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ACCEL Lite: ESC Late Breaker: FIGARO-DKD: Finerenone in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease and Type 2 Diabetes

ACCEL Lite: ESC Late Breaker: FIGARO-DKD: Finerenone in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease and Type 2 Diabetes

FromACCEL Lite: Featured ACCEL Interviews on Exciting CV Research


ACCEL Lite: ESC Late Breaker: FIGARO-DKD: Finerenone in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease and Type 2 Diabetes

FromACCEL Lite: Featured ACCEL Interviews on Exciting CV Research

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Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Oct 6, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This study investigates the efficacy and safety of finerenone, compared with a placebo to reduce clinically important cardiovascular and kidney outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes when added to the standard of care, which includes glucose-lowering therapies, and maximum-tolerated, labelled doses of either an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor or an angiotensin receptor blocker. In this interview, Bertram Pitt, MD and Michelle L. O’Donoghue MD, FACC, with Michael Mikolaj MD, MPH, FACC, discuss ESC Late Breaker: FIGARO-DKD: finerenone in patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes. Like what you hear? Get 20 episodes/month with CME/MOC credit! www.acc.org/ACCEL Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Subscribe on Google Play | Subscribe to ACCEL
Released:
Oct 6, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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The American College of Cardiology offers select interviews and summaries of cardiology’s most interesting research areas from ACCEL’s renowned library, hosted by ACCEL Editor-in-Chief Alison L. Bailey, MD, FACC, FAACPVR.