title: [Survival of diabetic patients with known coronary artery disease].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The risk of cardiovascular diseases is two to four times higher in diabetic patients.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To study the severity of coronary disease and survival of patients with diabetes mellitus, compared to matched controls without diabetes.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective review of all coronary angiographies performed at a private hospital. All diabetic patients with coronary lesions over 50% were considered as the index group. Non diabetic patients with coronary artery lesions over 50% and with similar demographic features and risk factors to the diabetic patients group, were studied as controls. A follow up was done reviewing clinical records and by telephone interviews. Mortality was obtained reviewing death certificates.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventy seven diabetic patients (48 male, mean age 61+/-10 years and 129 non diabetic subjets (87 males, mean age 61+/-10 years) were studied. Mean follow up in diabetic and non diabetic patients was 1,270 and 1,340 days respectively. Diabetic patients had a higher frequency of multiple vessel disease than their non diabetic counterparts (69 and 52% respectively, p<0.003). Ejection fraction was 61 and 65% in diabetics and non diabetics. General mortality was 15.5 and 2.3% in diabetics and non diabetic respectively (p<0.01). Cardiovascular mortality was 9.1 and 0.8% in diabetics and non diabetics respectively (p 0.002).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Diabetic patients with coronary artery disease have a lower survival and more extensive coronary artery lesions than non diabetic patients with similar age, sex and overall coronary risk.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Exploración Cardiovascular, Clínica Sanatorio Aléman de Concepción. fagajardo@surnet.cl
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gajardo
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Olmos
authors.forename: Iván
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Seguel
authors.forename: Alvaro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saldaña
authors.forename: Luchbaska
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Román
authors.forename: Rina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Naveas
authors.forename: E U Paulina
authors.initials: EU
authors.lastname: Verdugo
mesh_terms: D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis
vernacular_title: Sobrevida de pacientes diabéticos con enfermedad coronaria conocida.