The Effect of Sodium-Glucose Co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) Inhibitors on Cardiometabolic Profile; Beyond the Hypoglycaemic Action

Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 215-225

  Lioudaki, Eirini ^a,b   Androulakis, Emmanouil S ^c   Whyte, Martin ^d,e   Stylianou, Konstantinos G ^b   Daphnis, Eugenios K ^b   Ganotakis, Emmanouil S ^b  

^a EPSOM AND ST HELIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Diabetes; Heart; Inhibitor; Kidney; Sodium glucose co transporter 2

Indexed keywords

CANAGLIFLOZIN; DAPAGLIFLOZIN; EMPAGLIFLOZIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; IPRAGLIFLOZIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; METFORMIN; SODIUM GLUCOSE COTRANSPORTER 2 INHIBITOR; URIC ACID; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SLC5A2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SODIUM GLUCOSE COTRANSPORTER 2;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; DRUG MECHANISM; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MONOTHERAPY; NATRIURESIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSMOTIC DIURESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL PROTECTION; SODIUM EXCRETION; TREATMENT DURATION; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DRUG EFFECTS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL; SODIUM-GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 2; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85018684016     PISSN: 09203206     EISSN: 15737241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10557-017-6724-3     Document Type: Article

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