Prevalence and clinical characteristics of diabetic cardiomyopathy in patients with acute heart failure

Diabetic cardiomyopathy refers to cases of diabetes mellitus (DM) complicated by cardiac dysfunction in the absence of cardiovascular disease and hypertension. Its epidemiology remains unclear due to the high rate of coexistence between DM and hypertension. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the prevalence and clinical characteristics of diabetic cardiomyopathy among patients with acute heart failure (HF).

Source: Nutrition, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases : NMCD - December 18, 2023 Category: Nutrition Authors: Kenichi Matsushita, Kazumasa Harada, Takashi Kohno, Hiroki Nakano, Daisuke Kitano, Junya Matsuda, Makoto Takei, Hideaki Yoshino, Takeshi Yamamoto, Ken Nagao, Morimasa Takayama Source Type: research