In patients with diabetes, poor glycemic control elevates the risk of developing heart failure. Among this high-risk population, each 1% rise in A1c worsens the risk for incident heart failure by 8%-36%. The mechanisms underlying diabetes and heart failure overlap, so therapeutic strategies that control circulating levels of glucose and fatty acids might prevent or slow the development of heart failure.
In the Framingham Heart Study, diabetes was associated with a nearly twofold increase in the risk for incident heart failure in men and a fourfold increase in women, even after adjusting for other cardiovascular risk factors.
In patients with diabetes, these are some of the factors that amplify the risk for heart failure:
Increased age
Longer duration of diabetes
Hypertension
Coronary artery disease
Peripheral arterial disease
Nephropathy
Retinopathy
Obesity
Higher N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP)
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Cite this: Romesh Khardori. Fast Five Quiz: Type 2 Diabetes and Heart Failure - Medscape - Jul 15, 2021.
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