Cardiovascular Safety of Incretin-Based Therapies in Type 2 Diabetes: Systematic Review of Integrated Analyses and Randomized Controlled Trials

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Mannucci, Edoardo ^a   Monami, Matteo ^a  

^a Careggi Teaching Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitor; Glucagon like peptide 1 receptor agonist; MACE; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ALBIGLUTIDE; ALOGLIPTIN; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITOR; DULAGLUTIDE; DUTOGLIPTIN; EXENDIN 4; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1 RECEPTOR AGONIST; INCRETIN; LINAGLIPTIN; LIRAGLUTIDE; LIXISENATIDE; METFORMIN; PLACEBO; SAXAGLIPTIN; SEMAGLUTIDE; SITAGLIPTIN; SULFONYLUREA; TASPOGLUTIDE; VILDAGLIPTIN; ADAMANTANE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDE; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1 RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; URACIL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETIC PATIENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC);

ADAMANTANE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIPEPTIDES; DIPEPTIDYL-PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITORS; GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE-1 RECEPTOR; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INCRETINS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PEPTIDES; PIPERIDINES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SITAGLIPTIN PHOSPHATE; URACIL;

EID: 84995466951     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: 18658652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12325-016-0432-4     Document Type: Review

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