ESC Congress 2025 Hot Line & Late-Breaking Science Collection

  • Published:  08 August 2025
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ESC Congress 2025 - New findings from STRIDE further demonstrate effectiveness of semaglutide in improving functional outcomes in PAD.

Dr Subodh Verma joins us to discuss new findings from the STRIDE study, which investigated semaglutide 1.0mg in individuals with peripheral artery disease (PAD). 792 participants were enrolled in the trial, 24.6% of which were female, and 75.4% male.

Findings showed that semaglutide produced consistent improvements in functional outcomes in patients with symptomatic PAD and type 2 diabetes, irrespective of sex.

Recorded on-site at ESC Congress 2025, Madrid.

Editors: Jordan Rance, Yazmin Sadik.
Videographers: Mike Knight, Dan Brent, Oliver Miles, Tom Green, David-Ben-Harosh.

Support: This is an independent interview produced by Radcliffe Cardiology.

Overview

Dive into our coverage of ESC Congress 2025 for groundbreaking trial results and discussions with expert faculty.

  • Watch our View From the Thoraxcenter series for practice-focused reviews of the most anticipated trials from interventional experts, Prof Nicolas Van Mieghem and Dr Joost Daemen.
  • Watch our Wrap-Up series led by Dr Mirvat Alasnag summarising the key take-aways from each day of the congress.
  • For clinical trial data from principal investigators, keep up with Dr Harriette Van Spall's Late-Breaker Discussion series.
  • Our concise, accessible Expert Interviews will focus on the current data and it's impact on clinical practice.
  • Don't miss the Highlights series to stay ahead of the curve in each field.
  • In the Journal Discussions series, authors of ECR Journal explore their special focuses in depth.
     

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Faculty Biographies

Subodh Verma

Subodh Verma

Dr Subodh Verma is a cardiac surgeon-scientist at St Michael’s Hospital and Professor in the Departments of Surgery, and Pharmacology and Toxicity at the University of Toronto. He is also the current Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Surgery.

Dr Verma oversees a prolific basic, translational and clinical research program. He spearheads the CARDIOLINK clinical trials platform at St Michael’s Hospital and has leadership roles in seven ongoing global heart failure trials.

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