Glycemic control on development of chronic heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Abstract

Aims. To assess contribution of therapeutic training, blood glucose self-monitoring and general improvement of glycemic control on development ofchronic heart failure (CHF) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Materials and methods. We conducted a prospective, open-label, non-controlled before/after study. 80 patients with T2DM took part in this trialafter initial hospitalization for decompensation of both CHF and diabetes (НbА1с>=8.0%). Therapeutic training as well as provision of tools and consumablesfor self-monitoring was arranged for all patients. Therapeutic goal was set to lowering НbА1с for?1% by the end of 12 months of follow-up. Results. We observed lowering of НbА1с values from 9.3% [8,4-10,6] to 8.8% [7,6-10,0] (р

Keywords

• diabetes mellitus
• chronic heart failure
• glycemic control
• therapeutic training