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Metformin therapy in patients with diabetes mellitus is associated with a reduced risk of vasculopathy and cardiovascular mortality after heart transplantation

BACKGROUND: Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality following heart transplantation (HT). Reduced cardiovascular mortality and morbidity have been reported in non-HT patients treated with metformin. Given the high prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)...

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Autores principales: Ram, Eilon, Lavee, Jacob, Tenenbaum, Alexander, Klempfner, Robert, Fisman, Enrique Z., Maor, Elad, Ovdat, Tal, Amunts, Sergei, Sternik, Leonid, Peled, Yael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6747732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31526382
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12933-019-0925-y