Diabetes mellitus and risk of ischemic stroke in patients with heart failure and no atrial fibrillation

The risk of ischemic stroke, systemic thromboembolism, and all-cause death among heart failure patients previously diagnosed with diabetes mellitus is poorly described. We evaluated the risk of these endpoints among heart failure patients without diagnosed atrial fibrillation according to the presence of diabetes mellitus.

Source: International Journal of Cardiology - February 2, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Line Melgaard, Anders Gorst-Rasmussen, Peter Søgaard, Lars Hvilsted Rasmussen, Gregory Y.H. Lip, Torben Bjerregaard Larsen Source Type: research