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Does cardiovascular phenotype explain the association between diabetes and incident heart failure? The Strong Heart Study.
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD - 1 Apr 2013
de Simone G, Devereux R B, Roman M J, Chinali M, Barac A, Panza J A, Lee E T, Galloway J M, Howard B V
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Diabetes remains a predictor of incident heart failure (HF), independent of intercurrent myocardial infarction (MI) and concomitant risk factors. Initial cardiovascular (CV) characteristics, associated with incident heart failure (HF) might explain the association of diabetes with incident HF. METHODS AND RESULTS: Participants to the 2nd Strong Heart Study exam, without prevalent HF or...
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