Insulin treatment may not be associated with worse prognosis in acute heart failure diabetic patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Insulin-treated diabetic patients with HF and HbA1c-matched patients treated with OAD have similarly ominous prognosis. Ours results favor insulin as a marker of poor health condition.
PMID: 27792213 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Minerva Endocrinologica - October 30, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Minerva Endocrinol Source Type: research