Is pre-diabetes a predictor of events in patients with atrial fibrillation?

Diabetes mellitus (DM) increases the probability of presenting atrial fibrillation (AF) and it is a predictor of its ischemic stroke. There is limited information of the association between glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels and ischemic, embolic or bleeding events in patients with pre-DM and AF.

Source: International Journal of Cardiology - April 20, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ana Ledo Pi ñeiro, Emad Abu-Assi, Inmaculada González Bermúdez, Vanesa Noriega Caro, Andrés Íñiguez-Romo, Sergio Raposeiras-Roubín Source Type: research