Multipolar pacing by cardiac resynchronization therapy with a defibrillators treatment in type 2 diabetes mellitus failing heart patients: impact on responders rate, and clinical outcomes

Abstract Background Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a multi factorial disease, affecting clinical outcomes in failing heart patients treated by cardiac resynchronization therapy with a defibrillator (CRT-d). Methods One hundred and ninety-five T2DM patients received a CRT-d treatment. Randomly th...

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Main Authors: Celestino Sardu, Michelangela Barbieri, Matteo Santamaria, Valerio Giordano, Cosimo Sacra, Pasquale Paolisso, Alessandro Spirito, Raffaele Marfella, Giuseppe Paolisso, Maria Rosaria Rizzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:Cardiovascular Diabetology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12933-017-0554-2