ABSTRACT
Heart Failure and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus are closely related. Diabetic patients have an increased risk of developing Heart Failure and those with Heart Failure are at higher risk of developing diabetes. The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in patients with heart failure. This analytical observational type of epidemiological study with case control design was conducted at in patient department of General Medicine of RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India from July, 2019 to June, 2020. 100 study subjects by purposive sampling method were taken as per inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data were collected based on History, Clinical examination, relevant investigations and review of records. In this study proportion of Diabetes was much higher among cases with Heart Failure (30%) than controls (10%), among cases with NYHA class IV (56.3%) and among cases with reduced Ejection Fraction (100%). Thus pre-existing or newly development of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus should be kept in mind in all hospitalized Heart Failure Patients.