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Increasing Risk of Fournier’s Gangrene and Other Rare Genital Infections in Heart Failure Patients with and without Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors (SGLT2i): A Multicenter Cohort Study

AHA Scientific Sessions 2025 Abstract

The paper

Minaam Farooq, Muhammad Raffey Shabbir, Mohammad Bin Amir,

Haris Yaseen, Shah Gul Zahra, Mukarram Farooq, Mahrukh Imtiaz,

South Texas Health System · Harlingen Medical Center

AHA Scientific Sessions 2025 Abstract · 3 Nov 2025

Presented at AHA Scientific Sessions 2025 · Abstract 4354157

doi.org/10.1161/circ.152.suppl_3.4354157

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