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The Potential Risks of GLP-1s

CardiacWire

As expected, GLP-1s reduced MI risk by 9%, cardiac arrest by 22%, incident HF by 11%, ischemic stroke by 7%, and hemorrhagic stroke by 14%. GLP-1s also led to an 8% lower risk of dementia and 12% lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease. The less good news? Theres still no free lunch in healthcare.

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Abstract 4141439: Catheter ablation and clinical outcomes among older Medicare beneficiaries with atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HR) for the composite and individual endpoints from CABANA trial (death, stroke, major bleeding or cardiac arrest) and CASTLE-AF trial (death or heart failure). years; 55% female, 28% frailty, 13% dementia), including 8% receiving CA. The mean follow-up was 1.8