Why the study?
Is diabetes mellitus associated with adverse prognosis in patients with chronic heart failure?
Is diabetes mellitus associated with adverse prognosis in patients with chronic heart failure?
Diabetes mellitus is a major adverse prognostic factor in chronic heart failure regardless of its aetiology.
Diabetes signals worse prognosis in chronic HF irrespective of cause; leaves open whether targeted interventions modify outcomes.
In spite of advances in the management of CHF, DM remains a major adverse prognostic feature, irrespective of ischaemic/non-ischaemic aetiology.
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