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Schwegel, N; Strohhofer, C; Kolesnik, E; Oltean, S; Hüttmair, A; Pipp, C; Benedikt, M; Verheyen, N; Gollmer, J; Ablasser, K; Wallner, M; Santner, V; Tripolt, N; Pferschy, P; Zechner, P; Alber, H; Siller-Matula, JM; Kopp, K; Zirlik, A; Aziz, F; Sourij, H; von, Lewinski, D.
Impact of empagliflozin on cardiac structure and function assessed by echocardiography after myocardial infarction: a post-hoc sub-analysis of the emmy trial.
Clin Res Cardiol. 2025; 114(5):629-639
Doi: 10.1007/s00392-024-02523-1
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- Leading authors Med Uni Graz
- Kolesnik Ewald
- Schwegel Nora
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- Ablasser Klemens
- Aziz Faisal
- Benedikt Martin
- Gollmer Johannes
- Pferschy Peter
- Santner Viktoria
- Sourij Harald
- Strohhofer Christoph
- Tripolt Norbert
- Verheyen Nicolas Dominik
- von Lewinski Dirk
- Wallner Markus
- Zechner Peter
- Zirlik Andreas
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- BACKGROUND: Empagliflozin administered after acute myocardial infarction proofed to improve cardiometabolic parameters and biomarkers, but the impact on cardiac function is still largely unknown. The aim of this post-hoc echocardiographic sub-analysis of the EMMY trial was to provide in-depth echocardiographic analysis on the effects of empagliflozin versus placebo on standard and novel echocardiographic structural and functional parameters after acute myocardial infarction. METHODS: In this post-hoc analysis of the EMMY trial a subset of 313 patients (157 empagliflozin vs. 156 placebo) was enrolled for post-processing analysis of echocardiographic structural and functional parameters. On top of two-dimensional and Doppler parameters, myocardial deformation analyses were performed to assess ventricular and atrial strain values. RESULTS: Left ventricular volumes showed significant differences in favor of empagliflozin over the course of the trial (change in left ventricular end-diastolic volume median [interquartile range] 8 [-3;19]% versus 13 [0;29]%, p = 0.048; left ventricular end-systolic volume -3 [-15;12]% versus 4 [-12;18]%, p = 0.044). This effect persisted after adjusting for baseline values, age, and sex. Left ventricular systolic and diastolic function overall improved over the course of the trial and parameters for diastolic function showed a distinct trend between groups but did not meet statistical significance in this cohort. CONCLUSION: In this post-hoc analysis among patients with acute myocardial infarction, treatment with empagliflozin resulted in a significant beneficial effect on left ventricular end-diastolic and end-systolic volume, without significantly improving left ventricular or right ventricular functional parameters compared to placebo after 26 weeks. GOV REGISTRATION: NCT03087773.
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