Empagliflozin in Heart Failure with a Preserved Ejection Fraction
In a randomized trial, 5988 patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction were assigned to receive either empagliflozin or placebo in addition to usual therapy. At a median of 26 months, the empagliflozin group had a lower incidence of cardiovascular death or hospitalization for heart...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The New England journal of medicine 2021-10, Vol.385 (16), p.1451-1461 |
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Zusammenfassung: | In a randomized trial, 5988 patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction were assigned to receive either empagliflozin or placebo in addition to usual therapy. At a median of 26 months, the empagliflozin group had a lower incidence of cardiovascular death or hospitalization for heart failure than the placebo group. |
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ISSN: | 0028-4793 1533-4406 |
DOI: | 10.1056/NEJMoa2107038 |