Resumo
Objetivo: Avaliar os efeitos da semaglutida sobre os desfechos cardiovasculares em adultos com obesidade, independentemente de sua ação sobre a perda de peso. Métodos: Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa da literatura realizada através das bases PubMed Central (PMC), Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS) e Periódico CAPES, usando os descritores em combinação com o termo booleano “AND”: Semaglutid, Cardiovascular Diseases e Obesity. Foram encontrados 986 totais de artigos, filtrados conforme critérios de inclusão (idioma inglês; período de 2021 a 2026) e exclusão (artigos duplicados, resumos, fora do escopo). Dessa busca, foram selecionados 20 artigos para compor a pesquisa. Resultados: A semaglutida demonstrou benefícios consistentes em pacientes com obesidade, independente do controle glicêmico e da diabetes, incluindo perda de peso, melhora das limitações físicas, capacidade de exercício, redução de eventos cardiovasculares e renais, ação anti-inflamatória e cardiometabólica. O tratamento com semaglutida ainda apresentou perfil de segurança favorável quando comparado ao placebo. Esses benefícios, contudo, estão associados a um aumento do risco de efeitos gastrointestinais adversos e de doenças da vesícula biliar. Considerações finais: A semaglutida demonstra benefícios independentes do controle glicêmico, incluindo redução da inflamação, melhora de biomarcadores cardíacos e remodelação cardíaca favorável, sustentando seu potencial como terapia cardiometabólica.
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