Clinical Context The relationship between obesity and cardiovascular disease has long been recognized, but proving that weight loss reduces cardiovascular…
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Cardiovascular outcomes, heart failure, cardio-renal protection, hypertension, and lipid-lowering trials in diabetes and endocrinology.
Summary: In adults with overweight/obesity (BMI ≥27) and established atherosclerotic CVD, without diabetes, semaglutide 2.4 mg once weekly for median…
Summary: In 1,145 patients with obesity-related HFpEF (BMI ≥30, LVEF ≥45%) with NYHA class II-IV symptoms, semaglutide 2.4 mg subcutaneous…
Summary: In adults with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease on stable ACE inhibitor or ARB therapy, semaglutide 1.0…
Summary: In 1,145 patients with obesity-related HFpEF (BMI ≥30, LVEF ≥45%) from pooled STEP-HFpEF trials, stratified by baseline NT-proBNP tertiles,…
Summary: In 1,145 adults with obesity-related HFpEF (BMI ≥30, LVEF ≥45%, NYHA II-IV) pooled from STEP-HFpEF and STEP-HFpEF DM trials,…
Summary: In 616 adults with HFpEF (EF ≥45%), obesity (BMI ≥30), and type 2 diabetes, semaglutide 2.4 mg subcutaneous weekly…
In patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and obesity, tirzepatide significantly reduced the composite risk of cardiovascular death or worsening heart failure and improved health status compared to placebo, though it was associated with higher gastrointestinal side effects.
In patients with type 2 diabetes, intensive blood-pressure control (targeting systolic BP <120 mm Hg) significantly reduced cardiovascular events compared to standard treatment (systolic BP <140 mm Hg), though it was associated with increased risks of symptomatic hypotension and hyperkalemia.
In patients with type 2 diabetes at high cardiovascular (CV) risk, oral semaglutide demonstrated non-inferior cardiovascular safety to placebo, showing no significant increase in major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), which included cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, and non-fatal stroke.
