Jun 26 2026 This Week in Cardiology

Listener feedback on valvular heart disease, statins and frailty, left atrial posterior wall ablation fails again, interpreting medical tests and AI ECG reading are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.

This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only.

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PREVUE-VALVE Study https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2026.02.5137 II Statins and Frailty

Statin Initiation Tied to Lower Frailty Risk in Older Adults https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/statin-initiation-tied-lower-frailty-risk-older-adults-2026a1000lec

Statins and Survival Free of Incident Frailty  https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehag451 III LA Posterior Wall Isolation Fails Again

CORNERSTONE Trial https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehag486 CAPLA Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2800186 IV Does the Display of Test Results Improve Clinical Decisions?

Interval Likelihood Ratios for Clinical Decsion-Making https://evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/EVIDoa2500249 Making Sense of Health Statistics https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1539-6053.2008.00033.x V AI and the ECG and Saving Doctors

Case Report — AI-Enhanced Diagnostics https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-026-04454-y The New York Times article https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/health/artificial-intelligence-heart-damage.html You may also like:

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