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In a retrospective cohort study examining the comparative effectiveness of diabetes drugs in adults at moderate risk for cardiovascular disease, GLP-1 receptor agonists and SGLT2 inhibitors reduced the risk of cardiovascular events compared to DPP4 inhibitors, whereas sulfonylureas increased the risk.
Piollet, Porsch et al. report that the myeloid receptor TREM2 limits necrotic core formation in atherosclerosis and controls key atherosclerosis-related functions of macrophages, such as efferocytosis, lipid uptake and foam cell survival.
Gustafsson, Lampa et al. used proteomics, metabolomics and clinical factors in a case–cohort study to identify biomarkers of imminent myocardial infarction and devise a prediction model for imminent myocardial infarction, which can be clinically used in the general population.
Shetty et al. report that individuals of African ancestry harboring a high-proportion spliced-in titin truncating variant have a similar increase in the risk of atrial fibrillation, dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure as individuals of European ancestry.