What Does the Cardiologist Need to Know About SGLT2 Inhibitors?

Published: 25 August 2020

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    Part 4 Panel Discussion
    John JV McMurray, Avivit Cahn, Mikhail Kosiborod
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Overview

In this Educational Symposium from the e-SPACE Heart Failure Global Web-Conference, John McMurray, Mikhail Kosiborod and Avivit Cahn discuss historical data demonstrating the efficacy of SGLT2 inhibitors in HF patients with T2DM, look at data on the use of the agents in non-diabetics and other populations with HFrEF in regards to the DAPA-HF study; and assess how SGLT2 inhibitors should be incorporated within the context of existing therapies in the HFrEF landscape.

 

Organised by the University of Glasgow. Funded by an unrestricted educational grant from AstraZeneca.

Education Objectives

  • Revisit or Enhance Awareness of Historical Data Demonstrating the Efficacy of sglt2 Inhibitors With Regards to Hf Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes Populations
  • Explore the Recent Emergence of the SGLT2 Inhibitor Class in Non-Diabetes HF Populations and the Clinical Effects of Dapagliflozin Across a Broad Range of Patients With HF With Reduced Ejection Fraction (HfrEF) From the DAPA-HF Trial
  • Strengthen Understanding of How to Use SGLT2 Inhibitors Safely and Effectively in HfrEF, and Within the Context of Existing Therapies in the HFrEF Landscape

More from this programme

Part 1

Welcome & Introductions

Part 2

SGLT2 in Prevention of Heart Failure

Part 3

DAPA-HF ‘Deep Dive’

Part 4

Panel Discussion

Faculty Biographies

Mikhail Kosiborod

Mikhail Kosiborod

Cardiologist

Dr Mikhail Kosiborod is a cardiologist, the Vice President of Research at Saint Luke's Health System, and Professor of Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, US.

He is also Director of Cardiometabolic Research and Co-Director of the Saint Luke’s Michael & Marlys Haverty Cardiometabolic Center of Excellence at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute. Dr Kosiborod is an internationally-recognised expert in the fields of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, cardiometabolic and cardiorenal syndromes.

Dr Kosiborod is involved in the leadership of numerous clinical trials and multi-center registries, and is currently the principal investigator of several investigator-initiated, multi-center trials in diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

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