HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE ON DISCHARGE FROM ACUTE DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES IS ASSOCIATED WITH DECREASED 12-MONTH MORTALITY: FINDINGS FROM THE GULF-CARE

Authors :: Kadhim Sulaiman
Khalid Al Habib
Jassim Al Suwaidi
Rajvir Singh
Charbel Abi Khalil
Amin Jayyousi
Nidal Asaad
Alawi Alsheikh-Ali
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 69:803
Publication Year :: 2017
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2017.
Abstract: Background: In patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), a tight blood pressure control is not beneficial but a systolic blood pressure (SBP) > 140 mmHg is considered harmful. However, the optimal SBP in patients with T2D and heart failure (HF) is not known. We hypothesized that high blood pressure

Subjects :: Blood pressure control
medicine.medical_specialty
endocrine system diseases
Acute decompensated heart failure
business.industry
nutritional and metabolic diseases
Type 2 diabetes
medicine.disease
Blood pressure
Internal medicine
Heart failure
medicine
Cardiology
In patient
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
circulatory and respiratory physiology

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