Does metformin reduce left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with coronary artery disease without diabetes?
Metformin significantly reduces surrogate markers of cardiovascular risk, including left ventricular mass and blood pressure, in non-diabetic patients with coronary artery disease.
Metformin treatment significantly reduced LVMI, LVM, office systolic BP, body weight, and oxidative stress. Although LVH is a good surrogate marker of cardiovascular (CV) outcome, conclusive evidence for the cardio-protective role of metformin is required from large CV outcomes trials.
Mohan et al. (Fri,) studied this question.
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