Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on Rehospitalization for Heart Failure Among Survivors of Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Era

Background: There is little data regarding the clinical impact of diabetes mellitus (DM) on heart failure (HF) among survivors of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) era. Methods and Results: The present study group comprised 4,035 survivors who underwent PCI within 24 h of the onset of symptoms. DM was an independent predictor of rehospitalization for HF by multivariate analysis (hazard ratio (HR) 1.576, P=0.010). The risk of rehospitalization for HF was similar between patients with DM who did not have an enlarged left ventricular diastolic diameter (LVDd