POOR GLYCEMIC CONTROL IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED INTERSTITIAL FIBROSIS IN DIABETIC PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION(HFPEF)

Autor: Scott Akers, Amer Ahmed Syed, Bilal Ansari, Swapna Varakantam, Anila Hussain, Jonathan Lee, Ali Tariq, Maheswara R Koppula, Julio A. Chirinos, Zeba Hashmath
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71:A1487
ISSN: 0735-1097
Popis: Adults with diabetes mellitus demonstrate increased levels of myocardial extracellular volume fraction (ECV), a measure of myocardial interstitial fibrosis. However, whether poor diabetes control is associated with ECV among diabetic patients with and without HFpEF is unknown. We studied 85 adults
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