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ReviewCardiovascular diabetology2024

Updated evidence on cardiovascular and renal effects of GLP-1 receptor agonists and combination therapy with SGLT2 inhibitors and finerenone: a narrative review and perspectives.

Kosuke Sawami, Atsushi Tanaka, Koichi Node

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Review in Cardiovascular diabetology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  5. Metabolic dysfunction and the use of adjunct medications in type 1 diabetes.Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity · 2026
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  8. A Review on Finerenone and Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF).Cardiovascular & hematological disorders drug targets · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Kosuke SawamiDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Atsushi TanakaDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saga University, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga, 849-8501, Japan. tanakaa2@cc.saga-u.ac.jp.
Koichi NodeDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saga University, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga, 849-8501, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) have a reliable hypoglycaemic and weight-loss effect that can intervene in obesity, which is the basis of type 2 diabetes pathology. GLP-1RA therapy has shown potential benefits in reducing the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events and improving kidney outcomes in patients with diabetes at high risk for cardiovascular disease. More recent evidence is expanding their benefits to heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and clinically important renal outcomes in patients with and without diabetes. Some sub-analyses of large clinical trials suggest that GLP-1RA and sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor combination therapy may provide more significant reductions in heart failure hospitalization and renal composite events than each alone. Moreover, the addition of finerenone to this combination therapy could potentially provide stronger cardiorenal protective benefits. Further studies are needed to assess the potential cardiovascular and renal benefits of combination therapy and to determine suitable patient population for the therapy.

Indexed as

Cardiovascular DiseasesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Drug Therapy, CombinationGlucagon-Like Peptide-1 ReceptorGlucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor AgonistsKidneySodium-Glucose Transporter 2 InhibitorsBlood GlucoseCardiovascular SystemDiabetic NephropathiesHumansHypoglycemic AgentsIncretinsKidney DiseasesMineralocorticoid Receptor AntagonistsNaphthyridinesBlood GlucosefinerenoneGLP1R protein, humanGlucagon-Like Peptide-1 ReceptorGlucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor AgonistsHypoglycemic AgentsIncretinsMineralocorticoid Receptor AntagonistsNaphthyridinesSodium-Glucose Transporter 2 InhibitorsCardiovascular and kidney outcomesCombination therapyFinerenoneGlucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonistSodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor

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PMID39548500
PMCPMC11568621

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