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The effects of empagliflozin, an inhibitor of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2, in addition to standard care, on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes at high cardiovascular risk are not known.
Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors reduce the risk of hospitalization for heart failure in patients regardless of the presence or absence of diabetes. More evidence is needed regarding the effects of these drugs in patients across the broad spectrum of heart failure, including those with a markedly reduced ejection fraction.
Abbreviated Title:
Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs
ISSN
(Print):
1354-3784
ISSN
(Electronic):
1744-7658
Publication date Created:
November
02 2023
Publication date
(Electronic):
October
30 2023
Publication date
(Print):
November
02 2023
Volume: 32
Issue: 11
Pages: 1025-1042
Affiliations
[1
]Division of Pulmonary, Sleep and Critical Care Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and
the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA