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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
- 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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