Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy can improve symptoms in heart failure patients, a new clinical trial shows.
Women tended to lose more weight than men, on average about 9.6% of their body weight compared with 7.2% in men.The results shed light on “the consistent benefits of semaglutide for women and men,” said senior researcher Dr. Mikhail Kosiborod, a cardiologist at Saint Luke's Mid-America Heart Institute in Kansas City, Mo.
For the clinical trial, researchers randomly assigned 1,145 people with heart failure to take either semaglutide or a placebo for a year. Heart failure occurs when the heart starts to pump less efficiently, slowing the delivery of oxygen-rich blood throughout the body.But people on semaglutide experienced improvement in both their heart failure symptoms and the physical limitations the condition placed upon them, trial results show.The American Heart Association has more about heart failure.Heart Disease: Symptoms, Signs, and Causes
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