Sex-specific impact of diabetes mellitus on left ventricular systolic function and prognosis in heart failure

Abstract We aimed to investigate the sex differences in associations of diabetes mellitus (DM) with echocardiographic phenotypes and clinical outcomes of heart failure (HF). We studied 4,180 patients admitted for acute HF between 2009 and 2016 (median follow-up, 31.7 months) whose left ventricular g...

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Main Authors: Soongu Kwak, In-Chang Hwang, Jin Joo Park, Jae-Hyeong Park, Jun-Bean Park, Goo-Yeong Cho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91170-x