Heart failure in the patient with diabetes: Epidemiology, aetiology, prognosis, therapy and the effect of glucose-lowering medications.

Abstract

In people with type 2 diabetes the frequency of heart failure (HF) is increased and mortality from HF is higher than with non-diabetic HF. The increased frequency of HF is attributable to the cardiotoxic tetrad of ischaemic heart disease, left ventricular hypertrophy, diabetic cardiomyopathy and an extracellular volume expansion resistant to atrial natriuretic peptides. Activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and sympathetic nervous systems results in cardiac remodelling, which worsens cardiac function. Reversal of remodelling can be achieved, and cardiac function improved in people with HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) by treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and β-blockers. However, with HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), only therapy for the underlying risk factors helps. Blockers of mineralocorticoid receptors may be beneficial in both HFrEF and HFpEF. Glucose-lowering drugs can have a negative effect (insulin, sulphonylureas, dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors and thiazolidinediones), a neutral effect (α-glucosidase inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists) or a positive effect (sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors and metformin).

• Authors: David S H Bell, Edison Goncalves
• Journal: Diabetes, obesity & metabolism (Diabetes Obes Metab) Vol. 21 Issue 6 Pg. 1277-1290 (06 2019) ISSN: 1463-1326 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 30724013 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
• Copyright: © 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Chemical References

• Blood Glucose
• Hypoglycemic Agents

Topics

• Blood Glucose (drug effects)
• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 (complications, drug therapy)
• Heart Failure (complications, diagnosis)
• Humans
• Hypoglycemic Agents (adverse effects, pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Prognosis
• Ventricular Remodeling (drug effects)