ACC Part 2: The TACT2 trial of chelation, inter-atrial shunts for HF, and triglyceride lowering; plus diltiazem and Factor Xa anticoagulants 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. TACT 2 Chelation Therapy Provides No Benefit Post-MI https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/chelation-therapy-provides-no-benefit-post-mi-2024a10006l5 Chelation Therapy and CV Risk: Why TACT2 Showed No Benefit https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/chelation-therapy-and-cv-risk-why-tact2-showed-no-benefit-2024a1000761?src= JAMA TACT 1 paper https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1672238 Diabetes Subgroup paper https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24254885/ A New Look at P-values https://evidence.nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1056/EVIDoa2300003 PARAGON HF https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1908655 II. Interatrial Shunts for HF No Net HF Benefit for Interarterial Shunt Device https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/no-net-hf-benefit-interarterial-shunt-device-2024a10006kk REDUCE LAP HF II https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00016-2 III. Triglyceride Lowering Early Olezarsen Results Show 50% Reduction in Triglycerides https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/early-olezarsen-results-show-50-reduction-triglycerides-2024a10006oz Is It Time to Stop Treating High Triglycerides? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/990126 NEJM • https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2402309 Substantial Triglyceride Reduction With Plozasiran https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/substantial-triglyceride-reduction-plozasiran-2024a10006wf?icd=login_success_email_match_norm JAMA Cardiology • https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/article-abstract/2817469 IV. Diltiazem and Factor Xa inhibitors JAMA Vanderbilt University Paper • https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2817546 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 news@medscape.net