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SUBMITTER: Kubota Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9627935 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kubota Yoshiaki Y Shimizu Wataru W
JACC. Asia 20220607 3
In addition to showing antidiabetic effects, sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors also reduce cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. In major trials of cardiovascular outcomes, SGLT2 inhibitors have been shown to improve cardiovascular and renal outcomes, including reduced rehospitalization in patients with heart failure, regardless of the presence of diabetes. A recent report showed that the benefits of SGLT2 inhibitors in terms of cardiovascular deaths/ad ...[more]