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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2024

The Role of Sodium Glucose Co-Transporter 2 Inhibitors in Atrial Fibrillation: A Comprehensive Review.

Panagiotis Stachteas, Athina Nasoufidou, Efstratios Karagiannidis, Dimitrios Patoulias, Paschalis Karakasis, Sophia Alexiou, Athanasios Samaras, Georgios Zormpas, George Stavropoulos, Dimitrios Tsalikakis and 3 more

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Panagiotis StachteasSecond Cardiology Department, Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-1657-4696
Athina NasoufidouSecond Cardiology Department, Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3057-5297
Efstratios KaragiannidisSecond Cardiology Department, Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8328-5942
Dimitrios PatouliasOutpatient Department of Cardiometabolic Medicine, Second Cardiology Department, Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6899-684X
Paschalis KarakasisSecond Cardiology Department, Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-3561-5713
Sophia AlexiouSecond Cardiology Department, Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Athanasios SamarasSecond Cardiology Department, Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Georgios ZormpasSecond Cardiology Department, Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
George StavropoulosSecond Cardiology Department, Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Dimitrios TsalikakisDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, 50100 Kozani, Greece.
George KassimisSecond Cardiology Department, Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Christodoulos PapadopoulosThird Cardiology Department, Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-9643-9066
Nikolaos FragakisSecond Cardiology Department, Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent arrhythmia among adults worldwide, frequently co-occurring with comorbidities such as Heart Failure (HF) and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). This association contributes to increased morbidity and mortality, elevated healthcare costs, and diminished quality of life. Consequently, preventing or delaying the onset and recurrence of AF is crucial for reducing the incidence of complications. Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is), due to their multifaceted pharmacological actions, have been proposed as potential therapeutic agents in the management of AF. However, current evidence from both animal models and clinical studies remains inconclusive. This narrative literature review aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of existing evidence on the impact of SGLT2is on the prevalence, incidence of new-onset, and recurrence of AF in diabetic populations and patients with HF. Numerous observational studies, predominantly retrospective, suggest a consistent reduction in AF risk with SGLT2is, while randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have yielded mixed results, with some demonstrating benefits and others not reaching statistical significance. The heterogeneity in study outcomes, population characteristics, follow-up duration, and specific SGLT2is used, as well as potential biases, underscore the need for further extensive and rigorous RCTs to establish definitive conclusions and elucidate the underlying mechanisms.

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AF episodesAF incidenceAF recurrenceantiarrhythmicatrial arrhythmiasgliflozinsSGLT-2 inhibitors

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PMID39336895
PMCPMC11431971

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