Clinical impact of diabetes mellitus in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Conclusions:
Following TAVR, DM patients seem to have similar peri-procedural and mid-term outcomes compared with patients without DM, while IDDM patients seem to suffer greater incidence of AKI. Further research in larger cohorts of patients is needed to validate our results.

Source: Cardiovascular Diabetology - October 1, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Anat BerkovitchAmit SegevIsrael BarbashYoni GrossmanElad MaorAharon ErezEhud RegevNoam FinkIsrael MazinAshraf HamdanIlan GoldenbergIlan HayDan SpiegelstienVictor GuettaPaul Fefer Source Type: research