Open AccessThe Hemoglobin A1c Level as a Progressive Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Death, Hospitalization for Heart Failure, or Death in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
Author(s) -
Hertzel C. Gerstein
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.168.15.1699
Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , hazard ratio , diabetes mellitus , confidence interval , incidence (geometry) , ejection fraction , cardiology , risk factor , candesartan , blood pressure , endocrinology , physics , optics , renin–angiotensin system
A progressive relationship between hemoglobin A(1c) (HbA(1c)) levels and cardiovascular (CV) events has been observed in persons with and without diabetes. To our knowledge, the nature of such a relationship in patients with symptomatic chronic heart failure (HF) has not been studied.