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Contemporary Management of Heart Failure in Patients With Diabetes

James A Shaw1,2, Mark E Cooper3,4,5

  • 1Department of Cardiology, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

Diabetes Care
|November 21, 2020
PubMed

Insights

Heart failure and diabetes treatments are improving, with new diabetes drugs benefiting heart failure patients. Further research is needed for type 1 diabetes patients with heart failure.

Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Endocrinology
  • Pharmacology

Background:

  • Heart failure and diabetes are increasingly prevalent conditions with a known interrelationship.
  • Conventional heart failure therapies benefit patients with diabetes.
  • Newer type 2 diabetes medications show significant cardiovascular and heart failure benefits.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review current heart failure therapies and their role in patients with diabetes.
  • To discuss newer glucose-lowering medications and their benefits for heart failure patients.
  • To highlight the need for further investigation into heart failure in type 1 diabetes.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of current therapeutic strategies.
  • Analysis of clinical trial data on glucose-lowering medications.
  • Synthesis of evidence regarding cardiovascular outcomes.

Main Results:

  • Conventional and newer heart failure therapies offer benefits to diabetic patients.
  • Certain glucose-lowering medications improve heart failure outcomes.
  • Heart failure in type 1 diabetes is under-researched.

Conclusions:

  • Therapeutic strategies for heart failure must consider the presence of diabetes.
  • Glucose-lowering medications represent a promising avenue for managing comorbid heart failure.
  • More research is essential to address heart failure in type 1 diabetes.

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