Hess et al. recently hypothesized that shifts in circulating progenitor cell populations may drive cardiovascular protection by SGLT-2 inhibitors in patients with type 2 diabetes. In this Letter, Fadini challenges that… Click to show full abstract
Hess et al. recently hypothesized that shifts in circulating progenitor cell populations may drive cardiovascular protection by SGLT-2 inhibitors in patients with type 2 diabetes. In this Letter, Fadini challenges that interpretation and discusses previous findings from an independent randomized placebo-controlled trial indicating that cardiovascular protection by SGLT-2 inhibitors may not directly involve circulating stem/progenitor cells.
               
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