AHA Scientific Sessions 2024 Late-Breaking and Featured Science Collection

Published: 29 October 2024

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Overview

Keep up-to-date with our video collection covering the American Heart Association's 2024 Scientific Sessions in Chicago. For expert insights on the hottest late-breaking and featured science trials, tune in to our collection.

  • To catch reviews on the most awaited trials, watch our recurring series View From the ThoraxCenter, hosted by Prof Nicolas Van Mieghem and Dr Joost Daemen (Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, NL).
  • Watch out for the Late-Breaker Discussions with Dr Harriette Van Spall for key clinical trial data and its implications for future research.
  • Our concise Expert Interviews provide key data, study designs and take-home messages from select faculty.
  • Don't miss the key take aways from our Highlights series.

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Part 1

View From the Thoraxcenter

About the episode

AHA Conference 2024 - Outcomes of SELECT show that semaglutide treatment in obese or overweight patients with prior history of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery reduces the risk of cardiovascular events.

 

Dr Subodh Verma (University of Toronto, Toronto, CA) joins us onsite at AHA Conference to discuss the findings from SELECT (NCT03574597).

 

SELECT is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial investigating the use of semaglutide compared to placebo in obese or overweight patients with prior history of cardiovascular disease, including those with prior history of CABG. 17,604 patients were enrolled in the trial and were followed up from randomization up to 240 weeks. The primary outcome measure was the number of participants with first occurrence of a composite outcome measure consisting of non-fatal myocardial infarction, non-fatal stroke, and cardiovascular death.

 

Interview Questions:
1.    What is the reasoning behind the trial and current research landscape for semaglutide treatment?
2.    What was the study design and patient population?
3.    What were the key findings?
4.    What are the take-home messages for practice?
5.    What further research is needed in this area?

 

Recorded on-site at AHA Conference in Chicago, 2024.

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

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

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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