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Correspondence on "Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor therapy: mechanisms of action in heart failure" by Joshi et al
  1. Kenan Yalta1,
  2. Ugur Ozkan1,
  3. Tulin Yalta2
  1. 1 Cardiology, University of Trakya, Edirne, Turkey
  2. 2 Pathology, University of Trakya, Edirne, Turkey
  1. Correspondence to Professor Kenan Yalta, Cardiology, University of Trakya, Edirne 22030, Turkey; kyalta{at}gmail.com

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2021-320124

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    Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor therapy is a specific mode of anti-diabetic strategy that significantly improves cardiovascular outcomes.1 The recently published article by Joshi et al 1 has focused on beneficial effects of SGLT2 inhibitors in the setting of heart failure (HF). We fully agree that complex cellular mechanisms, beyond diuresis,1 seem to underlie pleitrophic actions of these agents. More specifically, it also seems likely that SGLT2 inhibitors might potentiate favourable effects of certain metabolic agents including cellular anti-ischaemics (and vice versa) in patients with diabetes with cardiovascular disease. Accordingly, combination of SGLT2 inhibitors with cellular anti-ischaemic regimens might have important implications in these …

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    • Contributors All the authors have significantly contributed to the manuscript.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient and public involvement Patients and/or the public were not involved in the design, or conduct, or reporting, or dissemination plans of this research.

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