Insulin‐Treated Type 2 Diabetes Is Associated with a Decreased Survival in Heart Failure Patients after Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Abstract

Insulin-treated diabetes is associated with a worse functional recovery and a higher mortality in patients with advanced heart failure after CRT. While cardiac death accounts for the majority of deaths in nondiabetic patients, a relevant proportion of the mortality in diabetic patients seem to result from noncardiac causes.