The association of diabetes mellitus treated with oral antidiabetic drugs and insulin with mortality after transcatheter valve implantation: a 3-year follow-up of the TAVIK registry

Abstract Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) on insulin is a patient-related factor in the assessment of surgical risk based on the EuroSCORE II and, as such, it confers additional risk on outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). The aim of this study was to investigate the effec...

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Main Authors: Panagiotis Tzamalis, Valentin Herzberger, Jens Bergmann, Alexander Wuerth, Peter Bramlage, Holger Schroefel, Claus Schmitt, Gerhard Schymik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:Cardiovascular Diabetology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12933-019-0873-6