Abstract :
[en] Patients with type 2 diabetes are exposed to a higher risk of cardiac arrhythmias, both supraventricular (atrial fibrillation or flutter) and ventricular (tachycardia, fibrillation, potentially leading to cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death). The risk is even higher in the presence of heart failure. In the last few years, the interest for cardiac arrhythmias has been supplanted by the focus on “MACE 3-points” (cardiovascular mortality, nonfatal myocardial infarction and nonfatal stroke) and hospitalisations for heart failure. Sodium-glucose co-transporter type 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) improve the cardiovascular prognosis and the outcome of heart failure. Findings derived from controlled clinical trials and large prospective cardiovascular outcome trials as well as observational retrospective cohort studies showed that SGLT2i may reduce the risk of atrial fibrillation/flutter, severe ventricular arrhythmias and cardiac arrest/sudden cardiac death, even if some data are not well supported and sometimes discordant. The relationships between these antiarrhythmic effects of SGLT2i and the occurrence of ischemic stroke, heart failure-related complications and overall cardiovascular mortality deserve special attention and are discussed in the present article. © 2022 Elsevier Masson SAS
Disciplines :
Endocrinology, metabolism & nutrition
Pharmacy, pharmacology & toxicology
Cardiovascular & respiratory systems
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