Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes with Empagliflozin in Heart Failure

Milton Packer¹, Stefan D Anker¹, Javed Butler¹+37

• ¹From Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas (M.P.); Imperial College (M.P.) and the Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (S.J.P.), London, BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (N.S.), and the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester (I.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Cardiology and Berlin Institute of Health Center for Regenerative Therapies, German Center for Cardiovascular Research Partner Site Berlin, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin (S.D.A.), Boehringer Ingelheim International, Ingelheim (M. Brueckmann, W.J.), Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim (M. Brueckmann), Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma, Biberach (C.Z.), Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Saarland University, Homburg-Saar (M. Böhm), and the Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg (C.W.) - all in Germany; the Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson (J.B.); National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens (G.F.); Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington DC (P.C.); the Division of Cardiology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (J.J.); the Division of Cardiac Surgery, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto (S.V.), Boehringer Ingelheim Canada, Burlington, ON (K.K.), and the Division of Cardiology, McGill University and Health Centre, Montreal (N.G.) - all in Canada; the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan (H.T.); Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Ridgefield, CT (J. Schnee, D.C.); Heart Institute, São Paulo University Medical School, São Paulo (E.B.); the Department of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea (D.-J.C.); the Department of Cardiology, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi, India (V.C.); the Department of Clinical Cardiology, National Institute of Cardiology, Mexico City (E.C.); the Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (S.J.); Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (J.Z.); the Cardiology Department, University Hospital, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (J.R.G.J.); the Department of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles (S.K.); Maastricht Heart and Vascular Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands (H.P.B.-L.R.); the Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary (B.M.); Victorian Heart Institute and Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (S.J.N.); Fleni Institute and Hospital El Cruce-Nestor Kirchner, Buenos Aires (S.P.); the Department of Medicine, Wayne State and Central Michigan Universities, Detroit (I.P.); the Center for Heart Diseases, Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland (P.P.); the Cardiovascular Department, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo (M.S.), and the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa (S.T.) - both in Italy; the Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Jean Minjoz, Besançon (M.-F.S.), and Université de Lorraine, INSERM Investigation Network Initiative-Cardiovascular and Renal Clinical Trialists, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Nancy (F.Z.) - both in France; and Internal Cardiology, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic (J. Spinar).