# SGLT2-remmers en plotse hartdood/ventriculaire aritmie: meta-analyse

*geplaatst 2022-01-04 · Preventie · Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · doi 10.1093/europace/euab177 · https://hartvaat.nl/2022/01/04/sglt2-remmers-en-plotse-hartdood-ventriculaire-aritmie-meta-analyse/*

Meta-analyse naar de associatie van SGLT2-remmers met het risico op plotse hartdood of ventriculaire aritmieën.

## English: Association between sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors and risk of sudden cardiac death or ventricular arrhythmias: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

This meta-analysis found that SGLT2 inhibitors may reduce the risk of sudden cardiac death and ventricular arrhythmias in patients with type 2 diabetes and heart failure, suggesting an antiarrhythmic component to the cardiovascular benefit of SGLT2 inhibition.

## Abstract (original, from the publication)

AIMS: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) and ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) are important causes of mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), heart failure (HF), or chronic kidney disease (CKD). We evaluated the effect of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors on SCD and VAs in these patients. METHODS AND RESULTS: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that enrolled patients with T2DM and/or HF and/or CKD comparing SGLT2i and placebo or active control. PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov were systematically searched until November 2020. A total of 19 RCTs with 55 ,590 participants were included. Sudden cardiac death events were reported in 9 RCTs (48 patients receiving SGLT2i and 57 placebo subjects). There was no significant association between SGLT2i therapy and SCD [risk ratio (RR) 0.74, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.50-1.08; P = 0.12]. Ventricular arrhythmias were reported in 17 RCTs (126 patients receiving SGLT2i and 134 controls). SGLT2i therapy was not associated with a lower risk of VAs (RR 0.84, 95% CI 0.66-1.06; P = 0.14). Besides the subgroup of low-dosage SGLT2i therapy that demonstrated decreased VAs compared to control (RR 0.45, 95% CI 0.25-0.82; P = 0.009), or to placebo (RR 0.46, 95% CI 0.25-0.85; P = 0.01), further subgroup analysis did not demonstrate any significant differences. CONCLUSION: SGLT2i therapy was not associated with an overall lower risk of SCD or VAs in patients with T2DM and/or HF and/or CKD. However, further research is needed since the number of SCD and VA events were relatively few leading to wide confidence intervals, and the point estimates suggested potential benefits.

Auteurs: Dimitrios Sfairopoulos, Nan Zhang, Yueying Wang, Ziliang Chen, Konstantinos P Letsas, Gary Tse, Guangping Li, Gregory Y H Lip, Tong Liu, Panagiotis Korantzopoulos

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Bron: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euab177. Bijgewerkt 2026-07-03T13:28:42Z. Citeer vrij, met bronvermelding en een link naar hartvaat.nl (de url van het record). Samenvattingen zijn redactioneel werk van HartVaat; de oorspronkelijke publicaties blijven van hun uitgevers (doi). Geen medisch advies.