HEART FAILURE AND DIABETES

Abstract

When we face diabetes mellitus and heart failure (HF), we find two pathologies that have aspects in common. One of them is the high prevalence that exists in the general population. In turn, diabetes is presented as an independent risk factor for the development of HF, not only due to the effects of sustained hyperglycemia, but it is the set of associated comorbidities that increase the risk of these patients to develop ischemic heart disease and heart failure. The objective of the present study is to conduct a review of diabetes and hyperglycemia as a phenomenon that promotes the development of heart failure.

Keywords

• obesidad
• diabetes mellitus
• insuficiencia cardíaca