Do you recommend initiating treatment with an SGLT2 inhibitor or semaglutide first for a patient with obesity and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction?

Would you initiate both medications at the same time?

Answer from: at Academic Institution

Irrespective of body weight status, my first line of treatment for patients with HFpEF is with SGLT2 inhibitors if there are no contraindications (DELIVER trial and EMPEROR preserved trial). For patients with obesity (cardiometabolic) phenotype HFpEF, who qualify for GLP1 receptor agonists, I add on...

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SGLT2i and GLP-1 used together are a reasonable 2-...

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Do you recommend initiating treatment with an SGLT2 inhibitor or semaglutide first for a patient with obesity and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction?

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