Title
SGLT-2 inhibitors for patients with heart failure: What have we learned recently?
Document Type
Article
Department
Office of the Provost; Cardiology
Abstract
Purpose of review: In this review, we discuss the mechanisms of action of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2i) and the purported protective effects for mitigating heart failure (HF)-related outcomes.
Recent findings: Major randomized clinical trials have demonstrated the cardiovascular safety and efficacy of SGLT-2i among patients without known HF and those with established HF with reduced ejection fraction or preserved ejection fraction (HFrEF and HFpEF respectively). Recent HF guidelines have incorporated SGLT-2i in HF treatment algorithms. SGLT-2i have emerged as a novel treatment for both prevention of HF and reduction of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality among patients with existing HFrEF or HFpEF.
Publication
Current atherosclerosis reports
Recommended Citation
Rifai, M. A.,
Newby, L. K.,
Nair, A. P.,
Misra, A.,
Rogers, J. G.,
Fedson, S.,
Virani, S. S.
(2022). SGLT-2 inhibitors for patients with heart failure: What have we learned recently?. Current atherosclerosis reports, 24(8), 627-634.
Available at:
https://ecommons.aku.edu/provost_office/112
Comments
This work was published before the author joined Aga Khan University.