title: History of diabetes mellitus was not a predictor of all-cause mortality in dilated cardiomyopathy--reply to the letter from Sahin O et al.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, China; Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Cardiovascular Institute and Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China. Electronic address: lixiaoping0119@163.com.
authors.forename: Xiaoping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Thermoregulation and Inflammation Laboratory, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610083, China.
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Chin-Pang
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, China.
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, China. Electronic address: drhua@yahoo.cn.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hua
mesh_terms: D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
keywords: Diabetes cardiomyopathy; Dilated cardiomyopathy; QRS duration; Survival