 |
JOURNAL TOOLS |
| eTOC |
| To subscribe |
| Submit an article |
| Recommend to your librarian |
ARTICLE TOOLS |
| Publication history |
| Reprints |
| Permissions |
| Cite this article as |
| Share |
YOUR ACCOUNT
YOUR ORDERS
SHOPPING BASKET
Items: 0
Total amount: € 0,00
HOW TO ORDER
YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS
YOUR ARTICLES
YOUR EBOOKS
COUPON
ACCESSIBILITY
REVIEW
Minerva Cardioangiologica 2020 June;68(3):188-96
DOI: 10.23736/S0026-4725.20.05078-1
Copyright © 2020 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA
language: English
Glifozines and cardiorenal outcomes
Luca DI LULLO 1 ✉, Antonio BELLASI 2, Edoardo GUASTAMACCHIA 3, Vincenzo TRIGGIANI 3, Claudio RONCO 4, Carlo LAVALLE 5, Biagio R. DI IORIO 6, Domenico RUSSO 7, Giuseppe CIANCIOLO 8, Gaetano LA MANNA 8, Silvio SETTEMBRINI 9
1 Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, L. Parodi-Delfino Hospital, Colleferro, Rome, Italy; 2 Department of Research, Innovation, Brand Reputation, Bergamo Hospital, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy; 3 Interdisciplinar Department of Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, Italy; 4 International Renal Research Institute, S. Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy; 5 Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Umberto I Polyclinic Hospital, Rome, Italy; 6 Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, “Antonio Cardarelli” Hospital, Naples, Italy; 7 Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy; 8 Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Department of Experimental Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, S. Orsola Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; 9 Department of Diabetology and Metabolic Disease, Pellegrini Hospital, Naples, Italy
Diabetes mellitus, with its complications, is one of the major health problems in economically developed countries and its prevalence is constantly increasing. Kidneys and heart involvement represent main comorbidities in diabetic patients often leading to organ failure. The treatments available until a few years ago are often associated with hypoglycemia, weight gain, gastro-intestinal disorders and other side effects together with serious adverse effects on renal function. The new frontiers of diabetic cardionephropathy treatment are mainly focused on delay of heart and renal failure both on diabetic and nondiabetic patients ad it was shown by last data reports. In the following review, we will focus on Gliflozins, one of the newest classes of hypoglycemic drugs that have shown to hold peculiar pharmacological properties in managing cardiac and renal complications.
KEY WORDS: Diabetes; Heart failure; Renal insufficiency, chronic