Type 2 diabetes is an independent predictor of lowered peak aerobic capacity in heart failure patients with non-reduced or reduced left ventricular ejection fraction

Abstract Background Although type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the most frequent comorbidities in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), the effects of T2DM on the exercise capacity of CHF patients are fully unknown. Here, we tested the hypothesis that the coexistence of T2DM lowers CHF...

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Main Authors: Takahiro Abe, Takashi Yokota, Arata Fukushima, Naoya Kakutani, Takashi Katayama, Ryosuke Shirakawa, Satoshi Maekawa, Hideo Nambu, Yoshikuni Obata, Katsuma Yamanashi, Ippei Nakano, Shingo Takada, Isao Yokota, Koichi Okita, Shintaro Kinugawa, Toshihisa Anzai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:Cardiovascular Diabetology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12933-020-01114-4