Prognostic significance of diabetes mellitus in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Αndreas S PapazoglouAnastasios KartasAthanasios SamarasIoannis VouloagkasElena VranaDimitrios V MoysidisEvangelos AkrivosGeorgios KotzampasisAmalia BaroutidouAnastasios PapanastasiouEvangelos LiampasMichail BotisEfstratios KaragiannidisNikolaos StalikasHaralambos KarvounisApostolos TzikasGeorge GiannakoulasPublished in: Cardiovascular diabetology (2021)
The presence of DM on top of AF was associated with substantially increased risk for all-cause or CV mortality, sudden cardiac death and excess morbidity. HbA1c levels lower than 6.2% were independently related to better survival rates suggesting that optimal DM control could be associated with better clinical outcomes in AF patients with DM.