Lead author, real-world tirzepatide study
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Published findings in The BMJ, August 2026
About 53,000 Americans with type 2 diabetes and heart disease were tracked through their insurance records. Those who started tirzepatide had a 2.9% risk of a heart attack, stroke, or cardiovascular death within a year, against 4.4% for a comparison drug.
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