Effect of sitagliptin on the echocardiographic parameters of left ventricular diastolic function in patients with type 2 diabetes: a subgroup analysis of the PROLOGUE study

Abstract Background Diabetes is associated closely with an increased risk of cardiovascular events, including diastolic dysfunction and heart failure that leads to a shortening of life expectancy. It is therefore extremely valuable to evaluate the impact of antidiabetic agents on cardiac function. H...

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Published in:	Cardiovascular Diabetology
Main Authors:	Hirotsugu Yamada, Atsushi Tanaka, Kenya Kusunose, Rie Amano, Munehide Matsuhisa, Hiroyuki Daida, Masaaki Ito, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Mamoru Nanasato, Haruo Kamiya, Yasuko K. Bando, Masato Odawara, Hisako Yoshida, Toyoaki Murohara, Masataka Sata, Koichi Node, for the PROLOGUE Study Investigators
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2017-05-01
Subjects:	Sitagliptin T2DM Echocardiography Diastolic function NT-proBNP
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12933-017-0546-2