A 68-year-old woman with BMI 29 kg/m² and T2D asks whether SGLT2 inhibitors help heart failure prevention. She has no HF. Which is true?...

Question

A 68-year-old woman with BMI 29 kg/m² and T2D asks whether SGLT2 inhibitors help heart failure prevention. She has no HF. Which is true?

Accepted Answer

SGLT2 inhibitors reduce HF hospitalization and kidney outcomes in T2D

Answer

SGLT2s worsen HF

Answer

They are only glucose drugs without CV benefit

Answer

They cause severe hypoglycemia routinely

Answer

They are contraindicated in CKD

us-abfm MCQ (SBA): Cardiorenal Risk Reduction