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Semaglutide Treatment Effect in People With Obesity and Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction and Diabetes Mellitus

American College of Cardiology

The goal of the STEP-HFpEF DM trial was to compare the safety and efficacy of semaglutide among patients with obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM).

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Wegovy Helps HFpEF Patients With Diabetes Mellitus

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- Weight loss and heart failure benefits with semaglutide (Wegovy) extended to patients with obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) who have type 2 diabetes, the STEP-HFpEF DM trial showed.

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Exploring the impact of metabolic comorbidities on epicardial adipose tissue in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is increasingly prevalent worldwide due to aging and comorbidities. Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT), favored by diabetes and obesity, was shown to co.

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FDA Accepts, Grants Priority Review Designation for Bayer's msNRA for Patients with Heart Failure

DAIC

live with HF, 2 a complex clinical syndrome with symptoms and signs that result from any structural or functional impairment of ventricular filling or ejection of blood. 2 Most are balancing multiple comorbidities, such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension and chronic kidney disease (CKD). 4 Approximately 6.7 Bozkurt A, et al.

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Semaglutide in Obesity-Related HFpEF: Pooled Analysis

American College of Cardiology

What are the effects of semaglutide across a broad range of outcomes in people with obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) with and without diabetes, and consistency across key patient subgroups?

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Obesity in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: Insights from the REDUCE LAP?HF II trial

European Journal of Heart Failure

Increasing severity of obesity is associated with multiple characteristics that may contribute to the development or worsening of heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Echocardiography demonstrated increased CO with obesity, but not estimated right atrial (RA) pressure or E/e′.

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STEP-HFpEF: Body Weight Reduction With Semaglutide Greater in Women Than Men With Obesity-Related HFpEF

American College of Cardiology

Semaglutide reduces body weight to a greater extent in women with obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) than in men, and improved Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire Clinical Summary Score (KCCQ-CSS) to the same extent in both women and men, according to results from a prespecified secondary analysis of pooled (..)