Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors in Diabetic Patients with Heart Failure: An Update

Diabetes mellitus and heart failure are two diseases that are commonly found together, in particular in older patients. High blood glucose has a detrimental effect on the cardiovascular system, and worse glycemic control contributes to the onset and the recrudesce of heart failure. Therefore, any sp...

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Main Authors: Nicia I. Profili, Roberto Castelli, Antonio Gidaro, Roberto Manetti, Margherita Maioli, Alessandro P. Delitala
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Antonio Gidaro
Roberto Manetti
Margherita Maioli
Alessandro P. Delitala
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description Diabetes mellitus and heart failure are two diseases that are commonly found together, in particular in older patients. High blood glucose has a detrimental effect on the cardiovascular system, and worse glycemic control contributes to the onset and the recrudesce of heart failure. Therefore, any specific treatment aimed to reduce glycated hemoglobin may, in turn, have a beneficial effect on heart failure. Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors have been initially developed for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus, and their significant action is to increase glycosuria, which in turn causes a reduction in glucose blood level and contributes to the reduction of cardiovascular risk. However, recent clinical trials have progressively demonstrated that the glycosuric effect of the sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors also have a diuretic effect, which is a crucial target in the management of patients with heart failure. Additional studies also documented that sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors improve the therapeutical management of heart failure, independently by the glycemic control and, therefore, by the presence of diabetes mellitus. In this review, we analyzed studies and trials demonstrating the efficacy of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors in treating chronic and acute heart failure.
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spelling doaj-art-5a5b4d98c205475eac1329be22ece3af2025-08-20T02:05:07ZengMDPI AGPharmaceuticals1424-82472024-10-011711141910.3390/ph17111419Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors in Diabetic Patients with Heart Failure: An UpdateNicia I. Profili0Roberto Castelli1Antonio Gidaro2Roberto Manetti3Margherita Maioli4Alessandro P. Delitala5Department of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, ItalyDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Luigi Sacco, Luigi Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, 20157 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, ItalyDepartment of Biochemical Science, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, ItalyDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, ItalyDiabetes mellitus and heart failure are two diseases that are commonly found together, in particular in older patients. High blood glucose has a detrimental effect on the cardiovascular system, and worse glycemic control contributes to the onset and the recrudesce of heart failure. Therefore, any specific treatment aimed to reduce glycated hemoglobin may, in turn, have a beneficial effect on heart failure. Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors have been initially developed for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus, and their significant action is to increase glycosuria, which in turn causes a reduction in glucose blood level and contributes to the reduction of cardiovascular risk. However, recent clinical trials have progressively demonstrated that the glycosuric effect of the sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors also have a diuretic effect, which is a crucial target in the management of patients with heart failure. Additional studies also documented that sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors improve the therapeutical management of heart failure, independently by the glycemic control and, therefore, by the presence of diabetes mellitus. In this review, we analyzed studies and trials demonstrating the efficacy of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors in treating chronic and acute heart failure.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/17/11/1419SGLT2iNa<sup>+</sup>-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitorschronic heart failureacute heart failurediabetescardiovascular disease
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Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors in Diabetic Patients with Heart Failure: An Update
Pharmaceuticals
SGLT2i
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chronic heart failure
acute heart failure
diabetes
cardiovascular disease
title Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors in Diabetic Patients with Heart Failure: An Update
title_full Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors in Diabetic Patients with Heart Failure: An Update
title_fullStr Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors in Diabetic Patients with Heart Failure: An Update
title_full_unstemmed Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors in Diabetic Patients with Heart Failure: An Update
title_short Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors in Diabetic Patients with Heart Failure: An Update
title_sort sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors in diabetic patients with heart failure an update
topic SGLT2i
Na<sup>+</sup>-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors
chronic heart failure
acute heart failure
diabetes
cardiovascular disease
url https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/17/11/1419
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