New research suggests that sodium-glucose transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are safe and well-tolerated in people with heart failure related to adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) and can reduce hospitalization rates. This offers hope for improved treatment options for these patients.
Sodium-glucose transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are safe and well-tolerated in people with heart failure (HF) related to adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) and associated with reduced hospitalization rates in these patients, new research suggested. "There's hope now that there's a pharmacotherapy that can really impact the course of these patients," study author Anastasia D.
Egorova, MD, PhD, senior medical specialist, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands, told Patients with congenital heart disease typically receive surgical interventions at a young age, although they're not "cured," and many develop HF as a "natural course" later on, said Egorova. "We're only now starting to see the full dimension of this because a lot of congenital heart patients are surviving into advanced age." HF is often under-recognized in patients with ACHD, partly because they have more difficulty identifying their symptoms than those with acquired HF, said Egorova
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