Mikhail N Kosiborod, Mark C Petrie, Barry A Borlaug, Javed Butler, Melanie J Davies, G Kees Hovingh, Dalane W Kitzman, Daniél V Møller, Marianne B Treppendahl, Subodh Verma, Thomas J Jensen, Karoline Liisberg, Marie L Lindegaard, Walter Abhayaratna, Fozia Z Ahmed, Tuvia Ben-Gal, Vijay Chopra, Justin A Ezekowitz, Michael Fu, Hiroshi Ito, Małgorzata Lelonek, Vojtěch Melenovský, Bela Merkely, Julio Núñez, Eduardo Perna, Morten Schou, Michele Senni, Kavita Sharma, Peter van der Meer, Dirk Von Lewinski, Dennis Wolf, Sanjiv J Shah
BACKGROUND: Obesity and type 2 diabetes are prevalent in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and are characterized by a high symptom burden. No approved therapies specifically target obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in persons with type 2 diabetes. METHODS: We randomly assigned patients who had heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, a body-mass index (the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) of 30 or more, and type 2 diabetes to receive once-weekly semaglutide (2...
April 6, 2024: New England Journal of Medicine