Heart Failure: An Underappreciated Complication of Diabetes. A Consensus Report of the American Diabetes Association

Heart failure (HF) has been recognized as a common complication of diabetes, with a prevalence of up to 22% in individuals with diabetes and increasing incidence rates. Data also suggest that HF may develop in individuals with diabetes even in the absence of hypertension, coronary heart disease, or valvular heart disease and, as such, represents a major cardiovascular complication in this vulnerable population; HF may also be the first presentation of cardiovascular disease in many individuals with diabetes. Given that during the past decade, the prevalence of diabetes (particularly type 2 diabetes) has risen by 30% globally (with prevalence expected to increase further), the burden of HF on the health care…

• AH
  American Heart Association
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  Eli Lilly and Company
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  Pfizer
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  AstraZeneca
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  Sanofi
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  Cleveland Clinic
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  Dexcom
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  Novo Nordisk
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  Abbott Diagnostics