Association between sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors and incident atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
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Sfairopoulos, Dimitrios, Liu, Tong, Zhang, Nan, Tse, Gary, Bazoukis, George, Letsas, Konstantinos, Goudis, Christos, Milionis, Haralampos, Vrettos, Apostolos and Korantzopoulos, P. 2022. Association between sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors and incident atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Heart Failure Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10741-022-10281-3
| Authors | Sfairopoulos, Dimitrios, Liu, Tong, Zhang, Nan, Tse, Gary, Bazoukis, George, Letsas, Konstantinos, Goudis, Christos, Milionis, Haralampos, Vrettos, Apostolos and Korantzopoulos, P. |
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| Abstract | Atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter (AFL) are associated with adverse outcomes in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). We investigated the effects of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) on the incidence of AF and/or AFL in HFrEF patients. PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov were systematically searched until March 2022 for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that enrolled patients with HFrEF. A total of six RCTs with 9467 patients were included (N = 4731 in the SGLT2i arms; N = 4736 in the placebo arms). Compared to placebo, SGLT2i treatment was associated with a significant reduction in the risk of AF [relative risk (RR) 0.62, 95% confidence interval CI 0.44-0.86; P = 0.005] and AF/AFL (RR 0.64, 95% CI 0.47-0.87; P = 0.004). Subgroup analysis showed that empagliflozin use resulted in a significant reduction in the risk of AF (RR 0.55, 95% CI 0.34-0.89; P = 0.01) and AF/AFL (RR 0.50, 95% CI 0.32-0.77; P = 0.002). By contrast, dapagliflozin use was not associated with a significant reduction in the risk of AF (RR 0.69, 95% CI 0.43-1.11; P = 0.12) or AF/AFL (RR 0.82, 95% CI 0.53-1.27; P = 0.38). Additionally, a "shorter" duration (< 1.5 years) of treatment with SGLT2i remained associated with a reduction in the risk of AF (< 1.5 years; RR 0.58, 95% CI 0.36-0.91; P = 0.02) and AF/AFL (< 1.5 years; RR 0.52, 95% CI 0.34-0.80; P = 0.003). In conclusion, SGLT2i therapy was associated with a significant reduction in the risk of AF and AF/AFL in patients with HFrEF. These results reinforce the value of using SGLT2i in this setting. [Abstract copyright: © 2022. The Author(s).] |
| Keywords | SGLT2 inhibitors; Atrial flutter; Atrial fibrillation; Heart failure |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal | Heart Failure Reviews |
| Publisher | Springer |
| ISSN | 1573-7322 |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10741-022-10281-3 |
| Official URL | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10741-022-10281-3 |
| Publication dates | |
| Online | 25 Oct 2022 |
| Publication process dates | |
| Accepted | 05 Oct 2022 |
| Deposited | 09 Nov 2022 |
| Publisher's version | License |
| Output status | Published |
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