Pharmacotherapy for diabetes and stroke risk: Results from ROCKET AF

Insulin use may be a better predictor of stroke risk and morbidity and mortality than diabetes in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).Determine if the increased risk of stroke observed in patients with AF and diabetes is restricted to those treated with insulin.We analyzed the association between diabetes and treatment and the occurrence of stroke/systemic embolism, myocardial infarction (MI), all-cause death, vascular death, composite...