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Kidney Compass: Semaglutide for Nondiabetic Kidney Disease, with Hiddo Heerspink, PhD, PharmD, at Kidney Week 2024

HCPLive

Hiddo Heerspink, PhD, PharmD, joins the podcast during Kidney Week 2024 to discuss the SMART trial and the potential of semaglutide in people with kidney disease without diabetes.

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Cardiorenal effects of therapies for type 2 diabetes and obesity

The British Journal of Cardiology

Sodium-glucose cotransporter type 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists are established glucose-lowering and weight-lowering agents used in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity.

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Top 10 Cardiac Diagnosis Trends in 2024

GEMMS

Gene-Based Analysis Predictive analytics is vital in reducing morbidity and mortality, with healthcare startups focusing on early risk prediction and disease detection. Much of heart disease is linked to conditions like diabetes, obesity, or chronic kidney disease, and specific mutations in nucleic acids help identify them.

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Injectable Angioplasty Balloon Catheter Transforms Peripheral Procedures, Users Report Reduced Equipment and Contrast Needs

DAIC

Photo: Business Wire milla1cf Thu, 01/18/2024 - 14:05 January 18, 2024 — Summa Therapeutics, LLC announced that the first-in-man injectable angioplasty procedures for patients with below-knee peripheral arterial disease (PAD) were performed successfully using its Finesse Injectable balloon catheter platform.

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Abstract WP278: Trends in GLP1RA and SGLT2i Use in Ischemic Stroke Patients With Diabetes

Stroke Journal

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWP278-AWP278, February 1, 2024. Background:The current AHA stroke prevention guidelines give Class 1 recommendations that patients with AIS and diabetes should receive glucose-lowering agents with cardiovascular benefit to reduce risk of MACE.

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Understanding the failings of yesterday to improve the outcomes of tomorrow: a CardioRenal story

The British Journal of Cardiology

2–4 The studies will be well-known to nephrologists and demonstrated that angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs) had anti-proteinuric effects and/or slowed the decline of kidney function in patients with diabetic kidney disease. Clinicians and health care systems must be encouraged to make use of these treatments.”

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Abstract 4137914: Eligibility for Semaglutide in US Adults with Diabetes and Potentially Preventable Cardiovascular Events Projected from the SUSTAIN-6 Trial

Circulation

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4137914-A4137914, November 12, 2024. This included an HbA1c>7.0%, age>50 with established CVD, heart failure, or chronic kidney disease or an age>60 with at least one CVD risk factor. year follow-up time).Results:Among Results:Among 5002 (projected to 34.0