Diabetic phenotype and prognosis of patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction in a real life cohort.
Sibille LejeuneClotilde RoyAlisson SlimaniAgnès PasquetDavid VancraeynestJean-Louis VanoverscheldeBernhard L GerberChristophe BeauloyeAnne-Catherine PouleurPublished in: Cardiovascular diabetology (2021)
Our study highlights phenotypic features characterizing diabetic patients with HFpEF. Notably, they are younger and more obese than their non-diabetic counterpart, but suffer less from atrial fibrillation. Although diabetes is a predictor of poor outcome in HFpEF, intensive glycemic control (HbA1C < 7%) in diabetic patients is associated with worse prognosis.