Impact of Diabetes and Glycemia on Cardiac Improvement and Adverse Events Following Mechanical Circulatory Support
Christos P. Kyriakopoulos,
Iosif Taleb,
Eleni Tseliou
et al.
Abstract:Background
Type 2 diabetes is prevalent in cardiovascular disease and contributes to excess morbidity and mortality. We sought to investigate the effect of glycemia on functional cardiac improvement, morbidity, and mortality in durable left ventricular assist device (LVAD) recipients.
Methods and Results
Consecutive patients with an LVAD were prospectively evaluated (n=531). After excluding patients missing pre‐LVAD glycated hemoglobin (H… Show more
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