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.

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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
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• 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

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