This episode covers:

• Cardiology This Week: A concise summary of recent studies
• Biomarkers in heart failure
• Digoxin in HFrEF
• Scientific Highlights from Heart Failure 2026

Host: Wilfried Mullens

Guests: Lynne Stevenson, Dirk van Veldhuisen, Theresa McDonagh

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Declarations of interests:

Stephan Achenbach, Yasmina Bououdina, Nicolle Kraenkel, Dirk van Veldhuisen and Lynne Warner Stevenson have declared to have no potential conflicts of interest to report.

Carlos Aguiar has declared to have potential conflicts of interest to report: personal fees for consultancy and/or speaker fees from Abbott, AbbVie, Alnylam, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bayer, BiAL, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Daiichi-Sankyo, Ferrer, Gilead, GSK, Lilly, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, Sanofi, Servier, Takeda, Tecnimede, Viatris.

John-Paul Carpenter has declared to have potential conflicts of interest to report: stockholder MyCardium AI.

Davide Capodanno has declared to have potential conflicts of interest to report:Abbott Vascular, Bristol Myers Squibb, Daiichi Sankyo, Edwards Lifesciences, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi Aventis, Terumo.

David Duncker has declared to have potential conflicts of interest to report: lecture honoraria from Abbott, Astra Zeneca, Biotronik, Boehringer Ingelheim, Boston Scientifics, Bristol Meyers Squibb, CVRx, Daiichi Sankyo, Medtronic, Microport, Pfizer, Sanofi, Zoll.

Konstantinos Koskinas has declared to have potential conflicts of interest to report: honoraria from MSD, Daiichi Sankyo, Sanofi.

Theresa McDonagh has declared to have potential conflicts of interest to report: honoraria from Boeringer Ingelheim.

Felix Mahfoud has declared to have potential conflicts of interest to report: research grants from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB TRR219), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie (DGK), Deutsche Herzstiftung, Ablative Solutions, ReCor Medical. Consulting fees, payment honoraria lectures, presentations, speaker, support travel costs: Ablative Solutions, Astra-Zeneca, Novartis, Inari, Recor Medical, Medtronic, Philips, Merck.

Steffen Petersen has declared to have potential conflicts of interest to report: consultancy for Circle Cardiovascular Imaging Inc. Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Emma Svennberg has declared to have potential conflicts of interest to report: Abbott, Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Bristol-Myers, Squibb-Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson.