The Role of SGLT-2 Inhibitors as Part of Optimal Medical Therapy in Improving Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease

Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 311-318

  Mosleh, Wassim ^a   Sharma, Abhinav ^b   Sidhu, Mandeep S ^c   Page, Brian ^a   Sharma, Umesh C ^a   Farkouh, Michael E ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Diabetes mellitus; Optimal medical therapy; Outcomes; SGLT2 inhibitors

Indexed keywords

SODIUM GLUCOSE COTRANSPORTER 2 INHIBITOR; SODIUM GLUCOSE COTRANSPORTER 2;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OPTIMAL MEDICAL THERAPY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVASCULARIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THERAPY; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; SODIUM-GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 2;

EID: 85019884634     PISSN: 09203206     EISSN: 15737241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10557-017-6729-y     Document Type: Article

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