Increased risk of cardiovascular mortality by strict glycemic control (pre-procedural HbA1c < 6.5%) in Japanese medically-treated diabetic patients following percutaneous coronary intervention: a 10-year follow-up study

Abstract Background In the secondary prevention of cardiovascular (CV) disease in patients with diabetes, an optimal level of HbA1c, the most widely-used glycemic control indicator, for favorable clinical consequences still remains to be established. This study assessed the association between prepr...

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Main Authors: Takehiro Funamizu, Hiroshi Iwata, Yuya Nishida, Katsutoshi Miyosawa, Shinichiro Doi, Yuichi Chikata, Jun Shitara, Hirohisa Endo, Hideki Wada, Ryo Naito, Manabu Ogita, Tomotaka Dohi, Takatoshi Kasai, Shinya Okazaki, Kikuo Isoda, Katsumi Miyauchi, Hiroyuki Daida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:Cardiovascular Diabetology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12933-020-00996-8