Cardiocast

What comes first with SGLT2 inhibitors – diabetes or heart failure?

Publish date: February 14, 2019

 

This week in MDedge Cardiocast: Most tPA-eligible stroke patients now get treated within an hour, atrial fib patients with prior hemorrhagic stroke who get their LAA closed can be safely treated, SGLT2 inhibitors are quickly morphing from diabetes to heart failure drugs, and the MESA cardiovascular disease risk calculator can be an improvement on the ACC/AHA version.

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