Switch to gliflozins and biventricular function improvement in patients with chronic heart failure and diabetes mellitus

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BACKGROUND: SGLT2 inhibitors have been shown to reduce hospitalisation in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). The cardioprotective mechanisms of gliflozins however have not been fully elucidated. The aim of this study was therefore to evaluate the effect of SGLT2 inhibitors on right and left ventricular function in patients with diabetes and HF.

METHODS: Seventy-eight patients with diabetes and CHF were enroled in the study and followed up; 38 started treatment with SGLT2i, while the remaining 40 continued their previous antidiabetic therapy. All patients underwent conventional, TDI and strain echocardiography in an ambulatory setting, at the beginning and after 3 months of therapy with SGLT2i.

RESULTS: After 3 months of therapy with SGLT2i, echocardiographic parameters assessing both left and right ventricular dimensions and function were found as significantly improved in patients switching to SGLT2i than control group: LVEF (45 ± 9% vs. 40 ± 8%, p < 0.001), LVEDD (54 ± 6.5 vs. 56 ± 6.5 mm, p < 0.01), GLS (-13 ± 4% vs. -10 ± 3%, p < 0.001), TAPSE (21 ± 3 vs. 19 ± 3 mm, p < 0.001), RV S' (12.9 ± 2.5 vs 11.0 ± 1.9 cm/sec, p < 0.001) and PAsP (24 ± 8 vs. 31 ± 9 mmHg, p < 0.001). Also mitral (1.0 ± 0.5 vs. 1.3 ± 0.5, p < 0.01) and tricuspid regurgitation (1.0 ± 0.5 vs. 1.3 ± 0.5, p < 0.01) improved after SGLT2i therapy. Changes were not statistically significant in patients not treated with SGLT2i (p n.s. in all cases).

CONCLUSIONS: In a real-world scenario, treatment with SGLT2i in patients with CHF and diabetes is associated with an improvement in both left and right ventricular function assessed at echocardiography. These data may explain potential anti-remodelling effects of gliflozins.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

2023

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

Enthalten in:

Clinical physiology and functional imaging - 44(2023), 1 vom: 05. Jan., Seite 112-117

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Correale, Michele [VerfasserIn]
Mazzeo, Pietro [VerfasserIn]
Fortunato, Martino [VerfasserIn]
Paradiso, Matteo [VerfasserIn]
Furore, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Fanizzi, Angela I [VerfasserIn]
Tricarico, Lucia [VerfasserIn]
Pastore, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Alfieri, Simona [VerfasserIn]
Brunetti, Natale D [VerfasserIn]
Lamacchia, Olga [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Diabetes
Gliflozins
Journal Article
Left ventricular function
PAsP
Right ventricular function
SGLT2 inhibitors
Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors
TAPSE

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Date Completed 07.12.2023

Date Revised 07.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/cpf.12857

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362893489