Clinical and coronary angiographic analysis of elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus combined with coronary heart disease / 第二军医大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective:To analyze the association of type 2 diabetes mellitus(DM) with the clinical and coronary angiographic features of coronary heart disease(CHD) in patients aged over 70 years old.Methods: A total of 310 elderly patients with coronary angiograph-confirmed coronary diseases,who were treated in Changhai Hospital during Apr.2006 to Jul.2008,were retrospectively analyzed.The patients were further divided into 2 subgroups according to the presence of DM DM-CHD group(n=155) and non-DM-CHD group(n=155).The age,gender,blood pressure,blood lipid,ejection fraction(EF),the angiographic outcomes,etc.were analyzed and compared between the two groups.Results: The incidence of hypertension was significantly higher in the DM-CHD group than in the non-DM-CHD group(P