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1Service de Diabétologie, Nutrition et Maladies métaboliques, CHU Liège, Belgique.
Abstract:
Sodium-glucose cotransporter type 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i or gliflozins) improve the prognosis of patients with heart failure, independently of the presence of diabetes. They are now recommended for the treatment of heart failure in international guidelines. The addition of a gliflozin driven by such a cardiological indication may require some adjustment of the antidiabetic therapy. The aim of this concise article is to discuss the potential risk of hypoglycaemia, highly deleterious in fragile patients at risk, following the prescription of a gliflozin in patients with heart failure. Different clinical situations will be considered, both in nondiabetic patients and in patients with type 2 diabetes already treated with a variety of antihyperglycaemic agents, metformin, sulphonylureas, gliptins, GLP-1 receptor agonists and insulin.
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