AHA 2024 - Milton Packer shares the results of the SUMMIT trial, in which the efficacy of the dual GIP/GLP-1RA tirzepatide was examined in patients with HFpEF and obesity. He says: “This is really very exciting news and information. We think it would change the practice of how these patients are treated in the future.”
Tirzepatide reduces HF events in patients with HFpEF and obesity

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This video was recorded during the AHA Scientific Sessions 2024 in Chicago, IL, US.
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Milton Packer, MD, is an internationally recognized clinical investigator in the field of heart failure. He spent most of this career in New York City, where he was the Dickinson Richards Professor and Chief of the Division of CIrculatory Physiology at Columbia University. From 2004-2015 he was Professor and Chair of the Department of Clinical Sciences at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Dr. Packer is currently the Distinguished Scholar in Cardiovascular Science at Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health.
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This recording was developed under auspices of PACE-CME. Views expressed in the recording are those of the presenter and do not necessarily reflect the views of PACE-CME.
Find the publication of this study online at N Eng J Med.
Release date: 18 November 2024
Overview
AHA 2024 - Milton Packer shares the results of the SUMMIT trial, in which the efficacy of the dual GIP/GLP-1RA tirzepatide was examined in patients with HFpEF and obesity. He says: “This is really very exciting news and information. We think it would change the practice of how these patients are treated in the future.”
Educational information
This video was recorded during the AHA Scientific Sessions 2024 in Chicago, IL, US.
Faculty
Milton Packer, MD, is an internationally recognized clinical investigator in the field of heart failure. He spent most of this career in New York City, where he was the Dickinson Richards Professor and Chief of the Division of CIrculatory Physiology at Columbia University. From 2004-2015 he was Professor and Chair of the Department of Clinical Sciences at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Dr. Packer is currently the Distinguished Scholar in Cardiovascular Science at Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health.
Disclaimer
This recording was developed under auspices of PACE-CME. Views expressed in the recording are those of the presenter and do not necessarily reflect the views of PACE-CME.
Find the publication of this study online at N Eng J Med.
Release date: 18 November 2024
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