Aug 23 2024 This Week in Cardiology

Suicidal ideation and GLP-1 agonists, a repeat of PARADIGM HF in Chagas CM, CASTLE HTx critical appraisal, and primary prevention of SCD in HF are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers this week. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic I. Suicidal ideation with GLP-1 Signal of Suicidality With GLP-1 RA Semaglutide, but Experts Urge Caution https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/signal-suicidality-glp-1-ra-semaglutide-experts-urge-caution-2024a1000fa7 Disproportionality Analysis from World Health Organization Data on Semaglutide, Liraglutide, and Suicidality   Variability in Disproportionality paper https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pharmacology/articles/10.3389/fphar.2021.668765/full II. PARACHUTE HF: Repeating the Mistakes in PARADIGM HF PARACHUTE HF https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jchf.2024.05.021 SOLVD https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199108013250501 CONSENSUS trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM198706043162301 Meta-analysis of Low vs High Dose ACE/ARB https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.117.003956 Meta-analysis of Sac/Val vs ARB/ACE Inhibitors https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00228-024-03686-6 PARADISE MI https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2104508 III. CASTLE HTx Critical Appraisal Critical Appraisal of CASTLE HTx https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.06.020 CASTLE HTx https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2306037 CASTLE AF https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1707855 IV. More Data Suggesting Modest Benefits of the Primary Prevention ICD First and Recurrent ICD Shocks: JICE Paper from Denmark https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10840-024-01873-0 HF trialists https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1609758 PROFID Trial https://profid-project.eu/ DANISH  https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1608029 SCD-HeFT https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa043399 You may also like: The Bob Harrington Show with the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine, Robert A. Harrington, MD. https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington Questions or feedback, please contact [email protected]