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Author(s): Harriette Van Spall , Added: 1 year ago
AHA Conference 2024 — Semaglutide shows increased benefits in CKD patients based on their cardiovascular status and risk profile.Dr Harriette Van Spall (McMaster University, CA) sits down with Dr Katherine Tuttle (University of Washington, US) to discuss the effects of semaglutide in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).The FLOW trial (NCT03819153) is designed to assess the effect of… View more
Author(s): Sue Pedersen Added: 11 months ago
Watch Expert Interviews sharing the late-breaking trial data from the American Diabetes Association's Scientific Sessions 2025. View more
Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with more than 95 years of innovation and leadership in diabetes care. This heritage has given us experience and capabilities that also enable us to help people defeat obesity, haemophilia, growth disorders and other serious chronic diseases. Headquartered in Denmark, Novo Nordisk employs approximately 43,200 people in 80 countries, and markets its… View more
Author(s): Steven E Nissen Added: 1 year ago
Is BMI the best indicator to identify CVD patients who can be treated with GLP-1 RAs and other weight management therapies?In this short interview, Dr Steven Nissen (Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, US) discusses how to determine which CVD patients will benefit most from treatment with GLP-1 RAs. He highlights how lifestyle changes are often ineffective in achieving weight loss goals, and therefore,… View more
Added: 2 months ago Source:  Radcliffe CVRM
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) are known to reduce major atherosclerotic cardiovascular events, but the full extent of their mechanisms is still being explored. The SEMA-VR CardioLink-15 trial investigated whether semaglutide affects the levels of circulating vascular regenerative (VR) cells, which are involved in vessel repair and may modulate atherothrombotic risk.¹… View more
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Professor of Trials and Epidemiology of Kidney Disease
Professor William Herrington is an Honorary Consultant Nephrologist at Oxford Kidney Unit and the Professor of Trials and Epidemiology of Kidney Disease at the Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford.Prof Herrington earned his MD from the University of Cambridge in 2013, focusing on the impact of lowering LDL cholesterol on stroke in chronic kidney disease.He has previously… View more
Author(s): Danxia Yu Added: 1 year ago
Outcomes from a new CV disease risk assessment tool show significant improvements in CV, kidney and metabolic health after bariatric surgery. The study also found a reduction in estimated 10 year risk of developing total CV disease and a reduction in the risk of developing heart failure one year after bariatric surgery.In this short interview, Dr Danxia Yu (Vanderbilt University Medical Center,… View more
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Professor
Tina Vilsbøllis a Clinical Professor and Head of Clinic at Steno Diabetes Center, Copenhagen, Denmark. She has been involved in diabetes research since 1997 and in 2004 she established the Center for Diabetes Research at Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, now part of Steno Diabetes Centre Copenhagen. Her research is focused on the pathophysiology of obesity, prediabetes,… View more