Major adverse cardiovascular and limb events in patients with diabetes and concomitant peripheral artery disease treated with sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor versus dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor

Abstract Background Whether sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) are associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular as well as adverse lower limb events in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and concomitant peripheral artery disease (PAD) is unclear. We aimed to evaluate th...

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Main Authors: Hsin-Fu Lee, Shao-Wei Chen, Jia-Rou Liu, Pei-Ru Li, Lung-Sheng Wu, Shang-Hung Chang, Yung-Hsin Yeh, Chi-Tai Kuo, Yi-Hsin Chan, Lai-Chu See
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:Cardiovascular Diabetology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12933-020-01118-0