Association between sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors and a reduced risk of heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a real-world nationwide population-based cohort study

Abstract Background Recently, two large randomized controlled trials which only included patients with underlying cardiovascular disease (CVD) or patients at high risk for CVD showed that two sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT-2is) significantly reduced hospitalization for heart failur...

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Main Authors: Young-Gun Kim, Seung Jin Han, Dae Jung Kim, Kwan-Woo Lee, Hae Jin Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:Cardiovascular Diabetology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12933-018-0737-5