The Aim of This Study is to Investigate the Protective Effect of Empagliflozin on the Cardiovascular System in Diabetes Mellitus Patients

Patients with diabetes exhibit an increased risk for the development of cardiovascular disease with a significantly impaired prognosis compared to patients without diabetes. Recent data from the EMPA-REG Outcome Trial suggest that treatment with the SGLT-2 inhibitor Empagliflozin reduces cardiovascular events, cardiovascular mortality as well as hospitalization for heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes and pre-existing cardiovascular disease. Empagliflozin leads to reduction of blood glucose by an increased glucose excretion reduces blood pressure and weight. Still, it remains unclear how empagliflozin led to this pronounced reduction of cardiovascular mortality the EMPA-REG OUTCOME trial. Thus, our registry will analyse various biochemical as well as clinical markers in patients with type 2 diabetes and newly initiated treatment with empagliflozin. and an indication for intensification of glucose lowering therapy with empagliflozin. Patients with an indication for an intensified glucose-lowering therapy (HbA1c > 7,5%) will receive 10 mg empagliflozin and we will perform biochemical analyses of blood samples including insulin, glucagon as well as metabolites at baseline as well as after 1 and 6 months. In addition we will assess echocardiographical data.