Diabetes Mellitus is Not a Risk Factor for Patients Supported with Left Ventricular Assist Device.

CONCLUSIONS: The results of this meta-analysis demonstrate that DM does not increase all-cause mortality or rates of major adverse events during contemporary CF-LVAD support.
PMID: 31610168 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - October 10, 2019 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Zhou P, Xiao Z, Zhu P, Nie Z, Pavan D, Zheng S Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research