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EMPEROR PRESERVED trial. Empagliflozin in HFpEF patients - Finally something works in HFpEF.
6 minutes Posted Nov 13, 2021 at 1:02 pm.
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#EMPEROR PRESERVED trial was recently published in #NEJM in 2021. It was also presented at #ESC2021.
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (#HFpEF) is responsible of more than half of the cases of heart failure.
It is a difficult to diagnose and difficult to treat condition.
#Emplagliflozin and #dapagloflozin are 2 #SGLT2inhibitors have been found to be useful drugs in the management of #heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. The EMPEROR REDUCED and DAPA-HF trials have proven the efficacy of both these drugs in #heartfailure with reduced ejection (HFrEF).
The #EMPEROR PRESERVED trial tested that whether #emplagliflozin can be useful in the management of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (#HFpEF).