Cardiac Lipid Metabolism: Cells, Metabolites, and Rhythms. — Circulation research 2026 6. Incremental Prognostic Value of Subendocardial Myocardial Flow Reserve in Patients With Normal Perfusion. — Circulation 2026 7. ATAD3A Limits Aortic Dissection via Mito-Lysosome Contacts and Lipoylation. — Circulation research 2026 8. Safety of low lipoprotein(a) levels: the FOURIER trial. — European heart journal 2026 9. Estimating the Effects of MTEER in U.S. Practice: A Transportability Analysis of the COAPT Trial. — Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/tsamessqwc

    13 min
  6. May 28

    This Week in Cardiology — May 28, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Cardiology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning heart failure management, new insights into antithrombotic and lipid-lowering drugs, important findings in arrhythmia, and the practicalities of clinical practice… This week's papers: 1. Adverse Effects and Treatment Discontinuation of Blood Pressure-Lowering Drugs and Combinations: A Network Meta-Analysis. — JAMA 2026 2. Optimal serum potassium concentrations in heart failure: an individual patient data meta-analysis. — European heart journal 2026 3. Stem-Cell-Derived Biologic Ventricular Assist Tissue in Heart Failure. — The New England journal of medicine 2026 4. Efficacy and Safety of Prasugrel, Ticagrelor, or Clopidogrel After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. — JAMA cardiology 2026 5. Bempedoic Acid and Venous Thromboembolism Risk Among Statin-Intolerant Patients: A Post Hoc Analysis of the CLEAR Outcomes Randomized Clinical Trial. — JAMA cardiology 2026 6. Clinical Diagnosis of Calcium Release Deficiency Syndrome in a Family With Sudden Cardiac Death. — JAMA cardiology 2026 7. Risk-Based Nurse-Managed Personalized Heart Failure Interventions: The ALLEVIATE-HF Trial. — Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2026 8. Roadmap to Revitalizing Academic Cardiovascular Medicine: A Perspective From the Association of Professors of Cardiology (APC) Emerging Leaders Group. — Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2026 9. Arrhythmias, dementia risk, and neurodegeneration: a cohort study. — European heart journal 2026 10. Targeting RUNX1 protects against diastolic dysfunction in a two-hit mouse model of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. — Cardiovascular research 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/zk6xvfkxyu

    17 min
  7. May 21

    This Week in Cardiology — May 21, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Cardiology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning critical care and resuscitation, new insights into cardiomyopathies and vascular disease, and a look at the future of therapy from the world of basic science. Let… This week's papers: 1. Ambient fine particulate matter exposure and prognosis in patients with valvular heart disease. — Heart 2026 2. Coronary microvascular dysfunction and cardiovascular outcomes (Multicenter FLOW-CMD Registry): a prospective, multicentre cohort study in South Korea. — Lancet (London, England) 2026 3. Intrapericardially injected hydrogel loaded with stromal cell secretome microparticles improves post-infarction myocardial repair in pigs. — European heart journal 2026 4. Current state of knowledge on the epidemiology, aetiology, diagnosis, and management of heart involvement in eosinophilia. A Clinical Consensus Statement of th… — European journal of heart failure 2026 5. Macrophage EHD1 Promotes Inflammation and Stabilizes Sortilin to Accelerate Atherosclerosis. — Circulation research 2026 6. Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Appropriate Patient Selection and Triage: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. — Circulation 2026 7. Resuscitation Quality Improvement Program for CPR Training and Cardiac Arrest Survival in Hospitals. — JAMA cardiology 2026 8. Sex and Age Specific Genetic Risk Across the Dilated and Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy Spectrum: Insights From the SHaRe Registry. — Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2026 9. Observational Comparative Research in Cardiovascular and Brain Health and Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. — Circulation 2026 10. Identification of unannotated microproteins involved in endothelial cell homeostasis, dysfunction and vascular disease. — Cardiovascular research 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/vvrecb864a

    13 min
  8. May 14

    This Week in Cardiology — May 14, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Cardiology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning heart failure management, advances in structural and rhythm disorders, and new strategies in prevention. Let's dive in. [PAUSE] Our first theme is the managemen… This week's papers: 1. Contemporary Management of Acute Heart Failure: From Emergency Presentation to Long-Term Remission. — Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2026 2. Safe treatment of atrial fibrillation in the community (STAY): a pilot study of community-based care for low-risk patients with acute atrial fibrillation. — Heart 2026 3. Machine learning-guided risk stratification for Long QT Syndrome genetic variants with hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes. — Cardiovascular research 2026 4. Clinical Effectiveness of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors Among Older Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction. — Journal of the American Heart Association 2026 5. Surgical Versus Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Bicuspid Aortic Stenosis: 1-Year Clinical Outcomes in Patients Aged 65 Years and Older. — Journal of the American Heart Association 2026 6. Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Lowering With Inclisiran Plus Usual Care in Recent Acute Coronary Syndrome: VICTORION-INCEPTION, a Randomized, Controlled,… — Journal of the American Heart Association 2026 7. Closing the Gap: Examining Representation of Women in Ischemic Heart Disease Guideline Studies. — Journal of the American Heart Association 2026 8. Primer of conduction system pacing for the general cardiologist. — Heart 2026 9. Temporal trends in characteristics, management and prognosis of patients with acute heart failure through two repeated snapshots. — Heart 2026 10. Cancer and cardiovascular disease: converging burdens, shared challenges. — European heart journal 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/4rtpqsg27v

    13 min

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Cardiology — a weekly podcast briefing of the most significant peer-reviewed cardiology literature, synthesized from PubMed and delivered as ~10-minute audio. For practicing physicians. Generated by AudioScholar at audioscholar.cc.