Role of SGLT2 Inhibitors in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and Heart Failure

Current Heart Failure Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 275-283

  Verbrugge, Frederik H ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Diabetes mellitus; Heart failure; Hypoglycemic agents; Sodium glucose transporter 2

Indexed keywords

ALBIGLUTIDE; ALOGLIPTIN; CANAGLIFLOZIN; DAPAGLIFLOZIN; DULAGLUTIDE; EMPAGLIFLOZIN; EXENDIN 4; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; LINAGLIPTIN; LIRAGLUTIDE; LIXISENATIDE; METFORMIN; PIOGLITAZONE; ROSIGLITAZONE; SAXAGLIPTIN; SEMAGLUTIDE; SITAGLIPTIN; SODIUM GLUCOSE COTRANSPORTER 2 INHIBITOR; SULFONYLUREA; VILDAGLIPTIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSIDE; SODIUM GLUCOSE COTRANSPORTER 2;

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLADDER CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLUCOSURIA; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY RISK; OSTEOPOROSIS; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DIABETIC CARDIOMYOPATHY;

BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETIC CARDIOMYOPATHIES; GLUCOSIDES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; SODIUM-GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 2;

EID: 85021187904     PISSN: 15469530     EISSN: 15469549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11897-017-0340-1     Document Type: Review

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