Could continuing a common heart drug before surgery save lives?

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients scheduled to undergo cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass * patients treated with SGLT-2 inhibitors, including combined treatment with metformin, for at least 4 weeks * heart failure patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction strictly below 50% * patients enrolled in a social security scheme or equivalent * patients who have signed the informed consent form Exclusion Criteria: * Treatment with SGLT-2 inhibitors initiated less than 4 weeks ago and other than empagliflozine or dapagliflozine * patients with a contraindication to SGLT-2 inhibitors: hypersensitivity, type 1 diabetes mellitus, and renal impairment with an estimated glomerular filtration rate below 25 mL/min/1.73 m² * acute conditions likely to call into question the continuation of SGLT2 inhibitor therapy (alone or in combination) at the time of inclusion, including in particular: shock state or acute tissue hypoxia (episode of hyperlactatemia \> 3 mmol/L within 7 days prior to inclusion); acute kidney injury within the previous 7 days (KDIGO stage ≥2); severe hepatocellular failure (factor V level \< 50%); acute alcohol intoxication within the previous 7 days or active alcohol use disorder without withdrawal * surgery scheduled within less than 3 days * surgery for active endocarditis within the last 3 months * patients on preoperative mechanical circulatory support * heart transplant surgery or implantation of an LVAD (left ventricular assist device) * chronic kidney disease patients with a glomerular filtration rate below 25 mL/min/1.73m² * heart failure patients with a preserved ejection fraction, equal to or greater than 50 * pregnant or breastfeeding women * minors or adults under legal protection (guardianship or conservatorship) * patients participating in another interventional study patients who do not understand or speak French.